Pakistan PM: Kabul accepts offer to renew talks with Taliban
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s prime minister says Afghanistan has accepted his offer to revive stalled peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban. Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said war is not the solution to the decades-long conflict in Afghanistan. His remarks Saturday came a day after he visited Kabul and met with the Afghan leadership. Pakistan […]
Pakistan draw against India with dramatic last second goal
Pakistan leveled against traditional rival India 2-2 in a last-minute thriller during the hockey match at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia, Saturday morning. Dilpreet Singh and Harmanpreet Singh scored for India at half-time. In the third quarter, Irfan Jr brought Pakistan one up while Ali Mubashar scored a last-second penalty to draw the game. India […]
Pakistan is the voice of Kashmiris at the UN, says Maleeha Lodhi
New York—Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations Maleeha Lodhi on Saturday said that Pakistan’s mission is to be the voice of Kashmiri people at the United Nations, said a media report. “We are the voice of the Kashmiri people in UN and are fighting their case [at an international level],” she told Geo News. […]
Rahul Gandhi hits out at PM Modi over proposed jet procurement
Congress chief Rahul Gandhi today hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alleging that his friends raced to find strategic partners after the government “re-tendered” USD 15 billion fighter jet deal. He was citing a media report in this regard which stated that India was seeking over 100 new fighter jets in the world’s largest […]
Fourteen dead after junior hockey team bus crash in Canada
Ottawa: A bus carrying a group of Canadian junior hockey players has collided with a semi-trailer on a rural highway in Saskatchewan, killing 14 people, Canadian media reported citing police. Fourteen more were injured — including three critically — in the accident involving the Humboldt Broncos team bus, which was heading north for a Saskatchewan […]
Salman Khan granted bail in blackbuck poaching case
Actor Salman Khan was today granted bail by a district and sessions court here in the 1998 black buck poaching case in which he has been sentenced to five years in jail. District and Sessions Judge Ravindra Kumar Joshi heard the arguments of prosecution and defence which lasted for about an hour and pronounced the […]
Palestinian journalist dies after being shot by Israeli forces
A Palestinian journalist shot by Israeli forces allegedly along the Gaza border has succumbed to his injuries, reports said. Yaser Murtaja, a photographer with the Gaza-based Ain Media agency, was shot in the stomach in Khuza’a in the south of the Gaza Strip on Friday, according to the Palestinian health ministry. Murtaja, 30, was hit […]
Eight injured in Pulwama clashes; one referred to Srinagar hospital
Srinagar : Eight persons were injured during clashes between government forces and protesters in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district soon after slain Hizb militant Mussavir Wani was laid to rest at his ancestral village graveyard on Saturday. Reports said that angry youth took to streets and clashed with the forces deployed in the area soon after […]
Shopian shuts for seventh straight day
There is a complete shutdown in shopian district on saturday against the killings on April 1.In two encounters on that day 12 militants were killed and four civilians were killed near the encounter site by police and security forces. Local reports from the area said that in the Sunday clashes about 200 civilians were injured […]
Youth arrested at Raipora Palhallan
Local media reports from Raipora village of palhallan said that police and CRPF during the previous night arrested several youth from the area on the charges of stone pelting. While the protesting locals said that police was forcing youth in palhallan to join militancy by thrashing and humiliating them in police lock ups, police said […]
