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ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi has warned if war is imposed on Pakistan then it will not be  a war between two countries but its repercussions will be felt by the entire world. He was addressing as Chief Guest at an impressive flag…

Indian supreme court refuses to pass order on lifting curbs in IOK SRINAGAR: Occupied Kashmir is facing the worst humanitarian crisis in the modern human history as strict curfew along with all communication blackout entered its ninth…

BEIJING: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday said China was highly concerned over the current situation in Indian-occupied Kashmir and escalating conflict between India and Pakistan. During a meeting with his Indian counterpart…

NEW YORK: Warning that the Kashmir crisis could get worse, Pakistan’s Ambassador to the U.S., Asad Majeed Khan has raised the possibility that Islamabad might redeploy troops from the Afghanistan border to the Kashmir frontier, a shift that…

ISLAMABAD: While invoking jurisdiction of the top court on Wednesday, a sitting judge of the Supreme Court Justice Qazi Faez Isa urged the court to issue restraining order over proceedings of references filed against him before Supreme…

SRINAGAR: In occupied Kashmir, at least, six persons were killed and over 100 injured in firing by Indian troops on protesters as curfew and communication blackout continued on the third consecutive day. Despite strict curfew and…

EL PASO, Texas: A man armed with a rifle opened fire at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, on Saturday, killing 20 people and wounding 26 others as panicked shoppers and employees scurried for cover before the gunman surrendered to police…

SRINAGAR: In occupied Kashmir, Indian Army has martyred seven more youth in fresh incident of brutality in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. The incident has take place in Keran area of the district. Meanwhile, with the recovery to…

ISLAMABAD: Speaking at the weekly press briefing on Thursday foreign office spokesperson Dr Mohammad Faisal informed Pakistan has principally decided to grant consular access to Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav in pursuance of recently…

KABUL: The Afghan government named a team on Wednesday to negotiate directly with the Taliban, in the expectation that Washington was on the cusp of agreeing to withdraw troops after 18 years of war, meeting the insurgents’ precondition for…

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday handed President Donald Trump a victory by letting his administration redirect $2.5 billion (£2.2 billion) in money approved by Congress for the Pentagon to help build his promised wall along…

DERA ISMAIL KHAN (Reuters) - A female suicide bomber in northwestern Pakistan killed at least eight people and wounded 26 more in an attack outside a local civilian hospital on Sunday, local officials said. The attack in Dera Ismail Khan…

ISLAMABAD: International Court of Justice (ICJ) will announce its verdict in Kulbhushan Yadav case on Wednesday at 6 p.m PST Pakistani legal team headed by the attorney general has reached the Hague to hear the verdict. The team also…

LAHORE: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani concluded his two-day long visit of Pakistan, and headed back to his country on Friday. As per details, Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar accompanied the Afghan President to see him off on the…

LAHORE: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani reached Lahore on Friday on the second leg of his visit to Pakistan.  Ghani was welcomed to the city with full state protocol with high ranking government functionaries slated to greet him upon…

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi, in his meeting with President Ashraf Ghani has affirmed Pakistan’s resolve to forge closer ties with Afghanistan. During the meeting matters related to all aspects of Pakistan-Afghanistan relations were…

ISLAMABAD: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday landed in Islamabad on a two-day official visit to Pakistan on Prime Minister’s Imran Khan invitation. Adviser on Commerce Abdul Razak Dawood and other officials received Ghani at Nur…

ISLAMABAD: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani would reach Pakistan on an official two-day trip on Thursday (today) after an invitation by Prime Minister Imran Khan. According to the Foreign Office Spokesperson Dr Faisal, the President of…

KARACHI: Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) barred at least 60 passengers from traveling to Malaysia at the Karachi airport. According to sources, despite having visas and work permits for Malaysia, the FIA refused immigration of over 35…

LONDON: Pakistani High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Mohammad Nafees Zakaria has said Pakistan offers great opportunities for foreign investors to invest in the country. “Pakistan due to its geostrategic location and position offers…

LONDON: Director General Inter-Service Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Asif Ghafoor met Ahmed Nawaz, a survivor of the tragic Army Public School (APS) attack in 2014. The DG ISPR met Nawaz in London on Monday, where he is receiving…

By Our Staff Correspondent ISLAMABAD: Indian troops launched cordon and search operations in Baramulla and Pulwama districts on Monday. According to Kashmir Media Service, the troops cordoned off Dooru village in Sopore area of…

GENEVA: U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on Monday that 55,000 captured Islamic State fighters, including foreigners, and their families detained in Syria and Iraq should face fair trials or be freed. States “must assume…

Washington:New US sanctions imposed on Iran on Monday target Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and senior military leaders of the Islamic republic. President Donald Trump slapped the sanctions on Tehran for what he described as its…

Tehran:US President Donald Trump was right to say US forces have "no business" in the Gulf, Iran's foreign minister said Monday after Trump told other countries to protect their own oil shipments. Trump "is 100% right that the US…

Lagos:Scores are feared dead following an oil pipeline explosion in southeastern Nigeria, officials said Monday, with some putting the toll at more than 70. At least eight people died on Saturday in Kom Kom Town in the oil-producing Rivers…

Jerusalem:Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday his country will do "everything" to prevent arch-rival Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, during a visit by a senior Russian security official. "Israel will not allow Iran,…

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Thursday lauded the sacrifices of Pakistan in a war against terrorism. “Pakistan and the European Union will sign a new strategic engagement plan for strengthening bilateral ties,” said…

Tehran, June 24 (AFP):Iran said Monday that no cyber attack against the Islamic republic has ever succeeded, after American media reported the US launched one last week amid a standoff between the two countries. "The media are asking about…

An earthquake of magnitude 7.5 struck in a remote area of Indonesia in the Banda Sea on Monday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said, but there were no initial tsunami warnings. The quake hit at a depth of 136 miles, the USGS said. There…