KU, IUST teachers condemn Rizwan’s ‘custodial killing’, demand ‘end HR violations in Kashmir’
Awantipora,: Islamic University Faculty Association (IUFA) has condemned the alleged custodial killing of a teacher Rizwan Assad Pandith and has termed it outrageous and a tremendous loss to education while demanding immediate justice for him. In a statement, the IUFA said Pandith worked as a guest faculty in the Polytechnic College, Islamic University of Science […]
Policeman shot at in Anantnag, critical
Anantnag: Suspected militants on Friday fired upon PSO of chairman municipal committee Anantnag Hilal Shah at Dangerpora area of Anantnag district. The PSO has been identified as Arshid Ahmad and has been referred to Srinagar in critical conditions. Police sources said that he has received bullet injury in waist. Shah is a member of […]
Nawaz Sharif’s family meet ailing leader in jail
Lahore, Mar 22 (PTI) Jailed former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s family, including his mother and daughter, met him at the Kot Lakhpat jail here on Thursday, and voiced concern over his health, Pakistani media reported. Sharif, 69, is in jail since December last year, serving a 7-year imprisonment in the Al Azizia Steel Mills graft […]
Mufti Taqi Usmani survives assassination attempt in Karachi, two associates killed
Pakistan: At least two people were killed and as many injured in two separate incidents of firing in Karachi on Friday, DawnNewsTV reported. Unidentified gunmen opened fire on an automobile when it was descending the NIPA flyover in Gulshan-e-Iqbal, according to police. Aziz Bhatti Shaheed police station’s officials identified the two deceased as Sanobar Khan s/o […]
Militants killed in Hajin gunfight identified
Hajin: The two militants killed in a gunfight Mir Mohalla Hajin village of north Kashmir’s area of Bandipora district on Friday have been identified The slain militants have been identified as Ali bhai and Kubaib bhai, foreigners from Pakistan. The two slain Pakistani militants, Ali bhai and Hubaib bhai, as per police records were the […]
Pak weighing options after acquittal of all accused in Samjhauta blast case: Qureshi
Islamabad, Mar 22 (PTI) Pakistan is studying the verdict on the 2007 Samjhauta train blast case by an Indian court and the acquittal of all the four accused and weighing its options, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said. The Samjhauta Express is a bi-weekly train that runs between Delhi and Attari in India and Lahore […]
Enforcement directorate penalises Syed Ali Geelani, proceeding against Yasin Malik in progress
New Delhi, Mar 22 (PTI) The Enforcement Directorate has levied a penalty of Rs 14.40 lakh and ordered confiscation of nearly Rs 6.8 lakh in connection with a FEMA case against Jammu and Kashmir-based separatist Syed Ali Shah Geelani, officials said Friday. The case pertains to Geelani in illegal possession of foreign exchange, a case which […]
Farooq leads campaigning of alliance candidates in Jammu
Jammu,(PTI) National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Friday led the campaigning of joint Congress-NC candidates and said the alliance was aimed to keep India secular and “save” it from divisive politics. Vikramaditya Singh, grandson of erstwhile Sadr-e-Riyast senior Congress leader Karan Singh, and former minister Raman Bhalla, who is a joint candidate of the Congress and […]
Close aide of Pulwama attack mastermind arrested in Delhi
New Delhi (PTI) A Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist Sajjad Khan, a close aide of Pulwama attack mastermind Muddasir was arrested here, police said on Friday. Sajjad Khan (27), a resident of Pulwama was arrested near the Lajpat Rai market late Thursday night, they said. “Muddasir, the mastermind of Pulwama attack was killed in an exchange of fire with […]
Pak to receive USD 2.1 loan from China by March 21
Islamabad,(PTI) Cash-strapped Pakistan will receive over USD 2 billion loan from its “all-weather” ally China by Monday to provide a boost to its ailing economy, the Finance Ministry has announced. Ministry’s adviser and spokesperson Khaqan Najeeb Khan said that “all procedural formalities” for the transfer of the USD 2.1 billion (15 billion yuan) loan being provided […]