ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has once again stolen the spotlight from India in the latest United Nations-backed Happiness Report, retaining its 108th position while India lagged behind at 126th in the rankings released on Monday. Finland remained the world's happiest country for a seventh straight year while Nordic
WASHINGTON, DC : The World Kashmir Awareness Forum (WKAF) and the Kashmir Diaspora Coalition (KDC) successfully held in Washington DC, USA an emergency meeting on the ongoing crimes against humanity currently being committed by the fascist, Hindutva-led Indian government in the disputed territory of occupied
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking a record-equalling third straight term on the back of his economic record, welfare measures, national pride, Hindu nationalism and personal popularity. Surveys suggest he will easily win a comfortable majority. His challengers have formed an alliance of more
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office (FO) on Friday said that there had been an “alarming surge in provocative statements from Indian leaders asserting unwarranted claims over Azad Jammu and Kashmir”, adding that Pakistan rejected such claims. The remarks by the FO spokesperson did not mention any specific
LONDON: U.S. authorities are reported to have indicted an individual, Nikhil Gupta, for plotting the assassination of Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a prominent Sikh leader of the Khalistan movement. According to the indictment, Gupta was directed by an Indian government officer to pay $100,000 to a purported
MALE: Maldives voters handed President Mohamed Muizzu's party a landslide win at parliamentary elections, media said, an outcome set to shift the Indian Ocean archipelago closer to China and away from traditional partner India. Muizzu's People's National Congress (PNC) won 65 of the 93 seats up
KARNATAKA: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah rejected Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s claims that the state’s Congress-led government had transferred reservations meant for backward classes and Dalits to the Muslim community, calling the remark a “blatant lie”. A day earlier, the prime minister has said at an election
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has reaffirmed Pakistan’s abiding commitment to promoting multilateralism and diplomacy, which were the important pillars of the country’s foreign policy. Ishaq Dar on the occasion of the International Day for Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace said multilateralism, diplomacy, dialogue, and international
NEW DELHI: An annual country report published by the United States government flagged “significant human rights abuses” in India, including extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, arbitrary arrests or detentions, and the surveillance of civil society activists and journalists. The report, titled India 2023 Human Rights Report and
ISLAMABAD: In a landmark development aimed at bolstering diplomatic ties between the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the Islamic Republic of Iran, President Dr. Seyed Ebrahim Raisi of Iran concluded his official visit to Pakistan today. The visit, spanning from April 22nd to April 24th, was