Islamabad, Aug 31 (IANS) Pakistan is planning to call an international conference on Kashmir, Minister for Law and Justice Barrister Farogh Naseem said on Saturday. Talking to the media, Naseem said that law and international…
Islamabad, Aug 31 (IANS) The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the global watchdog for terror financing and money laundering, has set new targets for Pakistan to hamper terror financing and monitor the sale of jewelry…
Islamabad,, Aug 31 (IANS) Former Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari was shifted to Adiala jail in Rawalpindi after medical tests at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS). According to News International, Zardari, brought to…
Islamabad, Aug 31 (IANS) Pakistan is ready to engage in a “conditional” dialogue with India, Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said. Qureshi said that Pakistan always wanted to solve existing issues with India…
Washington/Brussels, Aug 31 (IANS) The US House Foreign Relations Committee and the European Parliament will discuss the Kashmir issue in their upcoming sessions, the media reported. Chairman of the US House Subcommittee on Asia Brad…
Islamabad, Aug 31 (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday said that the “illegal annexation of occupied Kashmir” is part of a wider policy of the Indian government “to target Muslims”. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf…
Islamabad, Aug 31 (IANS) The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has laid off nearly 1,000 surplus employees and has taken other measures to reduce operational cost of the flag carrier. The development was confirmed by PIA…
Islamabad, Aug 31 (IANS) The Pakistan Foreign Office (FO) said that “good progress” was made during technical level talks on the Kartarpur corridor between Pakistani and Indian delegations, a media report said on Saturday. FO…
Islamabad, Aug 31 (IANS) At least 24 people were killed after a passenger bus fell into a ravine in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the media reported on Saturday. According to reports, the bus, carrying 35…
Islamabad, Aug 30 (IANS) Pakistan Railway Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed got an electric shock from the mike while launching a broadside against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi over Kashmir. In a video which has gone…
Rawalpindi, Aug 30 (IANS) Known for making controversial statements, Pakistan’s Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed received an electric shock on Friday when he was delivering an anti-India speech. The Pakistan government had organised countrywide events…
Islamabad, Aug 30 (IANS) With the world powers, including the Muslim world, ignoring his persistent pleas to intercede on Kashmir, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has now through an opinion piece in The New York…
Karachi, Aug 30 (IANS) To express his solidarity with Kashmiri people, former Pakistan cricketer Shahid Afridi on Friday came dressed in military uniform to the Pakistan government organised event ‘Kashmir Hour’ in the wake of…
Lahore, Aug 30 (IANS) An accountability court here on Friday issued a bailable arrest warrant against former Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf. The arrest warrant against Ashraf was issued for making illegal appointments in the…
I0slamabad, Aug 30 (IANS) The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has pledged $7 billion for development projects and policy-based programmes in Pakistan over the next three years. The development comes after the bank’s Vice President Shixin…
Islamabad, Aug 30 (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan called Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan to talk about bilateral cooperation and regional issues, the media reported on Friday. A tweet from…
Washington, Aug 30 (IANS) Pakistan’s Ambassador to US Asad Majeed Khan has urged Washington and the international community to “do more” to pressurize India to end its “militarized curfew over occupied Kashmir”. In an interview…
Karachi, Aug 30 (IANS) Work on 27 new projects in the second phase of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) was expected to begin by the end of the year, said Wang Yu, the Consul General…
Islamabad, Aug 29 (IANS) In more muscle-flexing moves aimed at India over Kashmir, the Pakistani Army and Navy chiefs on Thursday reviewed the operational preparedness of their forces, as Pakistan also tested its surface-to-surface ballistic…
Islamabad, Aug 29 (IANS) As part of its efforts to drum up global attention on Kashmir, the Pakistan army on Thursday took a group of foreign media correspondents to the Line of Control (LoC) in…