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Shahid Khaqan Abbasi's statement late on Sunday night, came after Indian security forces on Sunday gunned down 13 militants in three counter-insurgency operations that also claimed the lives of three Army jawans and four civilians in Anantnag. (Photo: File)

Pak PM Abbasi says India launching ‘brutal crackdown’ in Kashmir

‘The brutal crackdown and use of pellet guns on civilians who were protesting against the killing is deplorable,’ Abbasi said.

03 Apr 2018 3:17 PM

Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi (Photo: AP)

Pak PM Abbasi urges India to stop Kashmir ‘atrocities’

Tensions between Pakistan and India have been high since the killing of a Kashmiri separatist, Burhan Wani, in July 2016.

03 Apr 2018 12:59 AM

Waited to return for 5 yrs: Malala back to London after Pak visit

Malala arrived in Islamabad on Mar 29, 6 yrs after she was shot by a gunman for campaigning for female education in 2012 in Swat Valley.

02 Apr 2018 2:06 PM

Malala has become a global symbol for human rights and a vocal campaigner for girls' education since 2012. (Photo: AP)

Malala Yousafzai returns to Pakistan for 1st time since 2012 Taliban attack

Precise details of Malala itinerary have been 'kept secret in view of the sensitivity surrounding the visit,' a government official said.

29 Mar 2018 8:10 AM

Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi was reportedly on a private visit to meet his ailing sister in the US. (Photo: File | AP)

Pak PM Shahid Abbasi frisked like regular visitor in US airport

Videos shared on Youtube showed Pak PM Abbasi adjusting his t-shirt after going through security checks at the John F Kennedy airport.

28 Mar 2018 2:02 PM

Pakistan had earlier issued a note verbale to India on the matter while India too had issued a note verbale to Pakistan last week.

Pakistan may pull out diplomats’ kids studying in India

Children of Indian diplomats are not permitted by the Indian government to study in schools in Pakistan.

17 Mar 2018 5:09 AM

The military said in a statement late Tuesday that the drone violated Pakistan's airspace and was spying when it was shot down in the village of Chirikot along the Line of Control in Kashmir. (Photo: File/ Representational)

Pakistan army says it shot down Indian ‘spy drone’ near Kashmir

Kashmir is divided between India and Pakistan and both claim the region in its entirety.

07 Mar 2018 10:39 AM

Pakistan Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif tweeted on Tuesday, ‘Our efforts paid, FATF Paris 20 Feb meeting conclusion on the US-led motion to put Pakistan on the watch list.’ (Photo: File)

International watchdog places Pak on terror ‘grey list’: report

Insiders revealed that Pakistan's traditional friend China withdrew its objections in putting Islamabad on the grey list.

23 Feb 2018 5:39 PM

Noting that the Trump administration is angry with Pakistan's inadequate efforts to combat terror groups, the US has sought to ratchet up pressure on Islamabad. (Photo: File)

Pak has allies: Saudi, China, Turkey to jointly bar US’ terror watchlist move

This was one of the ‘rare disagreements’ between Saudi Arabia and the administration of President Donald Trump.

22 Feb 2018 5:42 PM

Pakistan has been given a three-month reprieve by a global watchdog over a US-led motion to put the South Asian country on a terrorist financing watchlist, Pakistan's Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif said. (Photo: File)

As US scrambles to put Pak on terror watchlist, watchdog gives 3-month pardon

Pakistan earlier in 2018 submitted a report about the progress it had made in curbing terrorist financing.

21 Feb 2018 12:16 PM

‘Pak PM didn’t act on JuD fearing a crisis’

Earlier, Pakistan endorsed the United Nations’ list of banned terrorist organisations.

20 Feb 2018 7:11 AM

The Pakistan Army announced the decision after a meeting between Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa and Saudi ambassador to Pakistan Nawaf Saeed Al-Maliki, at army headquarters in Rawalpindi. (Photo: File)

Pak shifts policy, decides to deploy troops in Saudi amid Yemen civil war

The war in Yemen stalemated and the situation has aggravated with the rebels firing missiles at regular intervals towards the kingdom.

16 Feb 2018 6:20 PM

State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said ‘the US has consistently expressed our long-standing concern about ongoing deficiencies in Pakistan's implementation of its anti-money laundering/counterterrorism finance regime.’ (Photo: File)

Does US want to place Pak on global terrorist-financing watchlist for India?

Islamabad, which denies assisting militants in Afghanistan and India, has reacted angrily to US threats of further punitive measures.

14 Feb 2018 5:20 PM

‘Brave’ Pak activist Asma Jahangir dies of cardiac attack

In 2007, she was arrested by the government of then-military ruler Pervez Musharraf.

12 Feb 2018 3:17 AM

The lawmakers said that the counterterrorism cooperation had been central to the US-Pakistan relationship, but Islamabad did not fulfil its commitments. (Representational Image)

Pak ‘seeking to destabilise India, Afghanistan’: US lawmakers

The US in January 2018 suspended about USD 2 billion in security assistance to Pak for failing to crack down on terrorists on its soil.

08 Feb 2018 12:22 PM

Pakistan stands behind Kashmiris, says Pak PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi

The development budget for the PaK had been doubled.

06 Feb 2018 1:27 AM

In 2018, the Indian forces have carried out more than 190 ceasefire violations along the Line of Control and the Working Boundary, resulting in the deaths of 13 civilians, it said. (Photo: File/Representational)

Pak summons India to condemn ‘unprovoked firing’ across LOC

‘This unprecedented escalation in ceasefire violations by India is continuing from the year 2017.’

05 Feb 2018 6:28 PM

The CPEC is a network of infrastructure projects that are currently under construction throughout Pakistan that will connect China's Xinjiang province with Gwadar port in Pakistan's Balochistan province. (Photo: AFP)

Pakistan accuses India of wanting to attack installations, sabotage CPEC

The ministry has issued directives for making foolproof security arrangements to avoid any untoward incident.

05 Feb 2018 6:05 PM

Prime Minister Abbasi in the official message also expressed solidarity with the people of Kashmir. (Photo: File)

India has much to hide, peace elusive till Kashmir issue resolved, says Pak

Pakistan called upon the international community to urge India to 'respect the Human Rights Charter.'

05 Feb 2018 3:32 PM

The 2008 Mumbai attack mastermind further said the Pakistan government should not ignore the 'atrocities' in Kashmir and play its role to help the Kashmiri people secure freedom. (Photo: File)

Pakistan government, not India, behind my house Arrest: Hafiz Saeed

He had earlier blamed India and the US for his detention saying the Pakistani government had put him under house arrest under pressure.

03 Feb 2018 5:09 PM

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