Pakistan

UK envoy to India Philip Barton promoted as new Foreign Office minister

11:01 pm August 3, 2020

London: Sir Philip Barton, the British High Commissioner to India based in New Delhi, was on Monday promoted as a minister in the newly formed Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. The UK Foreign Office said Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab had approved the appointment of Barton as the Permanent Under-Secretary of the new ministry, which had been unveiled by the UK PM earlier this year […]

100 booked for violating Covid guidelines in J-K's Samba

Curfew in Srinagar ahead of first anniversary of revocation of Article 370

10:46 pm August 3, 2020

Srinagar: Authorities in Srinagar on Monday clamped curfew in the city in view of “specific inputs” about violent protests on August 5, the first anniversary of the revocation of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status under Article 370. Srinagar District Magistrate Shahid Iqbal Choudhary said in an order that the curfew will come into force with immediate effect and […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Afghan officials say Pakistani rockets kill 9, wound 50

11:40 pm July 31, 2020

Quetta: Pakistan fired a barrage of rockets across its southwestern border, killing nine people and wounding 50 in an Afghan frontier town, Afghan officials said Friday. Pakistan said Afghan border guards fired first and blamed them for the previous night’s exchange. The shooting that led to the casualties in the town of Spinboldak was the latest cross-border exchange between the two countries. Earlier this month, Pakistan fired […]

Pakistan indulging in activities to deflect attention from support to terror: India

11:40 pm July 30, 2020

New Delhi: As Pakistan plans to hold protests to mark one year of the scrapping of Article 370, India on Thursday said the neighbouring country indulges in such activities to divert international attention from its support to cross-border terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir. August 5 will mark the first anniversary of India’s decision to abrogate […]

Pak Army claims to shoot down Indian ‘spying quadcopter’ along LoC

11:50 pm July 26, 2020

Islamabad: The Pakistan Army on Sunday claimed to have shot down an “Indian spying quadcopter” for allegedly violating the airspace along the Line of Control. The drone was targeted in the Pandu sector of the LoC and its debris fell on the Pakistan side, according to a statement issued by the army. It claimed that the “Indian spying quadcopter” […]