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 […]
Nagaland gets AFSPA extension for another six months
New Delhi: The entire state of Nagaland has been declared “disturbed area” for six more months, till June-end, under the controversial AFSPA, which empowers security forces to conduct operations anywhere and arrest anyone without any prior notice. In a notification, the Home Ministry said the central government is of the opinion that the area comprising […]
Temperature improves slightly in Kashmir
Leh, Kargil experience coldest night of season
Leh, Kargil experience coldest night of season
Kartarpur corridor: Pak sends recommendations to India for visa-free travel of pilgrims
Islamabad: Pakistan has sent recommendations to India for facilitating visa-free travel of Indian Sikh pilgrims through the upcoming Kartarpur corridor, according to a media report here on Saturday. Islamabad has given a 59-page document with 14 key recommendations to New Delhi, Express News TV reported quoting Pakistani diplomatic officials. The recommendations call for Indian pilgrims […]
Video shows Musharraf seeking covert support to regain power
Washington: In an embarrassment to Pervez Musharraf, the former Pakistani dictator, in a leaked video, was purportedly seen seeking covert US support to regain power and telling American lawmakers that he was “ashamed” of the ISI being negligent about the al Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden’s whereabouts. The undated video clips, which have been posted […]
Congress won’t let the triple talaq bill pass in Upper House
Kochi: The Congress party will not let the passage of the triple talaq bill in its present form in the RajyaSabha, AICC general secretary K C Venugopal said here Saturday. The party would join hands with those parties with which it can ally with to defeat the bill in the present form, he told reporters […]