India, Pakistan exchange list of nuclear installations, prisoners
New Delhi/Islamabad: India and Pakistan on Tuesday exchanged for the 28th consecutive year a list of their nuclear installations under a bilateral agreement that prohibits them from attacking each other’s atomic facilities. The two countries also exchanged details of civilian prisoners and fishermen lodged in each other’s jails. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said […]
Ceasefire violations: Pak summons senior Indian diplomat
Islamabad: Pakistan Tuesday summoned India’s Acting Deputy High Commissioner and condemned the alleged “unprovoked ceasefire violations” by Indian troops across the Line of Control which resulted in the death of a woman. Director General (South Asia and SAARC) Mohammad Faisal, who is also the foreign ministry spokesman, summoned the Indian diplomat and “condemned the unprovoked […]
India alleges violation of ceasefire in Poonch
Jammu: Pakistan Army Tuesday opened fire on forward areas along the Line of Control in Poonch district of Jammu division, officials said. The firing took place in KhariKarmara and Gulpur forward areas along the LoC, they said. Indian troops guarding the borderline retaliated. No casualty has been reported. Despite repeated calls for restraint and adherence […]
Complex security challenges a threat to territorial integrity: Gen Rawat
New Delhi: India is facing complex and dynamic security challenges along its borders, which are a threat to the country’s territorial integrity and internal stability, Army Chief Gen. BipinRawat has said. In a new year message to Army personnel, he hailed the collective grit, determination and sacrifices of the troops in standing up to the […]
Nawaz Sharif challenges his conviction in graft case
Seeks suspension of the case
Islamabad: Pakistan’s jailed ex-premier Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday filed an appeal against his conviction in the Al-Azizia Steel Mills case, a week after an accountability court sentenced him to seven years in jail in the graft case. Sharif, 69, also filed an application seeking suspension of his sentence. On December 24, 2018, Accountability Court II […]
India to welcome 69,944 babies on New Year’s Day: UNICEF
New Delhi: India would welcome as many as 69,944 babies on New Year’s Day, the highest in the world, the UNICEF said Tuesday. India would be followed by China which would welcome 44,940 babies, the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund said in a report. In Nigeria, 25,685 babies will be born, it added. The […]
2019 will be beginning of Pakistan’s ‘golden era’: PM Imran Khan
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday said the new year will be the beginning of the country’s “golden era” as he vowed to “wage jihad” against poverty, illiteracy, injustice and corruption in 2019. Khan took to microblogging site Twitter to greet people and share his New Year resolution with the countrymen. “Our New […]
Fiddling with Sharia law not acceptable: NC
Srinagar: National Conference Monday accused the BJP of “fiddling with the Muslim Sharia law” for electoral benefits and asserted that tinkering with the customary Islamic law is not acceptable. “Fiddling with the Muslim Sharia Law is not acceptable to us. The whole process is being executed by the ruling BJP to leverage poll benefits,” said […]
Two Pak soldiers killed after BAT attack foiled: Army
Srinagar: A major Border Action Team (BAT) action has been foiled along the Line of Control (LoC) in Nowgam sector of Jammu and Kashmir by killing two intruders who are “likely Pakistani soldiers”, the Army said Monday. “Army foiled a major BAT attempt to strike a forward post along the Line of Control in Naugam […]
Woman killed by fire from across: PaK
Islamabad: Pakistan said on Monday that “unprovoked firing” by Indian forces across the Line of Control (LoC) killed a woman. “Indian troops resorted to unprovoked ceasefire violation along the LOC targeting civil population in Shahkot sector,” Army spokesman Maj Gen AsifGhafoor said. One woman, identified as Asia Bibi, died while nine people were injured in […]
