Pakistan

IndiGo celebrating Durga Puja at six airports

Kolkata Durga puja themed on refugees amid fear over NRC

12:22 pm October 3, 2019

Kolkata: At a time when panic over National Register of Citizens (NRC) has gripped several parts of West Bengal, a community Durga puja committee in the city has chosen “refugees” as its theme this year. Rajdanga Naba Uday Sangha puja, one of the award winning community pujas in the city, has placed shuttlecocks and badminton […]

IAF monitoring situation along Indo-Pak border; ready for Balakot-type strike: new IAF Chief Bhadauria

Monitoring developments; ready for Balakot-type strike, says new IAF Chief

9:04 pm September 30, 2019

New Delhi: The Indian Air Force is monitoring the developments along the western front and is prepared to carry out a Balakot-type strike, if directed by the government, Air Chief Marshal R K S Bhadauria said after taking charge of the IAF on Monday. Bhadauria, who has around 4,250 hours of flying experience on 26 […]

Pak PM Imran pitches for border markets with Afghanistan, Iran

Pakistan, Malaysia and Turkey to jointly launch BBC type channel

8:51 pm September 30, 2019

Islamabad: The governments of Pakistan, Turkey and Malaysia will launch a BBC type English television channel to highlight the issues of Muslims and fight Islamophobia in the West, according to media reports. The channel proposal was discussed at a meeting between Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Pakistan premier Imran […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Pak opens major border crossings for Afghans to take part in polls

8:13 pm September 28, 2019

Islamabad: Pakistan opened all major border crossing terminals on Saturday for the Afghan citizens to allow them to cast their vote in the key presidential election. Voting is under way in Afghanistan’s presidential election, amid heavy security and threats from insurgents. About 9.6 million Afghans are registered to vote in key presidential poll which marks […]

Pakistani Parliament debates whether to expel French envoy

Pak PM, delegation return to NY as jet given by Saudi prince develops tech fault

3:27 pm September 28, 2019

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and his delegation were forced to return to New York on Friday after the special jet given to him by the Saudi government developed a technical fault while heading to Islamabad, a media report said on Saturday. Khan, who was to return to Pakistan after his seven-day trip to the […]