Pakistan’s Opposition leader Shahbaz Sharif arrested
Lahore: Pakistan’s Leader of the Opposition and PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif was arrested on Monday after the Lahore High Court rejected his bail plea in a Rs 7 billion (USD 41.9 million) money laundering case. Shahbaz, the younger brother of former premier Nawaz Sharif, was arrested by the country’s anti-graft body National Accountability Bureau (NAB) […]
China-US slug it out over environment, South China Sea
Beijing: US-China friction flared again Monday, with Beijing firing back at accusations by Washington that it is a leading cause of global environmental damage and has reneged on its promise not to militarise the South China Sea. A document issued last week by the State Department cited China’s record on issues from greenhouse gas emissions […]
Afghan peace talks: Top Afghan negotiator arrives in Pakistan
Islamabad: Afghanistan’s top official in negotiations with the Taliban arrived in Pakistan’s capital Monday on a three-day trip during which he will meet with the country’s prime minister and other government officials. Abdullah Abdullah, who leads the Afghan High Council for National Reconciliation, was received by top government officials on arriving in Islamabad. Apart from […]
CAG flags slow work under NRDWP, PMGSY in JK during 2017-18
Jammu: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has pulled up the Jammu and Kashmir government for its failure to complete various projects under the National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) and the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) during 2017-18. In its audit report on social, general, economic (non-Public Sector Undertakings) sectors for the year […]
Ladakh reports 10 fresh COVID-19 cases, one death
Leh: One more patient succumbed to coronavirus in Ladakh, taking the death toll to 58 in the Union Territory, while the infection tally reached 4,103 with 10 fresh cases, officials said on Monday. Fourteen patients were discharged after being cured of the contagion during the past 24 hours, they said. With the death of one […]
1,141 fresh COVID-19, death toll rises to 1,132 in JK
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir recorded 1,141 fresh COVID-19 cases in a day pushing the tally to 72,190 on Sunday, while seven fatalities during the same period took the death toll to 1,132, officials said. It was for the 25th consecutive day that the number of fresh cases has crossed 1000 in 24 hours. “The Union […]