52 Uzbek citizens die in bus fire in Kazakhstan
January 18, 2018 A bus fire in northwestern Kazakhstan killed 52 Uzbek citizens on a route used by migrant workers heading to Russia, the Kazakh Interior Ministry said on Thursday. The bus was travelling along a road in the remote Aktobe region that links the Russian city of Samara to Shymkent, a city in southern […]
US, Israel, India nexus major ‘threat’ to Muslim world: Pakistan Senate Chairman
Islamabad, Jan 18 : An emerging nexus between the US, Israel and India is a major threat to the Muslim world, Pakistan’s Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani has said. According to a press release issued by the Senate secretariat on Wednesday, Rabbani sounded the “warning” while addressing the 13th session of the Parliamentary Union of Islamic […]
Pakistani Taliban claims Bhutto’s assassination in new book
Islamabad, Jan 15 : The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has for the first time claimed responsibility for the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in a new book in written by Taliban leader Abu Mansoor Asim Mufti Noor Wali. Bhutto was killed in a suicide attack in Rawalpindi shortly after she addressed an election […]
India, Pakistan trade gunfire and blame in Kashmir; 4 killed
15 January 2018 Four Pakistani soldiers were killed Monday after Indian and Pakistani soldiers traded gunfire in the divided Himalayan region of Kashmir, leading both of the nuclear rivals to blame the other for initiating the latest cease-fire violation. Separately, at least five suspected militants were killed in a gunbattle with Indian troops Monday […]
Nuclear threats can’t undermine need for India, Pakistan talks: Pakistani daily
Islamabad, Jan 15 : India Army chief General Bipin Rawat’s remarks that his force was ready to call Pakistan’s “nuclear bluff” and cross the border cannot “erase the core truth” that the two countries need to engage each other in dialogue, a Pakistani newspaper said on Monday. Dawn, Pakistan’s influential newspaper, in its editorial “Aggressive […]
One UN Vote Can’t Change Our Relationship With India, Says Israel PM
15 January 2018 Dubbing India-Israel relationship as a ‘marriage made in heaven’, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said even though the Jewish state was disappointed by India’s vote at the United Nations against Jerusalem issue, one negative vote will not affect the ties. Netanyahu said he hoped that his visit to India would strengthen cooperation […]
26 killed in Baghdad twin suicide bombings
January 15, 2018 At least 26 persons were killed and 75 others injured in twin suicide attacks in Baghdad early on Monday, police said. The first attack took place in the morning when a suicide bomber detonated his explosive vest at a crowded site near al-Tayaran Square where construction workers usually gather waiting for potential employers. “The blasts were […]
Pakistani anchor goes on-air with daughter to protest rape and murder of 7-year-old girl
LAHORE, The girl was abducted, raped and murdered in Kasur district of Punjab province. Her body was found in a rubbish dump on Tuesday. Kiran Naz, a news person at Saama TV, has protested the brutal rape and murder of a 7-year-old girl in Pakistan by bringing her daughter to the news broadcast. Holding her […]
Pakistan in talks with US over security assistance: FO
Thursday Jan 11 2018 ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Foreign Office said on Thursday it is in talks with the United States over matters of mutual interest, including security assistance, but it was too soon to reveal more at this point in time. In his weekly briefing, Foreign Office spokesperson Dr Mohammad Faisal said the two countries […]
IS cells operate in Kabul under noses of Afghan and US forces
10 January 2018 KABUL: Middle-class Afghans turned jihadists have assisted the Islamic State group’s expansion from its stronghold in Afghanistan’s restive east to Kabul, analysts say, helping to make the capital one of the deadliest places in the country. IS has claimed nearly 20 attacks across Kabul in 18 months, with cells including students, professors […]
