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Pak FM Bilawal arrives in Goa

Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari arrived in the Indian city of Goa yesterday to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Council of Foreign Ministers meeting. In a video message on Twitter, Bilawal — the first foreign minister to
4 May 2023, 18:00 PM

Eight teachers killed in Pakistan school shootings

At least seven teachers were killed in a shooting at a school in northwestern Pakistan on Thursday in what appeared to be retaliation for an attack shortly before in which another teacher was shot dead, officials said
4 May 2023, 12:27 PM

Militants kill 6 Pakistani soldiers near Afghan border

Islamist militants killed six Pakistani soldiers in an exchange of fire with the military in a northwestern tribal district bordering Afghanistan, the army said on Thursday
4 May 2023, 11:10 AM

President urges India to play a bigger role in resolving Rohingya issue

President Mohammed Shahabuddin today urged India to take more effective steps in persuading Myanmar to take back Rohingyas from Bangladesh
2 May 2023, 11:11 AM

UNSC ‘pressure’ won’t work

A senior Taliban leader yesterday warned the United Nations Security Council to give up its “failed policy of pressure” after members adopted a resolution
28 April 2023, 18:00 PM

Hate speech a serious threat to India

Terming hate speech as a serious threat to the nation, the Supreme Court of India today directed all states and union territories to register cases over such crimes even if no complaints are made
28 April 2023, 13:52 PM

PM Shehbaz wins vote of confidence

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif secured a vote of confidence from the National Assembly yesterday, with 180 lawmakers reposing “full confidence” in his leadership as the premier.
27 April 2023, 18:00 PM

Pak PM Shehbaz Sharif secures vote of confidence

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif secured a vote of confidence from the National Assembly on Thursday, with 180 lawmakers reposing "full confidence" in his leadership as the premier
27 April 2023, 13:49 PM

Defamation case: Gujarat HC judge opts out of hearing Rahul Gandhi's appeal

A Gujarat High Court judge today recused herself from hearing Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s appeal against the order of the Surat sessions court which refused to stay his conviction in a four-year-old criminal defamation case, Rahul’s lawyer said
26 April 2023, 15:27 PM

Myanmar crisis: Neighbours, some Asean members hold secretive talks

Government and think-tank representatives from Myanmar and its neighbours, including India and China, held talks in New Delhi on Tuesday as part of a secretive effort to de-escalate a bloody crisis in the army-run Southeast Asian nation, two sources said
26 April 2023, 12:43 PM

Blasts in Pakistan: Death toll rises to 13

Two explosions in a counter-terrorism ammunition depot in northwest Pakistan killed at least 13 people and wounded over 50 on Monday, police said
25 April 2023, 04:34 AM

12 die in munitions blasts at Pakistan police station

At least 12 people, mostly policemen, were killed by multiple explosions caused by a fire in a munitions cache in a Pakistan police station on Monday, officials said
24 April 2023, 18:50 PM

Blasts kill 8 in Pakistan

Two explosions rocked a counter-terrorism office in northwest Pakistan yesterday, killing at least eight people, police said.
24 April 2023, 18:00 PM

Memories of Punjab separatism and the rise of Amritpal

When Sikh separatist preacher Amritpal Singh was finally apprehended outside a Guruwara in Rode village in north Indian state Punjab's Moga district this morning, the contrived symbolism of the place could not be lost sight of
23 April 2023, 07:43 AM

Sikh separatist Amritpal Singh arrested from Punjab

After being on the run for just over a month, wanted radical Sikh separatist preacher Amritpal Singh was arrested today from north Indian state Punjab's Moga district, police said
23 April 2023, 05:23 AM

Pakistan foreign minister to visit India for Shanghai group meet

Pakistan's foreign minister will attend a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in India next month, his ministry said today, in what will be the first visit by a top Pakistani government official to India in nearly a decade.
20 April 2023, 08:16 AM

Pak SC warns govt of ‘serious consequences’

Pakistan’s Supreme Court (SC) yesterday warned the government of “serious consequences” if it failed to release the funds required for conducting polls in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
19 April 2023, 18:00 PM

Pak govt, judiciary in new standoff

Pakistan’s government yesterday rejected a panel set up and headed by the chief justice that is due to rule on a draft law clipping his powers, claiming conflict of interest, the latest standoff amid months of economic and political turmoil.
13 April 2023, 18:00 PM

Three Nepali climbers missing on Everest

A search was underway for three Nepali climbers who fell into a crevasse while ascending Everest yesterday, the first such accident on the world’s highest mountain this climbing season.
12 April 2023, 18:00 PM

Agartala-Akhaura rail link likely to be opened by year-end: Indian minister

"We are expecting this project to be inaugurated by the end of this year and in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina," he told media at Nischintapur
12 April 2023, 06:47 AM