Islamabad: Indian Sikh pilgrims would require a passport to visit the Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara in Pakistan’s Punjab province via the Kartarpur Corridor which will be inaugurated on Saturday ahead of the 550th birth anniversary of Baba Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of Sikhism, ISPR chief Major General Asif Ghafoor said here. “As we have a security […]
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Autopsy report confirms Pak Hindu student raped, killed
Islamabad: The final autopsy report of a Pakistani Hindu medical student who was found dead under mysterious circumstances in her hostel room in September, has revealed that she was raped before being murdered. Her body was found on September 16 hanging from the ceiling fan in her hostel room at the Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto […]
Kartarpur ready to welcome Sikh pilgrims: Imran, shares pics
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday said that Kartarpur was ready to welcome the Sikh pilgrims from India to mark the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev – the founder of Sikhism. “I want to congratulate our govt for readying Kartarpur, in record time, for Guru Nanak jee’s 550th birthday celebrations,” Khan said […]
Pak not doing enough against terrorist groups targeting India: US
New York: The US has said that Pakistan was not doing enough against terrorist groups operating from there that target India, and warned that those groups maintain their offensive capabilities. “Pakistan did not take sufficient action against externally focused groups such as Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), which continued to operate, train, organise, and fund […]
Fazlur Rehman gives two-day deadline to Imran Khan to quit
Islamabad: Jamiat Ulema Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman, leading the Azadi march demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Imran Khan, has given him a two-day deadline to resign. Addressing the march at Metro Ground in Islamabad on Friday, Rehman said that we are giving two days’ time to Prime Minister Imran Khan to resign […]
ISIS confirms Baghdadi is dead, names Abu Ibrahim al-Quraishi as its new leader
Cairo: The Islamic State terror organisation on Thursday named Abu Ibrahim al-Quraishi as its new leader after it confirmed the death of Abu Bak al-Baghdadi who was killed in a US raid in northern Syria. A spokesperson for the terror organisation, Abu Hasan Al Mohager, was also killed, the group said in a voice message on […]
US House to vote on Trump impeachment probe
Washington: The US House of Representatives is set to vote on how the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump should proceed. The resolution to be voted on sets out a more public phase of the process and is not a ballot on whether or not to impeach the president, BBC reported. The measure also sets […]
Inflation, not Kashmir biggest issue in Pakistan: Survey
Islamabad: Pakistan’s state of economy and not Kashmir is the biggest cause of worry for a vast majority of Pakistanis, a new survey has revealed. The survey, conducted in four provinces of Pakistan by Gallup-Gilani Pakistan, has found that 53 per cent of Pakistanis are worried about inflation, 23 per cent said unemployment was a […]
Pak train fire: Death toll rises to 73
Islamabad: At least 73 people were killed and several others injured when a train from Karachi to Rawalpindi caught fire in Pakistan’s east Punjab province on Thursday, Geo news reported. The incident happened when a gas cylinder being carried by a passenger exploded in the passenger train, Tezgam near the city area of Liaquatpur, a […]
Pak violated Vienna Convention over access to Jadhav: ICJ chief to UN
United Nations: International Court of Justice President Judge Abdulqawi A. Yusuf has told the UN General Assembly that Pakistan had violated its obligations under the Vienna Convention by not allowing consular access to Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav. In his address on the occasion of the 74th session of the UNGA, Yusuf said that in its […]