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Pakistan seeks imminent UN intervention to calm fresh tensions with...

Pakistan has sought the UN's urgent intervention to 'defuse tensions' with India, the Foreign Office said on Tuesday.

19 Feb 2019 11:06 AM IST

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan greets Saudi Arabias Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman upon his arrival at Nur Khan airbase in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. (Photo: AP)World
Pakistan a 'dear country' to all Saudis says Crown Prince Mohammad Bin...

President Dr Arif Alvi conferred the award. Prime Minister Imran Khan, federal ministers, parliamentarians, and services...

19 Feb 2019 2:55 AM IST

Indias High Commissioner to Pakistan Ajay Bisaria, who was accompanied by his wife, was prevented from visiting Gurdwara Panja Sahib in Pakistans Hasan Abdal on Saturday. (Facebook Screengrab/ Ajay Bisaria)World
Pakistan recalls envoy from New Delhi

Foreign office spokesperson Mohammad Faisal said envoy Sohail Mahmood left New Delhi on Monday morning.

19 Feb 2019 2:31 AM IST

Saudi Arabia vowed to \de-escalate\ rising tensions between Pakistan and India during a high-profile summit in Islamabad. (Photo:AP)World
Saudi Crown Prince vows to calm tensions between neighbours after...

India has vowed to retaliate after the suicide attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama that killed over 40 CRPF soldiers...

18 Feb 2019 6:30 PM IST

China is like a long-lost cousin that we have found, a long-lost cousin who is willing to help us, he said on Thursday after Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen lifted a state of emergency in the troubled South Asian nation after 45 days. (Photo: File)World
Maldives court orders arrest of former president Abdulla Yameen

Maldivian authorities on Monday ordered the arrest of former strongman president Abdulla Yameen over money laundering...

18 Feb 2019 6:09 PM IST

Masood Azhar is accused of several deadly terrorist attacks in India, including one on the Uri military base in Jammu and Kashmir in 2016, in which 17 security personnel were killed. (Photo: AP)World
Masood Azhar was shaken, rattled by just one slap from Army jawan

One slap from Army man made JeM chief blurt out details, says his interrogator.

18 Feb 2019 5:33 PM IST

Pakistan on Monday conferred its highest civilian award Nishan-e-Pakistan on Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman. (Photo:AP)World
Highest civilian award 'Nishan-e-Pakistan' awarded to Saudi crown...

The award was presented by Pakistan President Arif Alvi at a special ceremony held at the President House in Islamabad.

18 Feb 2019 5:23 PM IST

According to reports, the new bus service will be launched between Lahore in Pakistan and Kashgar in China via Pakistan-occupied Kashmir on November 13. (Representational Image | File)World
China is 'greatest long-term strategic threat' in Indo-Pacific

The reason is that China has been tacitly protecting JeM's leader, Masood Azhar.

18 Feb 2019 4:13 PM IST

Breaking protocol, Khan personally drove the Saudi royal to the Prime Ministers House. (Photo:AP)World
Pakistan a 'dear country' to all Saudis says Crown Prince Mohammad Bin...

'We can't say no to Pakistan,' MBS, told Imran Khan when he asked him to extend help to the 2.5 million Pak labourers in...

18 Feb 2019 1:28 PM IST

US President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. (Photo: AP)World
Report says Japan's PM nominated Trump for Nobel Peace Prize on US...

Japan's Shinzo Abe nominated US President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize after receiving a request from the US...

18 Feb 2019 1:05 PM IST

Pakistan and Saudi officials signed MoUs for bilateral cooperation in a number of areas. (Photo:AP)World
Saudi crown prince agrees to invest 20 bn in cash hungry Pakistan

Pakistan and Saudi Arabia on Sunday signed a slew of investment agreements worth USD 20 billion.

18 Feb 2019 10:32 AM IST

Pakistan foreign office spokesperson Mohammad Faisal (Photo: Twitter | @ForeignOfficePk)World
Pakistan claims it is enforcing sanctions against JeM

India has highlighted Pakistan's role in using terrorism as an instrument of state policy.

18 Feb 2019 7:26 AM IST

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