The cross-border firing commenced in the Shahpur and Kerni areas of Poonch on Saturday and endured through the night, the Times of India reported citing authorities.
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Pakistan Day Celebration Riyadh – The Embassy of Pakistan, Riyadh, celebrated today the national day of Pakistan. A flag hoisting ceremony was held at the embassy. Chargé d’affaires, Mr. Muhammad Zeeshan Ahmad raised the flag. The...
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On Saturday, Pakistani President Arif Alvi chastised India for having what he described as an “irresponsible” attitude amid ongoing bilateral tensions, which escalated after an Indian Air Force raid on an alleged terrorist camp in Pakistan last...
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The Chinese decision comes even as the US recently remarked that Beijing has a responsibility “to not shield" Pakistan. The loan is aimed at bailing out the cash-strapped Pakistani economy by strengthening foreign exchange reserve and ensuring...
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A student in Pakistan stabbed his professor to death earlier this week after accusing him of committing blasphemy and promoting un-Islamic culture at a college in southern Punjab’s Bahawalpur city, according to law enforcement officials.
The...
NEW DELHI (Sputnik) - India has decided not to send any representatives to the Pakistan Day reception in New Delhi, organized by the Pakistani diplomatic mission, because Islamabad invited Kashmiri militants to attend the event as well, a spokesman...
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The move was reportedly prompted by the perceived threats to coal mine projects in the China Pakistan Economic Corridor which have been facing stiff resistance from locals in Pakistan. China is reportedly unhappy over the Pakistani Army’s alleged...
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The Pakistan military said in a statement on Thursday that it had rescued four Iranian soldiers being held captive by a militant group in the country's restive southwest.
The rescue took place in Chaghi district of Balochistan province, near the...
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Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad arrived Thursday in Pakistan on an official three-day visit, where his high-powered delegation is expected to finalize investment deals worth nearly $900 million, officials said.
The Malaysian...
The author is T.C.A. Raghavan and the subtitle is The Curious History of India’s Relations with Pakistan. Here is one excerpt:
The massive rigging of the March 1977 election led to a Bhutto majority the size of which stunned even his...
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A Pakistani court sentenced a Czech national to over eight years in prison, more than a year after her being arrested in the eastern city of Lahore for allegedly trafficking eight and a half kilograms of heroin.
Tereza Hluskova, a 22-year-old...
The report comes as India and Pakistan remain at odds over a 26 February air raid by IAF on a suspected Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist camp in Pakistan in response to a deadly suicide attack on a convoy of Indian soldiers. India insists that the strike...
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On January 1, U.S. President Donald Trump sent out a tweet accusing Pakistan of “lies and deceit” and then threatened to cut off all assistance that was in the pipeline. After some backtracking, saying it would slash only some funds, the...
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China and Pakistan have held their first ever Foreign Minister-level strategic dialogue less than a week after Beijing blocked a UNSC proposal to list Jaish-e-Mohammed Chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist. Earlier, in the midst of aerial...
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In Pakistan, it is all
too easy to become discouraged at a seeming lack of progress when it comes to
women’s rights. As in America, the rot starts at the top. Shortly before
assuming office in 2018, Prime Minister Imran Khan told an interviewer,...
Authorities in Pakistan use stringent laws to prosecute blasphemy—even “crimes” as innocuous as liking a post on Facebook. Vigilantes have been known to murder the accused.
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Militants carried out a pre-dawn assault Wednesday on a security outpost in southwestern Pakistan, killing at least six paramilitary forces.
The attack occurred in Ziarat, a remote district in the country’s largest and natural resource-rich...
The Kartarpur Corridor, slated to be operationalised this year, is an Indo-Pak people-to-people exchange project to facilitate Sikh pilgrims from India to visit the final resting place of Sikhism’s founder and its first guru, Guru Nanak Dev. The...
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Amid conflicting narratives of the impact of the Indian Air Force’s bombing of an alleged terror camp in Pakistan’s Balakot on 26 February, a new report claims that five Spice 2000 precision-guided bunker-busting bombs of the Indian Air Force...