SRINAGAR: In another low, Indian police have arrested seven Kashmiri students under the draconian anti-terror law for celebrating the country’s defeat in World Cup finals and raising pro-Pakistan slogans in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). According to Indian media reports, the seven students of
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday backed the proposal of international peace conference to restart peace process on Palestine. "Peace in the region can only be achieved with the implementation of relevant UN resolutions," Pakistan Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said at a news conference in Islamabad. "Pakistan
LONDON: Afghan refugees who were relocated to the UK from Pakistan have been “dumped” in military bases across the country. Charity chiefs and military officials say the move is a betrayal of Afghans who served alongside British and Western forces during the campaign against the Taliban. About
TORKHAM: Afghanistan: Rocked gently on his mother's knees, a fly on his nose, a baby sleeps fitfully in a tent in a barren border camp as his family prepares to leave the waypoint to rebuild their lives in Afghanistan. In the transit camp at Torkham, where
UNITED NATIONS: A key committee of the UN General Assembly unanimously adopted a resolution renewing the global commitment to the principle of “self-determination for people still subjected to colonial, foreign and alien occupation.” Co-sponsored by 64 countries, the resolution, submitted by Pakistan Ambassador Munir Akram, was
HONG KONG: A submarine arms race is intensifying as China embarks on production of a new generation of nuclear-armed submarines that for the first time are expected to pose a challenge to growing US and allied efforts to track them. Analysts and regional defence attaches say
UNITED NATIONS: Reaffirming its commitment to the goal of a nuclear weapons-free world, Pakistan told the United Nations (UN) that India was responsible for introducing nuclear weapons in South Asia with a test of a device in 1974, forcing Pakistan to follow suit. “In South Asia,
LONDON: The mother and grandmother of British schoolgirl Sara Sharif have said they barely recognized her body at a mortuary due to the severity of her injuries. The 10-year-old was found at her home in Woking, Surrey, where she lived with her father, Urfan Sharif, her
ISLAMABAD: The Indian High Commission in Islamabad is set to welcome Geetika Srivastava as its first-ever female chargé d’affaires. Another addition to the “Female Diplomatic Club,” Srivastava's appointment comes soon after Great Britain posted its first woman high commissioner to Pakistan. Srivastava is expected to take up
LONDON: The uncle of murdered UK schoolgirl Sara Sharif has claimed to police in Pakistan that the 10-year-old died from a broken neck after falling down a flight of stairs, Sky News reported. Imran Sharif is being questioned in custody over his brother’s suspected involvement in