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The bomb has been placed within a glass case placed atop on a small pillar decorated with the ‘khanda’, a symbol representing the Sikh faith. (Photo: Twitter)

Pakistan exhibits Indian bomb from 1971 war at Kartarpur gurudwara site

There was no immediate response from Indian officials on the issue.

08 Nov 2019 2:55 PM

The international community does have a role in diffusing tension in Kashmir and an India-Pakistan dialogue could help arrive at a solution akin to the Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland, which allows a level of free exchange on both sides of the border, opined strategic experts in London over the Kashmir crisis on Thursday. (Photo: Representational Image/File)

UK panel debates situation in Kashmir, calls for India-Pak dialogue

While the diplomat was vehement that Pakistan stands ready to resume a bilateral dialogue with India.

08 Nov 2019 2:49 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the state-of-the-art Passenger Terminal Building (PTB) Complex at Kartarpur Corridor in Dera Baba Nanak of Punjab's Gurdaspur district on Friday. (Photo: File)

PM to inaugurate Kartarpur corridor terminal on Indian side today

However, Pakistan has not agreed to India's demand to make the Kartarpur Gurdwara's visit charge-free.

08 Nov 2019 10:21 AM

Indian Sikh pilgrims visiting the Kartarpur Sahib will need a passport to use the Kartarpur Corridor, which will be inaugurated this week, the Pakistan Army has said, according to a media report on Thursday, days after Prime Minister Imran Khan announced that Indian devotees would only need a valid ID to visit the revered Gurdwara Darbar Sahib. (Photo: File)

Indian Sikh pilgrims will require passport to visit Kartarpur: Pak Army

Earlier, Pakistan PM had said that Sikh pilgrims from India would only need a valid ID and not a passport to travel to Kartarpur.

07 Nov 2019 11:45 AM

The video released by Pakistan's Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Monday, has posters of Bhindranwale, Major General Shabeg Singh and Amrik Singh Khalsa, all of whom were killed during Indian Army's Operation Blue Star at the Golden Temple in Amritsar in June 1984. (Photo: Screengrab)

3 Khalistani leaders, including Bhindranwale in Kartarpur corridor video released by Pak

The video has surfaced just days before the Kartarpur Corridor is slated to be inaugurated.

06 Nov 2019 12:20 PM

In fact, of all the branches of the ISIS, ISIS-K is the outfit that is of most concern to the US, Russel Travers, Acting Director of the US National Counter-terrorism Centre, Office of Director of National Intelligence, said on Tuesday. (Representational Image)

Khorasan group of ISIS attempted suicide attack in India last year, says US official

Despite America's key victories against the ISIS in Syria and Iraq, the terror outfit remains a deadly threat to US, Senator Hassan said.

06 Nov 2019 8:49 AM

In its latest report on Afghanistan, the independent and bipartisan Congressional Research Service (CRS) identified Pakistan as the most important neighbour of Afghanistan. (Photo: FIle)

Pak’s security establishment fearful of India’s strategic encirclement: US report

Pakistan, it said, has played an active, and by many accounts, a negative role in Afghan affairs for decades.

06 Nov 2019 8:18 AM

Pak singer Rabi Pirzada quits showbiz after her nude pics leaked online

The singer's nude pictures and videos went viral on social media and widely circulated through WhatsApp.

05 Nov 2019 10:49 AM

In view of the party’s own history — where it has shown no distaste for “accommodative” arrangements with the establishment to counter ethno-nationalists, as recently as five years ago — and the history of Pakistan’s compromised mainstream political parties in general, it would not be misplaced to suggest that ideological commitment to procedural democracy usually runs shallow.

JUI-F’s march: One of interests or one of ideas?

When incentives run out, ideas and ideology are usually the fuel that drive political transformations in status quo arrangements.

05 Nov 2019 6:22 AM

Pakistan's embassy in Kabul has said it was indefinitely closing its consular office in the Afghan capital due to security reasons, amid mounting tensions between the neighbouring countries. (Photo: AFP)

Pakistan embassy in Kabul closes visa section amid tensions

The spokesman told AFP that the consular section typically processes about 1,500 visa applications a day.

04 Nov 2019 1:55 PM

Pakistan's firebrand cleric-cum-politician Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Monday convened an all-party meeting to discuss the future course of action as the deadline set by him for Prime Minister Imran Khan's resignation has expired. (Photo: File)

Pak protest leader convenes all-party meet as deadline for PM Imran's resignation ends

Rehman has said that the protest would continue until Khan steps down.

04 Nov 2019 1:35 PM

Saeed played the role of an arbitrator in the case between the police and the family of Ayubi. (Photo: File)

Pakistan court acquits police officials accused of killing ATM thief after Hafiz Saeed mediation

The court acquitted them after the family of Ayubi pardoned the suspects on the ‘wish’ of Mumbai attack mastermind Saeed.

04 Nov 2019 9:16 AM

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday shared some of the dazzling pictures of the Kartarpur complex and Gurdwara Darbar Sahib, saying the revered venue is ready to welcome the Sikhs pilgrims for the 550th birth anniversary celebrations of Guru Nanak Dev. (Photo: File)

Kartarpur ready to welcome Sikh pilgrims on Guru Nanak's 550th birth anniversary: Pak PM

The proposed opening of the corridor coincides with the presence of tens of thousands of protestors in the capital Islamabad.

03 Nov 2019 12:30 PM

The terror outfits targeted civilians, journalists, community leaders, security forces, law enforcement agents, and schools killing and injuring hundreds in 2018, the report noted adding, that religious minorities faced significant threats from the terror groups. (Photo: File)

Pak failed to limit LeT, JeM from funding, recruiting, training terrorists: US report

Terror groups conducted attacks against governmental, non-governmental, and diplomatic targets in Balochistan and Sindh provinces.

02 Nov 2019 10:22 AM

The study, which was published by Gallup and Gilani Pakistan on Tuesday, said 53 per cent of respondents believe the country’s economy, specifically increasing inflation, is the biggest problem facing the country. (Photo: File)

Pakistanis feel inflation, not Kashmir, is biggest problem facing them, reveals survey

Worries of inflation was followed by unemployment (23 pc), the Kashmir issue (8 pc), corruption (4 pc) and water crisis (4 pc), survey said.

02 Nov 2019 9:14 AM

No passport, no fee: Imran Khan waives 2 conditions for Kartarpur pilgrims

Taking to Twitter, Khan said: 'For Sikhs coming for pilgrimage to Kartarpur from India, I’ve waived off 2 requirements.'

01 Nov 2019 8:49 AM

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday said in Parliament that the UK's long-standing stance of Kashmir being a bilateral issue between India and Pakistan remains unchanged although the situation in the Valley is of "profound" concern to the country. (Photo: File)

Kashmir an issue between India, Pak, UK's stance unchanged: Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson's statement came in the backdrop of the two-day trip of 23 members of European Parliament to J&K to assess the situation.

31 Oct 2019 12:28 PM

A BJP leader on Wednesday slammed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for blaming the central government over the killing of five labourers belonged by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam area on Tuesday. (Photo: File)

'Politics over dead bodies': BJP after Mamata Banerjee's remark on J&K

The terrorists killed five labourers and left one wounded in Kulgam area on Tuesday, police said.

31 Oct 2019 11:46 AM

At least 13 people were killed and 30 others injured as a fire broke out on a train in Pakistan on Thursday after a gas canister carried by a passenger exploded. (Photo: ANI)

At least 65 killed as Pakistan train catches fire after gas canister blast

Some passengers were cooking breakfast when the gas cylinder exploded, the report said.

31 Oct 2019 10:40 AM

Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit Baltistan Ali Amin Gandapur. (Photo: Twitter)

‘Countries backing India will be hit by missile’: Pakistan minister Ali Amin Gandapur

Gandapur’s vile rhetorics on Kashmir issue comes at a time when Pakistan has been snubbed globally over the matter.

30 Oct 2019 11:16 AM

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