New York: The United Nations issued a flash appeal on Tuesday for $160 million to help Pakistan cope with catastrophic floods that have killed more than 1,100 people, destroyed infrastructure and crops, and affected 33 million people. Early estimates put the damage from the floods at
Islamabad: Pakistan expressed serious concern over reports on the Indian government's attempt to infiltrate the security system of the social media platform, Twitter, by forcing it to employ an Indian “agent/representative”, a statement issued by the Foreign Office said. On August 23, a former Twitter security
London: Queen Elizabeth says she is deeply saddened by the widespread flooding that has claimed more than 1,000 lives in Pakistan this summer. Pakistan has seen exceptionally heavy monsoon rains which have triggered flash floods, affecting 33 million people and damaging nearly one million homes. The
Islamabad: The Foreign Office (FO) rejected the Afghan Taliban’s claims about Pakistani airspace being used for the US strike that killed Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri. The FO’s response came after, earlier in the day, Afghan Defence Minister Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid accused Pakistan of providing airspace
Quetta: Hussain Bakhsh, displaced from his village in Pakistan’s southwestern Jaffarabad district after his home was washed away in floods, has been living with 20 relatives in makeshift accommodation on a highway for over a week. Bakhsh is one of over 30 million people in Pakistan
Islamabad: Pakistan summoned the Indian Charge d’Affaires to foreign ministry to lodge a strong protest on the extra-judicial killing of a Pakistani civil prisoner by Indian Occupation Forces in a fake encounter in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir. The Indian forces had extra-judicially killed
Islamabad: Pakistan on Friday summoned the Indian Charge d’Affaires in Islamabad to foreign ministry to lodge a strong protest on the extra-judicial killing of a Pakistani civil prisoner by Indian Occupation Forces in a fake encounter in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir. The Indian
Islamabad: Pakistan strongly condemned the highly provocative and sacrilegious remarks made against the Holy Prophet (PBUH) by another leader of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). In a statement, Foreign Office Spokesperson Asim Iftikhar Ahmad condemned, in the strongest possible terms, the blasphemous remarks made by
Islamabad: Pakistan “categorically” rejected India’s “purported closure of the highly irresponsible” firing of a rogue supersonic missile into Pakistani territory and reiterated “its demand for a joint probe”. “We have seen India’s announcement of the findings of an internal Court of Inquiry regarding the incident of
Islamabad: Pakistan has strongly condemned the blasphemous remarks against Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) by another official of India's ruling BJP. This is the second time in the last three months that a BJP leader has made derogatory remarks against the holy prophet (PBUH) as the first time