In a significant shift of tone, Pakistan Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa seems to have softened his approach towards India, as he has called for resolution of the issue of Jammu and Kashmir “in a dignified and peaceful manner”. Amid strained ties with New Delhi, General Bajwa on Tuesday said that Pakistan is “a peace-loving country that has rendered great […]
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Anti-govt protests continue in Gilgit-Baltistan over discrimination in jobs, unpaid salary hikes
Anti-government protests in Pakistan occupied Kashmir’s (PoK) Gilgit-Baltistan continued on Tuesday as hundreds of disgruntled employees and healthcare workers demonstrated against the discrimination in government jobs and unpaid salary hikes. As the protest entered another week, anti-government sloganeering has gone up with more and more people joining in. “For 2017 we have been knocking […]
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Pakistan SC maintains status quo for a day in Daniel Pearl case
Citing tremendous global implication and grave emergency as well as serious consequences, the top government lawyer on Monday requested the Supreme Court to suspend December 24, 2020, Sindh High Court (SHC) order in the murder of Wall Street Journal’s South Asia bureau chief Daniel Pearl, reported Dawn. The SHC in its […]
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Pakistan Supreme Court extends interim detention order of Daniel Pearl murderers’ by a day
Pakistan’s Supreme Court (SC) on Monday extended the interim detention order of the accused involved in the murder case of American Journalist Daniel Pearl by one day, reported The Express Tribune. The three-judge bench of SC led by Justice Umar Ata Bandial heard the government’s petition wherein a notice to the attorney general of Pakistan was […]
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Pak Army General admits China’s role in ‘crushing’ Baloch freedom movement
In a shocking revelation, a Pakistan Army General has admitted China’s role in “crushing” the Baloch freedom movement in Pakistan, saying Beijing has given him a six-month task to end the freedom struggle by Baloch people. “China has deployed me here to crush the Baloch movement and has given me a six-month task,” Bangladeshi newspaper The Daily Sun quoted him as saying. […]
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Pakistan lawyers seek review of acquittals in Daniel Pearl murder
Lawyers have filed a last-ditch attempt to overturn the acquittal of a British-born militant convicted of masterminding the murder of US journalist Daniel Pearl in Pakistan, a government prosecutor said today. Pakistan’s top court yesterday dismissed an appeal against a lower court’s decision to clear Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh and […]
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Amid ailing economy, Imran Khan to mortgage Islamabad’s biggest park to get loan
To overcome Pakistan’s ailing economy, Prime Minister Imran Khan is considering mortgaging Islamabad’s biggest park to get a loan of around Rs 500 billion. According to a report by Dawn, the proposal to mortgage the F-9 park to get a loan of around Rs 500 billion will be included in the agenda of the […]
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Pakistani young man killed during TikTok stunt on train track
A young man was hit and killed by a train in Pakistan while being filmed walking along the tracks for a TikTok stunt, police and rescue officials said today. The accident happened yesterday in the Shah Khalid neighborhood of Rawalpindi city, near the capital of Islamabad. Hamza Naveed, 18, was […]
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Nepal team claim first winter ascent of Pakistan’s K2
A team of Nepali climbers today made history after becoming the first to summit Pakistan’s K2 in winter, singing their country’s national anthem as they reached the top. Dozens of mountaineers have been competing over the past few weeks to summit the world’s second highest mountain, the last peak above […]
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Pakistan launches first anti-polio drive campaign in 2021
This is Pakistan’s first anti-polio campaign in 2021. The previous campaign took place last August — during a brief decline in fatalities and infections from the coronavirus — and included former Taliban strongholds bordering Afghanistan. This time, polio workers will try to vaccinate 40 million children across Pakistan while at […]
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Violent protests continue in Gilgit Baltistan against ‘rigged’ elections by Imran Khan govt
People in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan continue to hold violent protests across the region against Prime Minister Imran Khan-led Pakistan government over rigged assembly elections. The protesters burnt tyres and blocked the roads to show their anger and frustration. Khan’s party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has won a majority of the 23 […]
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Lashkar front plans prayer meeting in Pak for 10 terrorists who carried out 26/11
Twelve years after the 26/11 attacks, Jamat-ud-Dawa (JuD), the political front of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) responsible for the brutal strikes, has planned an event in Sahiwal city in Punjab on Thursday to commemorate the Mumbai massacre by asking its cadres to organise special prayers for the 10 terrorists who carried […]
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Azhar Ali highlights the area Pakistan will look to target against England
The Pakistan cricket team departed for England on Sunday. They are scheduled to play three Tests and as many T20 internationals against the hosts. The Pakistan squad of 20 players and 11 staff member left for Manchester and will then be transferred to Worcestershire where they will undergo a 14-day […]
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Pakistan ready to reopen Kartarpur Corridor for Sikh pilgrims from Monday
Pakistan is ready to reopen the Kartarpur Corridor for Sikh pilgrims from June 29, three months after the corridor was closed as a precautionary measure to check the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. Announcing this, foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Saturday tweeted that the decision was taken on the death anniversary of Maharaja […]
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Pakistan’s anti-graft body files corruption case against former PM Nawaz Sharif
Pakistan’s anti-graft body has filed a corruption case against deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif and three others for their alleged involvement in the illegal allotment of land in Punjab province about 34 years ago. An arrest warrant has been issued against the 70-year-old three-time premier who is in London for […]