A top Pakistani general on Monday warned that "unnecessary and unfounded views" on the country's nuclear programme should be avoided, days after ousted prime minister Imran Khan warned that if Islamabad were to lose its nuclear deterrence, it would fragment into "three pieces".
Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (JCSC)...
Imran Khan's party carried out ‘suicide attacks' against Pak: ex-PM
In the midst of growing trouble for former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan, the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government in the country has held him accountable for breaching the International Monetary Fund (IMF) deal. PML-N leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi,...
Islamabad: Pakistan has been reeling under heavy economic turmoil and it is hoping that its all-weather ally China will come to its rescue however eminent economist differs, saying expectations from Beijing are highly misplaced.By increasing petroleum prices, the Pakistan government hopes to dodge sovereign default, salvage the International Monetary...
Dhaka: Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal on Tuesday sentenced three persons to death for collaborating with the Pakistan Army and committing crimes against humanity during the country's Liberation War in 1971.
One of the convicts is a fugitive and was tried in absentia but the other two faced the trial in...
Kathmandu: The last rites of the four members of an Indian family who were killed in the plane crash in Nepal's mountainous Mustang district would be performed at the sacred Pashupatinath Temple here after their post-mortem, sources said on Tuesday.
Businessman Ashok Kumar Tripathi (54) and his Thane-based estranged wife...
Islamabad: Officials from India and Pakistan have discussed a wide range of water-related issues during a meeting as part of the Permanent Commission on Indus Waters (PCIW), the Foreign Office said on Tuesday.A six-member delegation led by Pakistan Commissioner for Indus Waters Syed Muhammad Mehar Ali Shah attended the...
A religious group reportedly attacked the Baloch and Pashtun students at the Punjab University in Lahore and critically wounded several of the students. The police also raided the hostels and arrested several Baloch and Pashtun students.
Baloch Student Council Lahore spokesperson said that the members of the Jamiat attacked the...
Scores of protestors blocked the main CPEC road in protest, demanding the withdrawal of the security forces from the area. The protestors claimed that the forces had fired several mortar shots at the nearby settlement without any provocation. They expressed relief that no one was injured or killed in...
The distribution of aid, including rice and milk powder, received under the Indian Line of Credit to low-income families in Sri Lanka has commenced, the Food Commissioner's Department said on Sunday. Food Commissioner JP Krishnamurthy said that distribution of the aid to low-income families in all 25 districts, including...
Passenger train services between India and Bangladesh resumed on Sunday after an over two-year gap owing to the pandemic with the flagging of Bandhan Express from Kolkata station on way to Khulna in the neighbouring country, an Eastern Railway (ER) official said here.
Maitree Express is also scheduled to resume...
