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 […]
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 […]
Former Pak Premier Nawaz Sharif shifted to jail in Lahore
Lahore: Pakistan’s ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif was shifted to the Kot Lakhpat jail in Lahore amid tight security on Tuesday, a day after an anti-corruption court sentenced him to seven years in prison in a graft case linked to the high-profile Panama Papers scandal. Sharif, 69, was sentenced to seven years of rigorous imprisonment […]
Now, UP secretariat to have Vajpayee’s 25-ft tall statue
Lucknow: A 25-feet high statue of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee will be installed in Lok Bhawan, the Uttar Pradesh government secretariat here, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Tuesday. Adityanath made the announcement at a ceremony held to celebrate Vajpayee’s 94th birth anniversary. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, also the local MP, and […]
Nawaz Sharif sentenced for seven years in jail for Al-Azizia graft case
Islamabad: An anti-corruption court in Pakistan on Monday sentenced ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif to seven years in jail in the Al-Azizia Steel Mills graft case but acquitted him in the Flagship Investments case. Three cases – Avenfield properties case, Flagship investment case and Al-Azizia steel mills case – were launched against the Sharif family […]