Cops deny permission to Dawat-e-Islami for meet
Hyderabad: Police have denied permission to Dawat-e-Islam, an organisation, to hold a two-day religious meet ‘Ijtema’ from Saturday in view of the law and order situation here. The organisers have been informed that it would not be appropriate to give permission because of the prevailing law and order situation, a deputy commissioner of police Amber Kishore […]
Leaked video shows Musharraf seeking covert US 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 by […]
CPEC an economic project not a military endeavor, says Pakistan
Islamabad: Pakistan has said that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a bilateral economic project and has no military dimensions. Foreign Office spokesman Mohammad Faisal said this at the weekly media briefing here on Thursday when asked about a US media report that alleged that China has hatched a secret plan to build fighter jets […]
Majority is proved in assembly not Guv’s house: Farooq
New Delhi: National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah Friday questioned in the Lok Sabha the Jammu and Kashmir Governor’s decision to dissolve the state assembly. Voicing concern over the situation in the Kashmir Valley, he also advocated talks with Pakistan for restoration of peace. The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister made these remarks while participating […]
JK crisis an outcome of the ‘Nehruvian blunder’: Union Minister
New Delhi: Union Minister Jitendra Singh Friday said the current situation in Jammu and Kashmir is an outcome of a series of “blunders” by successive Congress governments in the state starting with the “Nehruvian blunder”. Participating in the debate on statutory resolution for proclamation of President’s Rule in the state, Singh said everyone feels the […]
India protests cross border infiltration, targeting of civilians
New Delhi: India has summoned an official of the Pakistan High Commission and lodged a strong protest over incidents of cross border terrorist infiltration and targeting of Indian civilians by Pakistani forces in border areas of Jammu and Kashmir. The Ministry of External Affairs said Pakistani forces were involved in 1,962 incidents of unprovoked ceasefire […]
Union Minister defends snooping order
New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley hit out at the Congress, which along with other opposition parties attacked the government for “snooping on citizens” through its order authorising investigative agencies to intercept, monitor and decrypt information stored in any computer. The minister also lauded the National Investigation Agency (NAI) for cracking an ISIS terror […]