JUI-F leaders, workers booked for blocking highway
Islamabad, Nov 16 (IANS) A case has been registered against Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) leaders and workers for blocking a highway that links Karachi with Balochistan …
Voting begins for Sri Lanka presidential election
Colombo, Nov 16 (IANS) Voting began across Sri Lanka on Saturday to elect the island nation’s eighth president, with the contest mainly focused between the …
Air traffic controller in Pak helps plane from India
Islamabad, Nov 15 (IANS) An air traffic controller in Pakistan on Thursday saved a plane flying from the Indian city of Jaipur to Muscat, by …
Terrorism key issue as Sri Lanka goes to polls on Saturday
Colombo, Nov 15 (IANS) Sri Lanka will go to the polls on Saturday to elects its seventh Executive President. The fight is between two main …
India may launch ‘false flag operation’: Pak minister
Islamabad, Nov 15 (IANS) India is facing a severe economic slowdown, hence, it could take ‘any step’ under this pressure and may launch a ‘false …
90 arrested in Sri Lanka ahead of prez polls
Colombo, Nov 15 (IANS) At least 90 people have been arrested in Sri Lanka in connection with several crimes relating to the presidential election, which …
Schools shut in Pakistan due to rising pollution levels
Islamabad, Nov 15 (IANS) The air quality in Pakistan’s city of Lahore and adjoining districts on Friday surpassed “hazardous” level, forcing local government to close …
Media banned from taking pics of SL leaders while voting
Colombo, Nov 15 (IANS) Photographers and videographers of print and electronic media outlets will not be permitted to take pictures of top Sri Lankan political …
Sharif continues to remain critical: Personal physician
Lahore, Nov 15 (IANS) Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s health has continued to be in critical condition and delays to allow the PML-N supremo …
JUI-F continues to block roads across Pakistan
Islamabad, Nov 15 (IANS) Thousands of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) protesters continued to block roads and highways across Pakistan on Friday as part of the party’s …
SL polls: Voters asked not to take photos inside booths
Colombo, Nov 15 (IANS) The Election Commission (EC) of Sri Lanka has asked voters not to take photos or make videos inside polling booths during …
SL polls: Rajapaksa, Premadasa represent polar opposites
Colombo, Nov 15 (IANS) Former Defence Minister Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Cabinet Minister Sajith Premadasa, the two main candidates of Sri Lanka’s presidential election, are known …
Lightning kills 20 in Pakistan
Islamabad, Nov 15 (IANS) At least 20 people were killed when lightning struck rural areas following heavy rains in Pakistan’s Sindh province, it was reported …
PML-N approaches court over conditions on Sharif’s travel
Lahore, Nov 15 (IANS) PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif has rejected the Pakistan government’s conditional decision to allow his brother and former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif …
Pak leads in number of censorship requests sent to FB
Islamabad, Nov 15 (IANS) Of the 17,807 content restrictions made by Facebook globally, the highest number, over 31 per cent, of the requests originated from …
Pakistan trained Saeed, others: Musharraf
Islamabad, Nov 14 (IANS) Former Pakistani military dictator Pervez Musharraf has admitted that the Pakistan state not only gave a “hero’s welcome” to terrorists like …
Security tightened in Sri Lanka ahead of prez polls
Colombo, Nov 14 (IANS) Sri Lanka on Thursday beefed up security by deploying thousands of police officers across the country, ahead of a crucial presidential …
No deal to be made with India on Kulbhushan: Pakistan
Islamabad, Nov 14 (IANS) Pakistan on Thursday denied any deal with Indian government on Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav, who has been sentenced to death by …
SL prez polls: EU observers to monitor online fake news
Colombo, Nov 14 (IANS) The European Union (EU) Election Observation Mission (EOM) will monitor Saturday’s presidential elections Sri Lanka and also analyse social media usage …
Sri Lanka agrees to play two-match Test series in Pakistan
Lahore, Nov 14 (IANS) After a long gap of more than 10 years, Test cricket is all set to make a comeback in Pakistan as …
Campaigning ends for SL presidential election
Colombo, Nov 14 (IANS) Clean governance, boosting economic growth and ensuring national security were at the forefront of key messages delivered by Sri Lanka’s presidential …
PML-N rejects ‘conditional permission’ for Sharif’s travel
Islamabad, Nov 14 (IANS) The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Thursday rejected the Imran Khan government’s “conditional permission” granted to former prime minister Nawaz Sharif …
Pakistan, China agree to work on 4 key projects
Islamabad, Nov 14 (IANS) Pakistan and China have agreed to work on four key projects for oil and gas cooperation including finalisation of feasibility study …
Reham Khan wins defamation case, pay-out, apology
Islamabad, Nov 14 (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s former wife Reham Khan has received substantial libel damages and a public apology from a private …
Jadhav appeal in civilian court: Pak army denies move
Islamabad, Nov 13 (IANS) The Pakistani military has scotched reports that Pakistan is to amend the Army Act to allow Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav the …
Lanka’s presidential poll to see two contestants face off
Colombo, Nov 13 (IANS) Sri Lanka goes to the polls on Saturday for a presidential election that will see two powerful contestants — former defence …
Pakistan to reopen closed Hindu temples
Islamabad, Nov 13 (IANS) Considering the long-standing demand of Pakistan’s Hindu community, the Imran Khan government has decided to reopen the closed Hindu temples and …
Pakistan minister slams upcoming Hindi flick ‘Panipat’
Islamabad, Nov 13 (IANS) Slamming upcoming Bollywood movie “Panipat”, Pakistan’s Science and Technology Minister Fawad Chaudhary on Wednesday said that the movie has distrorted historical …
Iqbal named Pak women head coach, Bismah remains captain
Lahore, Nov 13 (IANS) Bismah Maroof has been retained as captain while Iqbal Imam has been appointed as the head coach of the Pakistan women’s …
Hurriyat leader Geelani thanks Imran
Islamabad, Nov 13 (IANS) Kashmiri Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani has in a letter thanked Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and the people of …
Pak to amend Army Act to let Jadhav appeal in civilian court
Islamabad, Nov 13 (IANS) Pakistan is amending its Army Act to allow Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav the right to file an appeal in a civilian …
‘Abhinandan Gallery’ at Pakistan Air Force museum
Karachi, Nov 12 (IANS) In a bizarre propaganda, Pakistan has put on display a mannequin of Indian pilot Abhinandan Varthaman whose plane was shot down …
Vegetable prices continue to soar in Pakistan
Islamabad, Nov 12 (IANS) With the prices of essential vegetables such as cabbages and ginger reaching as high as Rs 150 and Rs 500 per …
ATC charges TLP chief in violent protests case
Lahore, Nov 12 (IANS) An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Lahore on Tuesday formally charged Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) chief Khadim Hussain Rizvi and 26 others in …
Nawaz Sharif’s departure to London delayed once again
Islamabad, Nov 12 (IANS) Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s departure to London was delayed once again as a sub-committee of the Federal Cabinet headed …
Team of 17 foreign poll observers to arrive in SL
Colombo, Nov 12 (IANS) The Election Commission (EC) of Sri Lanka on Tuesday announced that a team consisting of 17 foreign poll observers was expected …
Pak Sikh community observes Guru Nanak’s 550th birth anniversary
Islamabad, Nov 12 (IANS) Pakistan’s Sikh community on Tuesday observed the 550th birth anniversary of Baba Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of Sikhism. Main ceremony …
Deliberations for removing Sharif’s name from Exit Control List
Islamabad, Nov 12 (IANS) A sub-committee of the Pakistan government on Tuesday deliberated to remove former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s name from the Exit Control …
16 die, 58 hurt in Bangladesh train accident
Dhaka, Nov 12 (IANS) At least 16 people were killed and 58 injured on Tuesday after a head-on collision between two passenger trains in Bangladesh’s …
Nepal PM to decide on Cabinet reshuffle by week’s end
Kathmandu, Nov 12 (IANS) After directing his Secretariat to step down, Nepal Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli will now be shuffling his Cabinet by the …