Nepal PM to visit China
Kathmandu, March 1 (IANS) Nepal Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli will pay an official visit to China towards March end, the media reported on Tuesday. A meeting of the Council of Ministers took a formal…
South Asia
Pathankot attackers non-state actors with state support: Parrikar
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Non-state actors from Pakistan were involved in the Pathankot terror attack but they cannot function smoothly without support from the state, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Tuesday in the…
Qadri’s execution known only to select people
Islamabad, March 1 (IANS) Only select officials knew about the plan to execute Mumtaz Qadri, the self-confessed killer of then Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer. Qadri, trained as an elite commando and who was a bodyguard…
Zeal For Unity unites with Saanjh for Indo-Pak music gala
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Zeal For Unity — a unique peace initiative by Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL) — has come on board for the 12th edition of ‘Saanjh – Amritsar Lahore Peace Festival’…
Pakistan, India ties susceptible to mood swings: Daily
Islamabad, March 1 (IANS) Pakistan and India must work to reduce human misery, said a leading Pakistani daily which observed that the ties between the two countries are “susceptible to the mood swings of both…
Canada to help rebuild quake-hit Nepal
Kathmandu, March 1 (IANS) Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) has announced to help rebuild Nepal following the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit the Himalayan nation in April 2015, a statement said here on Tuesday….
US commends Pakistan for not differentiating between terrorist groups
By Arun Kumar Washington, March 1 (IANS) The US commended Pakistan’s commitment not to differentiate between terrorist groups including those targeting India, as Pakistan assured it had reached out to India as part of its…
Myanmar resets March 10 for presidential run
Nay Pyi Taw, March 1 (IANS) Myanmar’s union parliament on Tuesday reset March 10 instead of March 17 for presidential run. Of the last three candidates nominated respectively from the group of elected House of…
‘Pakistan-US strategic dialogue strengthened ties’
Islamabad, March 1 (IANS) Pakistan Prime Ministers Adviser on Foreign Affairs, Sartaj Aziz said the strategic dialogue with the US has further strengthened bilateral relations, the medi reported on Tuesday. Aziz made the comments along…
Stricter action against banned outfit members in Pakistan
Islamabad, March 1 (IANS) Pakistan has decided call for stricter action against members of banned organisations by cancelling their passports and blocking national identity cards. The decision was taken at a meeting on Monday chaired…
Army officer killed in copter crash in Pakistan
Islamabad, Feb 29 (IANS) At least one officer was killed as a helicopter of Pakistan army crashed in Haripur district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on Monday evening, the military said. A statement from the Inter Services Public…
Pakistani book claims ‘Nawaz took money from Bin Laden’
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. (File Photo: Xinhua/PID/IANS) Islamabad, Feb 29 (IANS) A new book has claimed that Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif received money from Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. The book “Khalid Khawaja:…
Malala lauds Pakistan’s Sharmeen on getting Oscar
Islamabad, Feb 29 (IANS) Pakistani activist for female education and youngest ever Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai on Monday congratulated Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy for winning second Oscar. Speaking by phone, Malala said the entire nation was…
Pakistan hangs Punjab governor Taseer’s killer
Islamabad, Feb 29 (IANS) A self-confessed killer of the then Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer was hanged on Monday in Rawalpindi, the twin city of capital Islamabad. Mumtaj Qadri was executed at the Adiala jail in…
Two to die in Pakistan for honour killing
Islamabad, Feb 29 (IANS) A Pakistani court sentenced two brothers to death on Monday for killing their sister and her husband to protect the family’s “honour”, the media reported. The court also fined them Rs.1…
Pathankot JIT to complete probe this week, says Tariq Fatemi
Pathankot: The Pathankot IAF base that was attacked by terrorists on Jan 2, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Islamabad, Feb 29 (IANS) The Pakistani team probing the Pathankot air base terror attack will complete its investigation this…
Pakistan, India in bitter contest to win over US
Islamabad, Feb 29 (IANS) Pakistan and India are engaged in a bitter contest to win over the United States amid the ever-present trust deficit, diplomatic sources said on Sunday. Since the partition in 1947, the…
Pakistan win Oscar for Best Documentary-Short Subject
Los Angeles, Feb 29 (IANS) Pakistani filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy won the Oscar for Best Documentary-Short Subject for her project based on honour killing titled “A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness” at the…
Taseer’s killer Qadri hanged to death
Lahore, Feb 29 (PTI) Former Pakistani police commando Mumtaz Qadri, convicted in the killing of former Punjab governor Salman Taseer, was hanged to death early today at a Rawalpindi jail. Qadri, deputed on the security…
130 militants give up fighting in Afghanistan
Kabul, Feb 28 (IANS) At least 130 Taliban rebels on Sunday gave up fighting, amid the group’s desperate attempt to overrun Maimana city, the capital of Faryab province, a senior official said. “We sincerely welcome…