‪Pakistan‬

European Parliament slams Pakistan's poor human rights record, stand on Kulbhushan Jadhav

European Parliament highlighted the case of Jadhav who was sentenced to death in April 2017 by a military court.

Jun 15, 2017, 20:55 PM IST

What happened when a girl invoked Mohammad Ali Jinnah and exposed Pakistan – Watch viral video

Not only was Saba made to cut down her speech but also taken to task by Sahir Lodhi.

Jun 01, 2017, 13:48 PM IST

How Nawaz Sharif was humiliated at US-Arab-Islamic Summit in Riyadh

The anti-terror summit was attended by US President Donald Trump and Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz.

May 23, 2017, 14:49 PM IST

Pakistan violates ceasefire in Balakote, 1,700 shifted to safer areas

Pakistan troops also fired on forward posts and civilian areas last night along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district. 

May 17, 2017, 09:08 AM IST

Anti-India LeT, JuD and JeM have umbilical links with Karachi's madrasas: Report

The International Crisis Group noted that “decades of neglect and mismanagement have turned Karachi, Pakistan’s largest and wealthiest city, into a pressure cooker”.

Feb 17, 2017, 11:14 AM IST

Kuwait bans 5 Muslim majority countries: Pakistan envoy `rejects report`

Earlier this week, reports had claimed that the Kuwaiti government has now told would-be migrants from the five banned nations to not apply for visas.

Feb 03, 2017, 17:23 PM IST

Indus Water Treaty: Water that belongs to India can't be allowed to flow into Pakistan, says PM Narendra Modi in Punjab

Prime Minister Narendra Modi also said that the surgical strikes conducted in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in September wreaked havoc on Pakistan.

Nov 25, 2016, 13:42 PM IST

Pakistan not to deport National Geographic's green-eyed 'Afghan Girl'

Pakistan will not deport Sharbat Gula, National Geographic's iconic green-eyed 'Afghan Girl', for using fake ID cards to stay in this city, a media report today quoted an official as saying.

Nov 06, 2016, 12:01 PM IST

National Geographic's famed ''Afghan Girl'' arrested in Pakistan for forgery

Sharbat Bibi became famously known as the `Afghan Girl` when National Geographic photographer Steve McCurry captured her photograph in 1984.

Oct 26, 2016, 13:44 PM IST

Pakistani journalist snubbed by UN Security Council president - Watch video

Pakistan had approached the UNSC just last week on the surgical strikes conducted by India as well as on the Kashmir issue.

Oct 05, 2016, 09:34 AM IST

Pakistan Army resorts to mortar shelling in Poonch

The Pakistan Army violated ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) on Monday by resorting to indiscriminate firing and mortar shelling at Indian positions in Jammu and Kashmir`s Poonch district.

Oct 04, 2016, 14:10 PM IST

Pakistan left nervous by India? `F-16 fighter jets fly over Islamabad`

India on Thursday claimed diplomatic victory over Pakistan at the United Nations amid deteriorating bilateral ties following the killing of 18 soldiers in a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir.

Sep 23, 2016, 10:36 AM IST

Pakistan's Sartaj Aziz briefs FMs of Japan, Austria, Switzerland on Kashmir

Continuing with efforts to internationalise the Kashmir issue, Pakistan Prime Minister's Adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz has briefed foreign ministers of Japan, Austria and Switzerland about "human rights violation" in Kashmir.

Sep 21, 2016, 15:47 PM IST

`Nearly 1,000 bullet-ridden bodies recovered from Pakistan's Balochistan in last six years`

With the Baloch people already raising their voices against the atrocities and human rights violations by Pakistan against them, the issue today is known to everyone.

Sep 19, 2016, 09:44 AM IST

Pak wants to build CPEC on bodies of Baloch people with China's help: BRP​

Considered as a part of China`s One Belt, One Road initiative, the CPEC covers Balochistan and Sindh provinces and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

Sep 03, 2016, 10:51 AM IST

Pakistan expediting process to bring back Baloch separatist leader​ Bugti through Interpol

Pakistani authorities have decided to speed up the process to bring back Baloch separatist leader and Nawaz Akbar Khan Bugti's grandson Brahamdagh Bugti, who is currently living in self-exile in Switzerland.

Sep 02, 2016, 15:15 PM IST

Pakistan Army kills four suicide bombers at Christian colony

The Pakistani Taliban in particular routinely target minority groups, and in 2011 gunned down Shahbaz Bhatti, a Christian who was federal minister for minority affairs.

Sep 02, 2016, 09:25 AM IST

UN confirms six of nine Dawood Ibrahim addresses, provided by India, in Pakistan

Islamabad has all along denied Dawood Ibrahim's presence in Pakistan.

Aug 23, 2016, 12:46 PM IST

`Pakistan's withdrawal from Gilgit-Baltistan will help resolve Kashmir issue`

Describing Pakistan as an "occupier" of Gilgit-Baltistan, a US-based organisation has said that Islamabad's withdrawal from this part of Jammu and Kashmir would help resolve the Kashmir issue.

Aug 13, 2016, 11:50 AM IST

Rajnath Singh speech: Keeping media away a standard SAARC practice, say sources

Reprimanding media reports of `blackout` of Home Minister Rajnath Singh`s statement at the seventh meeting of SAARC Home/Interior Ministers as "misleading", the Indian sources said it is the standard practice that the opening statement by the host country is made public and open to the media, while the rest of the proceedings are in camera, which allows for a full and frank discussion on issues.

Aug 04, 2016, 18:37 PM IST