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Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan (Photo: ANI)

Police case against students for protesting at Imran Khan rally: report

Khan, in his speech at the rally, targeted India over the scrapping of special status to Jammu and Kashmir.

16 Sep 2019 8:06 PM

A Pakistani pop star Rabi Pirzada, whose video of threatening Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Kashmir issue with snakes and crocodiles went viral, has been fined for keeping exotic animals at her beauty salon. (Photo: ANI)

Pakistani popstar lands in legal trouble after threatening PM Modi with snakes, python

The officer said Rabi Pirzada had regularly been uploading videos and photographs of these animals, which prompted action against her.

16 Sep 2019 9:48 AM

Pakistan could lose in a conventional war with India which could then be consequential in view that the two neighbouring countries are nuclear-armed, country's Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Saturday. (Photo: File)

Pak could lose conventional war with India: Imran Khan

Islamabad has downgraded its diplomatic ties and suspended bilateral trade with India as a way to remonstrate.

15 Sep 2019 1:00 PM

Conceding his defeat after failing to get "expected" support from the international community over Kashmir issue, Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that India has made Kashmir a part of the country after the abrogation of Article 370. (Photo: File)

Pak PM says, ‘Expected much more support from world on Kashmir'

Islamabad has been left red-faced after its desperate attempts to internationalise the Kashmir issue fell flat.

14 Sep 2019 8:16 AM

Sri Lanka Cricket said on Wednesday it was warned of a possible terrorist threat during the scheduled tour of Pakistan and sought a reassessment of the security situation. (Photo: File)

Pakistan captain Sarfaraz Ahmed still hopeful that Sri Lanka would tour Pakistan

Sarfaraz noted how quick Pakistan supported Sri Lanka after the Easter Sunday bombings there by sending a junior team to tour.

13 Sep 2019 7:48 PM

Cumulative exports during the ongoing fiscal year are likely to reach USD 26.187 billion, up from USD 24.656 billion in the financial year 2019. (Photo: ANI)

Pakistan's trade deficit falls by 38 per cent in July-August

The constant decline in the trade deficit showed that imports have also plummeted despite a meager growth in exports.

13 Sep 2019 2:03 PM

'She should visit both places and report as objectively as she can so that the world knows what the true... situation is,' Qureshi added. (Photo: File)

Kashmir risks sparking an ‘accidental war’ with India, says Pakistan Foreign Minister

Qureshi also said UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet 'was keen to visit' the region.

13 Sep 2019 9:45 AM

Sources close to the Board told PTI that till Thursday the Sri Lankan cricket authorities had not shared any information with the PCB on their Prime Minister's Office having received reliable information of a possible terrorist threat on the national team of the island country while touring Pakistan. Pakistan Cricket Board's chief Ehsan Mani. (Photo:AFP)

SLC yet to give details on security threat on Lankan players to PCB: source

The PCB had confirmed it would be hosting the Sri Lankan team for the series from September 25.

13 Sep 2019 8:39 AM

Earlier this month, India and Pakistan had failed to finalise an agreement on the Kartarpur corridor following differences over key issues including Islamabad's insistence on charge a fee for allowing pilgrims to visit Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib. (Photo: ANI)

Pak to charge Kartarpur pilgrims USD 20 as service fee

‘Pakistan has also shown unwillingness to allow presence of Indian Consular or Protocol officials at Gurdwara,' Indian delegation said.

12 Sep 2019 2:29 PM

Official said out of the UNHRC’s members, only China and Pakistan had mentioned the Kashmir issue in their national statements while others made no reference to it at all. (Photo: PTI)

Pakistan claims backing of 60 countries on Kashmir statement in UNHRC: report

The text of the statement was posted on the website of the Foreign Office after it was delivered to the UNHRC on Tuesday.

12 Sep 2019 2:01 PM

Khan had also said that before his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government came into power, the governments did not have the ‘political will’ to disarm militant groups operating on their soil. (Photo: ANI)

Pakistan has spent billions of Rupees on JuD, admits its minister

Brigadier (retired) Ijaz Ahmed Shah said that Imran Khan govt has spent billions on terror outfit to attach them to mainstream.

12 Sep 2019 1:58 PM

India has maintained that Jadhav was kidnapped by from Iranian port of Chabahar, where he was running a business. (Photo: File)

'Kulbhushan Jadhav won’t get second consular access,' says Pakistan: reports

Pakistan first offered consular access to Jadhav on Aug 2 but India insisted that access should be 'effective and unhindered.'

12 Sep 2019 1:37 PM

Pakistan Interior Minister Brig Ijaz Ahmed Shah has brought a major embarrassment to Prime Minister Imran Khan and his coterie of ministers with his admission that Islamabad has failed to get support from the international community over its stand on Kashmir issue. (Photo: ANI)

Pak fails to convince international community over Kashmir issue: Interior Minister

India has repeatedly made it clear that talks with Pakistan are only possible after Islamabad stops sponsoring terror.

12 Sep 2019 9:09 AM

Qureshi accused India of turning Kashmir into the planet’s largest prison and sought an international investigation by the UNHRC into the situation in Jammu and Kashmir. (Photo: ANI)

After attempt at UNHRC, Pak PM Imran Khan to hold rally at PoK’s Muzaffarabad on Sep 13

India rebutted to Pak at UNHRC, insisting that statement made by Qureshi was ‘fabricated narrative from epicentre of global terrorism’.

11 Sep 2019 4:53 PM

During Muharram, stalls were set up in different parts of the city to offer milk, juices and cold water to the participants of the holy month’s processions. (Photo: AFP)

Milk at Rs 140 per litre, costlier than petrol in Pakistan

Petrol was sold Rs 113 per litre, while diesel was Rs 91 per litre in Pakistan.

11 Sep 2019 1:31 PM

Kumar (43), along with his wife and two children, came to India last month. (Photo: ANI)

Baldev Kumar free to live wherever he wants: Pakistan minister

Yusafzai dismissed Kumar's comments made in India about injustices meted out to minority groups in Pakistan.

11 Sep 2019 1:15 PM

The two sides exchanged views on the situation in Jammu and Kashmir. The Pakistani side briefed the Chinese side ‘on the situation, including its concerns, position, and urgent humanitarian issues’. (Photo: File)

China-Pak meet: Beijing ‘paying attention to situation in J&K’, opposes any unilateral action

The remarks were made in a joint statement at the conclusion of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's two-day visit to Pakistan.

09 Sep 2019 3:47 PM

As Yousafzai spoke, the comical filter superimposed pink ears and whiskers on his face, and that of other officials sitting beside him. (Photo: Screengrab)

Accidental 'cat filter' appears on Pakistan official's briefing

Screen grabs of the live stream have been shared widely on social media, much to the humiliation of Yousafzai and his colleagues.

09 Sep 2019 3:07 PM

Her comments came after ISRO lost contact with Vikram lander in a last-minute snag barely 2.1 km away from its designated landing spot on the Moon's South Pole early on Saturday. (Photo: Twitter | @namirasalim)

‘Giant leap’: Pakistan's first woman astronaut lauds ISRO’s Chandrayaan-2 mission

‘The mission is indeed giant leap for South Asia which not only makes the region but entire global space industry proud,’ Namira Salim said.

09 Sep 2019 3:03 PM

The viral video comes even as Pakistan's economic situation continues to be in doldrums. (Photo ;Screengrab | Twitter: @GulBukhari)

'Naya Pakistan' way: Twitter reacts to belly dancers performing at investment meet

Another Twitter user by the name of Omar Baloch said, 'Pakistanis have nothing else to show to promote investment, except belly dancing.'

09 Sep 2019 11:59 AM

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