China to offer USD 6 billion aid to Pak as PM Khan meets Prez Xi
Beijing: China on Friday reportedly agreed to provide USD 6 billion in aid to Pakistan, which is going through a “low point”, to minimise the cash-strapped country’s dependence on an IMF bailout package as Prime Minister Imran Khan held talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Khan, who is here on his maiden visit, met Xi […]
NIA court issues non-bailable warrants against Hafiz Saeed, Syed Salahuddin
New Delhi: A special NIA court has issued non-bailable warrants against Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Saeed and Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin for their involvement in terror funding activities, officials said Friday. “NIA approached the special NIA court for issuing non-bailable warrants against the above accused for their active involvement in terror funding for creating […]
US puts pressure on Pak to proscribe Hafiz Saeed-led JuD, FIF
WASHINGTON: The US has asked Pakistan to swiftly enact a legislation that formally proscribes both Hafiz Saeed-led JuD and FIF, even as it criticised the recent removal of the ban on the two outfits which it said runs counter to Islamabad’s commitment to the FATF to fight terrorism. The US said the removal of the […]
India has no extra-territorial ambitions: Bipin Rawat
NEW DELHI: India has no extra-territorial ambitions, but its aim is to ensure a conducive external and internal security environment for unhindered economic progress and socio-political development, Army chief General Bipin Rawat said Thursday. Contested sovereignty of maritime territories pose a major challenge in East Asia and the South China Sea and these disputed maritime […]
Docs at AIIMS remove 15-kg tumour from UP woman’s uterus
New Delhi: Doctors at the premier All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here removed a 15-kg tumour from the uterus of a 20-year-old woman from Hapur in Uttar Pradesh. Her case posed a challenge for the surgeons at the central government-run premier hospital as the tumour was very close to the uterus and removing it […]
No terror funds used for Haryana mosque, says Govt panel
New Delhi: A fact-finding committee of the Delhi Minorities Commission (DMC) did not find any evidence showing that ‘terrorist organisation’s’ money was used in the construction of a mosque in Haryana’s Palwal, according to its report released Wednesday. The four-member panel, led by human rights activist and DMC advisor Ovais Sultan, was formed to look […]
Turkish prosecutor says Khashoggi was strangled, dismembered
Istanbul: Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was strangled as soon as he entered the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul as part of a premeditated killing, and his body was dismembered before being disposed of, a top Turkish prosecutor said Wednesday. A statement from chief Istanbul prosecutor Irfan Fidan’s office also said that discussions with Saudi chief prosecutor Saud […]
Bus service to connect Pakistan-China under CPEC
Service to be launched on Nov 13th
Islamabad: A new bus service will be launched between Pakistan and China under the flagship China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project to facilitate easier travel between the two countries, according to media reports. The USD 50 billion CPEC, launched in 2015, is a planned network of roads, railways and energy projects linking China’s resource-rich Xinjiang Uyghur […]