Islamabad, April 6 (IANS) Eight militants were killed in two intelligence-based operations in Pakistan’s Lahore province and southern port city of Karachi on Wednesday, the media reported. Six militants associated with Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan were killed…
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) New Delhi has taken up with Beijing at a high level te issue of China vetoing a UN bid to declare Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad’s leader Masood Azhar a terrorist We have…
Kabul, April 6 (IANS) A civilian was killed and another injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up in Kandahar city of Afghanistan on Wednesday, an official said. “A terrorist with an explosive device wanted…
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. (File Photo: Xinhua/PID/IANS) Islamabad, April 6 (IANS) Pakistan’s opposition parties have criticised Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s decision to form a judicial commission to probe his family in ‘Panama Papers’ revelations….
Islamabad, April 6 (IANS) At least 18 people were killed and over 30 injured on Wednesday when a bus collided with a trailer in Pakistan’s central district of Bhakkar. The coach, heading toward Mianwali district…
Islamabad, April 6 (IANS) Pakistan carried out 326 executions in 2015, the highest ever recorded in the country, Amnesty International reported. Amnesty International organisation said at least 1,634 people were executed globally last year –…
Dhaka, April 6 (IANS) The Bangladesh government is failing to adequately respond to naturally occurring arsenic in drinking water across large areas of rural Bangladesh, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday. Some 20 million people…
Islamabad, April 6 (IANS) At least 14 people were killed and 29 injured on Wednesday when a coach collided with trailer in Pakistan’s central district of Bhakkar, Xinhua news agency reported.
Moscow, April 6 (IANS) The Islamic State terror group located in Afghanistan is growing and wants to use the country “as a springboard to expand further”, a Russian official said on Wednesday. The situation in…
New York, April 6 (IANS) Pakistani Christians and their supporters demonstrated outside the United Nations headquarters here Tuesday asking for the protection of minorities in Pakistan and help for hundreds of Christian asylum-seekers from that…
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) Reacting to a Pakistan media report on the JIT’s stand that the Pathankot attack was “staged” by India, the Congress on Tuesday said it had exposed the neighbouring country’s “double-faced…
By Anil Giri Kathmandu, April 5 (IANS) The Brussels-based International Crisis Group (ICG) has warned that Nepal was likely to witness fresh turmoil if the dissatisfaction over the new Constitution was not addressed soon. There…
New Delhi : The Pakistani Joint Investigation Team that is in India to probe the January 2 Pathankot terror attack; in New Delhi on March 28, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) India…
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) The home ministry has set up a committee to recommend measures to strengthen border protection and address issue of gaps and vulnerability in border fencing along the India-Pakistan border, an…
Colombo, April 5 (IANS) A former Tamil militant group that has renamed itself the Social Democratic Party of Tamils (SDPT) wants all Sri Lankans to learn each other’s language — Tamil and Sinhalese. “Mutual understanding…
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) Union Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday said no one, including people in Pakistan, will believe that the Pathankot airbase attack was stage-managed by India. Reacting to a Pakistan newspaper…
Ottawa, April 5 (IANS) The Canadian government has announced support for Pakistan’s programme of eradication of polio from the country with a pledge of over $30 million. In a meeting with Pakistan’s Canada envoy Tariq…
Islamabad, April 5 (IANS) A petition seeking ban on the exhibition of Indian movies in Pakistan was on Tuesday filed in Lahore High Court. The plea, registered by local producers and distributors, challenged the display…
By Anil Giri Kathmandu, April 5 (IANS) Indian infrastructure major GMR is in talks with global lenders to raise $1.5 billion to develop the 900 MW Upper Karnali hydel project in Nepal. Coordinated by the…
Colombo, April 5 (IANS) Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Tuesday that Colombo was seeking to expand its economic and trade ties with China. In an interview with Xinhua news agency ahead of…