Pakistan receives USD 2 bn from UAE, Saudi Arabia
Karachi: Cash-strapped Pakistan has received USD 1 billion each from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), as part of the bailout package by the two Gulf nations to help shore up Islamabad’s dwindling foreign currency reserves. The country’s central bank, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), on Friday confirmed that Pakistan has received the […]
Police claims arrest of JeM member
Says he was allegedly planning attacks on R Day
New Delhi: A man alleged to be a member of the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) has been arrested on charges of planning to carry out terror strikes in the national capital during Republic Day celebrations, Delhi Police officials said Thursday. Abdul LatifGanai, alias Umair alias Dilawar, was arrested by Delhi Police’s Special Cell late night on January […]
No repression of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang China: Pak diplomat
Beijing: A senior Pakistani diplomat on Thursday put up a staunch defence of the controversial education camps in China’s volatile Xinjiang province where thousands of Uyghur Muslims have been reportedly detained, saying there is no forced labour or cultural and religious repression in the region. China recently took diplomats from 12 countries with large Muslim […]
Talks with the US enter fourth day in Qatar, says Taliban leadership
Kabul: Negotiations between the Taliban and US officials in Qatar entered a fourth straight day Thursday, according to the insurgents, as the two sides pursue a potential deal to bring an end to Afghanistan’s 17-year conflict. Taliban spokesman ZabihullahMujahid confirmed to AFP that “discussions are still ongoing”. “We will talk in detail later when we […]
Taliban says talks with the US enter fourth day in Qatar
Kabul: Negotiations between the Taliban and US officials in Qatar entered a fourth straight day Thursday, according to the insurgents, as the two sides pursue a potential deal to bring an end to Afghanistan’s 17-year conflict. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid confirmed to AFP that “discussions are still ongoing”. “We will talk in detail later when we […]
Mumbai attack case: Pak court temporarily halts hearing
ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani court has temporarily halted the hearing of the 2008 Mumbai attack case to let the prosecutor produce more witnesses. Ten Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants had sailed into Mumbai from Karachi and carried out coordinated attacks, killing 166 people and injuring over 300 in November 2008. The trial, underway in an anti-terrorism court in […]
Hindu woman-Muslim man marriage not ‘regular or valid’: SC
Says child born out of the relationship is legitimate
New Delhi: A marriage of a Hindu woman with a Muslim man is not a “regular or valid” but the child born out of such wedlock is legitimate, the Supreme Court has held. It also said that the legal effect of such an irregular marriage is that a wife is entitled to get dower but […]
Finally Priyanka Gandhi takes a plunge, joins active politics
NEW DELHI: Ending years of speculation, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra formally entered politics on Wednesday with the Congress appointing her general secretary for Uttar Pradesh East in a move reflecting the party’s intent to go full throttle in the state ahead of the general elections. She will take over her new assignment in the politically crucial […]
Hearing on Article 35-A: SC says will take ‘in-chamber’ decision on listing
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it would take an “in-chamber” decision on listing of a petition challenging the constitutional validity of Article 35-A, which provides special rights and privileges to permanent residents of Jammu and Kashmir. Advocate Bimal Roy had mentioned the matter before the bench headed by Chief Justice RanjanGogoi and […]
Cyber expert claims India’s 2014 general election was ‘rigged’
London: An Indian cyber expert, seeking political asylum in the US, Monday claimed that the 2014 general election was “rigged” through the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), which, he says, can be hacked. Addressing a press conference in London via Skype, the man, identified as Syed Suja, said he fled India in 2014 because he felt […]