Kashmir Tourism Dept Woos Tourists From Bangladesh,Thailand
The officials say they have changed the strategy and are going to places like Bangladesh and Thailand to present Kashmir as a perfect tourist destination. NEWDEHLI:-Even as the tourism industry is witnessing slump since last year, following valley wide protests and shutdowns post Burhan Wani’s killing on July 8 last year, the tourism department […]
17 Rohingya, Including Children, Drown Fleeing Myanmar
DHAKA:_Bangladesh coastguards today found the bodies of 17 Rohingya, many of them children, who drowned when their boats capsized as they fled violence in Myanmar that has forced at least 18,500 to seek refuge across the border. Officials in Bangladesh say growing numbers of Rohingya are trying to cross the Naf river that divides the […]
Hafiz Saeed Files Petition in UN to Remove His Name From List of Terrorists
Nov 28: Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) founder Hafiz Saeed has approached the United Nations asking the world body to drop the terrorist tag from his name. Hafiz Saeed, who was released from house arrest recently, filed the petition through a Lahore-based law firm that represents him, Mirza and Mirza. The petition was filed when he was under house arrest. Navid Rasul Mirza, […]
Schools in Siberian town remain open even as temperature falls to -50C
OYMYAKON: Schools in the town of Oymyakon in Russia‘s Sakha Republicremained open on Thursday even as the temperature dropped to -50 degrees Celsius. The schools in town call off the classes only when the temperature falls to -52 degrees. On November 23, the mercury level in the city was two degrees short of the required limit to kick off […]
One killed, 150 injured as forces move in to clear blockade by Islamist protesters in Pakistan
November 25, 2017 ISLAMABAD: A security person was killed and over 150 others were injured today in Pakistan during clashes which broke out after police and paramilitary forces launched an operation to disperse hundreds of protesters blocking main highways leading to the capital Islamabad. The operation was launched after Islamabad High Court (IHC) yesterday […]
Nawaz Sharif lashes out at PTI, PPP for being anti-democratic
ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif came down hard on the ruling party’s harshest critic, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), and the opposition Pakistan Peoples Party on Wednesday. Speaking to the media after attending the proceedings of the accountability court which is hearing three corruption references against him, Nawaz said, the “dictator’s black laws […]
Trump discusses Syria, N.Korea over phone with Putin
Washington, Nov 22 (IANS) US President Donald Trump spoke with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin over phone for more than an hour about the conflict in Syria, the anti-terrorism fight in Central Asia and the Middle East as well as the nuclear threat posed by North Korea. In a statement, the White House said that […]
Lebanon PM Hariri says resignation on hold pending talks
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri has temporarily put his resignation on hold following a request by President Michel Amount for him to reconsider the decision. “I presented my resignation to President Aoun today and he urged me to wait” for more dialogue and “I showed responsiveness to this hope,” Hariri said following his meeting with […]
Pak court orders release of Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed
November 22, 2017 Lahore High today adjourned Jamaat- ud -Dawa chief Hafiz Sayeed’s detention case to December 6th. On January 31, Saeed and his four aides – Abdullah Ubaid, Malik Zafar Iqbal, Abdul Rehman Abid and Qazi Kashif Hussain – were detained by the Punjab government for 90 days under the Anti-Terrorism Act 1997 and the Fourth […]
China urges talks after Trump blacklists North Korea
Tue Nov 21, 2017 China has reiterated the importance of dialog to resolve the tensions over North Korea’s weapons program following the re-labeling of Pyongyang as a “state sponsor of terrorism” by US President Donald Trump. “We still hope all relevant parties can contribute to easing tensions, that the relevant parties can resume talks and (adopt) […]
