Taliban attack kills at least 12 in central Afghanistan
Ghazni: At least 12 people were killed Monday in a Taliban-claimed attack on a military compound in central Afghanistan, officials said, as the insurgents continue to batter the war-torn country’s beleaguered security forces. The attack began after a vehicle loaded with explosives rammed into the entrance of a compound in Maidan Shahr — the capital […]
Engage in ‘meaningful dialogue’ to resolve issues: UN chief to India-Pakistan
United Nations: United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Friday hoped that India and Pakistan will engage in a “meaningful dialogue” to resolve their issues. The UN chief also said he has been offering his “good offices in relation to the dialogue between the two countries that, until now, had no conditions of success.” Guterres […]
Mind your own business: Owaisi to Pakistan
Hyderabad: Asking Pakistan to stop meddling in Kashmir affairs, AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi Saturday said the valley was and will always be an integral part of India, even as he stressed the need to have a consistent policy for the region. The Hyderabad MP said whether it was the Congress or the BJP at the […]
Parliament to decide on extension to military courts: Pak Army
Islamabad: The Pakistan Army has said that the country’s parliament would decide about another extension in the tenure of the controversial military courts. The military courts were first set up in January 2015 for two years for speedy trial of militants after the 2014 Peshawar school attack that killed nearly 150 schoolchildren. Their tenure was […]
Special medical board treating Nawaz Sharif says he is not well
Lahore: A special medical board that examined Pakistan’s former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in Kot Lakhpat jail here has said that “he is not completely well” and more tests are required before suggesting treatment for him. The medical board comprising Shahid Hameed, Sajjad Ahmed and Hamid Khalil of the Punjab Institute of Cardiology, Lahore, had […]
Lok Sabha poll schedule to be announced in March: Sources
Assembly elections in JK may also be held simultaneously
New Delhi: The schedule for Lok Sabha elections is likely to be announced in the first week of March, sources indicated on Friday. The term of the present Lok Sabha ends on June 3. The Election Commission is in the process of deciding the number of phases and the months in which polling would be […]
Pak raises Kashmir issue during talks with UNGA president
Islamabad: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah MehmoodQureshi Friday raised the Kashmir issue during his meeting with the visiting UN General Assembly President Maria Fernanda Espionosa. Espionosa arrived in Islamabad on her first official trip to the Asia-Pacific region since assuming office in September last year. She met Qureshi in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs where the […]
India orders moving of strategic ITBP command to Leh
Move announced to counter the Chinese build up
New Delhi: Amid growing concerns over the Chinese military buildup along the eastern flank of the country, the government has ordered moving a strategic ITBP command from its current base in Chandigarh by over 960 km to the border of Leh in Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said Thursday. The North West (NW) frontier of […]
