US pullout from Afghanistan: Pak, China discuss resurgence of the Taliban
Beijing: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi met his Chinese counterpart Tuesday and discussed the situation arising out of the US decision to pull nearly 7,000 troops from Afghanistan and resurgence of the Taliban in the war-torn country. Qureshi, who is on a three-day four-nation tour, arrived here Tuesday morning following his visit to Afghanistan […]
43 killed in Kabul govt compound attack
Kabul: An hours-long gun and suicide attack on a Kabul government compound killed at least 43 people, the health ministry said Tuesday, making it one of the deadliest assaults on the Afghan capital this year. No militant group has claimed responsibility for the raid, which caps a bloody year for Afghanistan as long-suffering civilians and […]
Christmas celebrated with religious fervour in Valley
Srinagar: The miniscule Christian population of Kashmir Tuesday celebrated Christmas with traditional enthusiasm and religious fervour as the devotees thronged churches for mass and held special prayers for peace in the valley. The biggest mass in the Valley was held at the Holy Family Catholic Church at Maulana Azad Road in the heart of the […]
Deep freeze: Valley’s rendezvous with cold wave conditions continue
Jammu records season's coldest day
Srinagar: Cold wave conditions intensified across Kashmir, except Srinagar city, as the mercury slipped further below the freezing point, resulting in frozen water bodies and water supply lines in several residential areas on Tuesday. Srinagar the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir which recorded the coldest night in 11 years on Monday at minus 6.8C, […]
From military standoff to bonhomie: 2018 will go down as watershed year in testy India-China ties
Beijing: The year 2018 will go down as a watershed in India-China relations for its remarkable turnaround – from the brink of a major military standoff to bonhomie – with the first informal summit of the top leaders of the two countries leading to cooling down of tensions between the two Asian giants. In 2017, […]
Imran Khan reiterates equal status for minorities in Pakistan
Says they will be treated equally, unlike India
Lahore: Prime Minister Imran Khan on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Mohammad Ali Jinnah’s assured minority communities that they would be treated as equal citizens in Naya Pakistan “unlike what is happening in India”. Imran on Tuesday tweeted that “Naya Pakistan is Quaid’s Pakistan and will ensure that our minorities are treated as […]