Pakistan

UNSC allows Hafiz Saeed to withdraw money from his bank account for basic expenses

9:00 pm September 26, 2019

United Nations: Mumbai attack mastermind and banned JuD chief Hafiz Saeed has been allowed by an anti-terror committee of the UN Security Council to withdraw money from his bank account for basic expenses on Pakistan’s request. Saeed-led Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD) is the front organisation for the Lashkar-e-Taiba which is responsible for carrying out the 2008 Mumbai […]

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Pak, Turkey, Malaysia to jointly launch Islamic TV channel: Imran Khan

1:50 pm September 26, 2019

New York: Pakistan, Turkey and Malaysia have decided to jointly launch an English language Islamic television channel to correct misperceptions and confront the challenges posed by Islamophobia, Prime Minister Imran Khan has said. Prime Minister Khan, who is in New York to participate in the 74th session of the United Nation General Assembly, said the […]

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UK Opposition passes Kashmir resolution, calls for international intervention

11:35 pm September 25, 2019

London: The UK’s Opposition Labour Party on Wednesday passed an emergency motion on Kashmir calling for party leader Jeremy Corbyn to seek international observers to “enter” the region and demand the right of self-determination for its people, drawing criticism from the Indian diaspora representatives who described it as “ill conceived” and “misinformed”. In contrast with […]

Pakistan PM says Trump asked him to mediate with Iran

2:49 pm September 25, 2019

United Nations (US): Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Tuesday Donald Trump had asked him to mediate with Iran to defuse tensions, though the US president later suggested it was Khan who approached him and nothing was final. Khan met Trump and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on the sidelines of this week’s United Nations […]

No problem talking to Pakistan but cannot talk to ‘Terroristan’: Jaishankar

2:18 pm September 25, 2019

New York: India has no problem talking to Pakistan but it has a problem talking to “Terroristan”, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said here, asserting that Islamabad has created an entire industry of terrorism to deal with the Kashmir issue. Jaishankar, addressing a New York audience at cultural organization Asia Society Tuesday, said when India […]