Islamabad: United Nations’ (UN) international day in support of victims of torture being observed today June 26 (Saturday) across the globe including Pakistan to remind people that human torture is not only unacceptable but it is also a crime. The day serves as a reminder to

Toronto: Days after a deadly Islamophobic attack, another Pakistani man was stabbed, beaten and had his beard cut. According to details, the victim Kashif was stabbed in the arm and then hit over the head with the cane he uses for walking, knocking him unconscious. Kashif

Dubai A NOTAM (notice to airmen) issued by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) civil aviation authority informed the airlines of suspension of flight services to and from 14 countries including India till July 21. This has literally poured cold water on the vacation travel plans

Tehran: Iran s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has granted clemency to more than 5,000 prisoners to mark a Shiite religious holiday, a statement on his official website said Saturday. The statement gave no details of the identity of the 5,156 prisoners who were pardoned or

Islamabad:  President Dr Arif Alvi has urged international community to take note of recent incidents of illegal selling of Uranium in black market in India, as such radioactive material can fall into wrong hands endangering human lives and security of the nations. He made these remarks

Minneapolis: Former policeman Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22 and a half years in prison on Friday for the murder of African American George Floyd, the killing that sparked America’s biggest demonstrations for racial justice in decades. The white, 45-year-old Chauvin gave his "condolences" to the

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram has termed the decision of Narendra Modi led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government’s decision to hold elections in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir first and grant statehood later as ‘bizarre’ Taking to twitter, he said the Congress

Beijing: China has operationalised its first fully electrified bullet train in the remote Himalayan region of Tibet, connecting the provincial capital Lhasa and Nyingchi, a strategically located Tibetan border town close to the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. The 435.5-km Lhasa-Nyingchi section of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway

Srinagar: Around two dozen petitions challenging the validity of the J&K Reorganisation Act 2019 – which divided Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories – and abrogation of Article 370 remain pending before the Supreme Court of India for almost two years. According to a report,

London: Prince Charles continued to financially support the Duke and Duchess of Sussex after they stepped down as senior members of the British royal family, according to financial accounts released Thursday. Prince Charles’s office, Clarence House, published in its annual accounts that Charles paid his sons,