Islamabad, April 5 (IANS) India’s heavy military spending and acquisition of weapons threatens Pakistan and its efforts for regional peace, National Security Advisor Lt. Gen. (retd) Nasir Khan Janjua said on Tuesday. Speaking at a…
Nay Pyi Taw, April 5 (IANS) Myanmar workers in Thailand holding temporary passports are confused by a new government policy on “pink card” residency documents which they believe curtails their freedom and leaves them vulnerable…
Islamabad, April 5 (IANS) Indias increasing defence and nuclear weapons were a danger to Pakistan, National Security Advisor Naseer Khan Janjua said on Tuesday, ARY News reported. Terming Pakistan as the flagbearer of peace despite…
Kabul, April 5 (IANS) The Taliban has anointed Mullah Omar’s elder son to a senior military position within the Afghan Taliban, the insurgent group has said, according to media reports on Tuesday. Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob,…
Dhaka, April 5 (IANS) Bangladesh opposition leader Khaleda Zia on Tuesday surrendered to separate courts in Dhaka before securing bail in five cases related to violence, graft and sedition. The former prime minister and Bangladesh…
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to “apologize to the nation” for allowing a Pakistani team…
Islamabad, April 5 (INAS) Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan has demanded that the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) initiate a thorough probe into the financial holdings of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his family members after…
Washington, April 5 (IANS) The US Navy has ordered nine AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters for Pakistan, the US defence department has said. The US Navy on Monday awarded a $170 million contract to Bell Helicopter…
Islamabad, April 5 (IANS) Pakistan’s National Accountability Bureau (NAB) will consider the “Panama Papers” revelations for the possible initiation of an inquiry against those alleged to have offshore companies. An NAB source told The News…
nay Pyi Taw, April 5 (IANS) Days after Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) party assumed office in Myanmar in a historic transition of power, former president Thein Sein has joined the…
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to “apologize to the nation” for allowing a Pakistani team to probe the terror attack on the Pathankot…
Kabul, April 5 (IANS) At least six people were killed and many injured in a suicide bomb attack in Parwan province of Afghanistan on Tuesday, official said. A suicide bomber detonated his explosive-laden vehicle in…
Islamabad, April 5 (IANS) At least one passenger was killed and several injured as a bomb hit a passenger train in Pakistan’s Balochistan province on Tuesday. The Quetta-bound Jaffar Express was attacked by unidentified men…
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. (File Photo: Xinhua/PID/IANS) Islamabad, April 4 (IANS) In the wake of the Panama Papers leak, the Pakistan government on Monday asserted that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has no wealth stashed…
Ankara, April 4 (IANS) The first ferry taking migrants, mostly Pakistanis, deported from the Greek island of Lesbos docked here on Monday morning. The migrants will first go through the camps set up on the…
Islamabad, April 3 (IANS) At least 49 people were killed and dozens injured in separate rain-related accidents in Pakistan’s north Gilgit Baltistan area, northwest Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province and northeast Kashmir area over the last 24 hours,…
Islamabad, April 3 (IANS) At least 36 people were killed in rain-related incidents and land-slides across Gilgit-Baltistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir, media reported on Sunday. According to details, the torrential rains in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan have…
Colombo, April 3 (IANS) Sri Lanka looks forward to further strengthening its relations with China when Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe undertakes an official visit to the communist country next week, a statement released by his…
Kathmandu, April 3 (IANS) Nepal’s intelligence agency, the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB), has arrested a person accused in the 1995 murder here of an Italian national. A gang of 13 men, led by Tashi Gurung,…
Dhaka, April 3 (IANS) Bangladesh has banned the vuvuzela, the popular but noisy South African horns, from the country’s most colourful procession, the Mangal Shobha Jatra, in the capital Dhaka. Hundreds of thousands of people,…