Pakistan

Pak PM Imran pitches for border markets with Afghanistan, Iran

11:10 pm January 18, 2021

Islamabad : Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday directed the authorities to set up border markets along the country’s borders with Afghanistan and Iran to boost employment opportunities and help curb smuggling. The decision to establish border markets was taken in September last year with the objective to provide jobs and promote peace. Khan chaired a review meeting here to […]

Hindu community leader demands protection for temple in northwest Pakistan

11:21 pm January 17, 2021

Peshawar: A leader of the minority Hindu community in Pakistan on Sunday demanded protection for a temple in Abbottabad district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province fearing an attack on the place of worship by some mischievous elements who wanted to occupy its land. Hindu community leader Haroon Sarab Dayal said the temple in Havelian city is an old structure and […]

12-kg heroin seized near Indo-Pak border in Amritsar

7:38 pm January 13, 2021

Amritsar : Twelve kilogram of heroin was seized by the Border Security Force in Amritsar sector near the Indo-Pak border here on Wednesday, the BSF said. An official of the BSF said the force seized a 13-feet-long PVC pipe which was used for pushing the heroin consignment by smugglers from Pakistan into India.

Godhra woman sent to seven-day police custody in spying case

11:28 pm January 12, 2021

Lucknow: A court on Wednesday sent Anas Gitauli, an associate of ex-serviceman Saurabh Sharma who had been arrested by the Uttar Pradesh ATS for allegedly spying for Pakistan, to police custody for seven days. Special Judge Vijay Chandra Yadav accepted the plea of the state Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) seeking remand of Gitauli, who has been accused of giving money […]

Main accused in Hindu temple vandalism arrested in Pak

11:02 pm January 8, 2021

Peshawar: Pakistani police on Friday claimed to have arrested the main accused in the vandalisation of a Hindu temple by a mob led by members of a radical Islamist party in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The main accused identified as Faizullah was arrested from Karak district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police chief Sanaullah Abbasi said on Friday, claiming that he instigated and facilitated the mob for attacking the temple and damaging the Samadhi of […]