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Talking about the budget presented by his government, Khan said it reflected the "Naya (new) Pakistan" vision. (Photo: AP)

Pakistan to probe corruption; forms high-level commission

Sharpening his attack on the Opposition, Khan alleged that PML-N and PPP had plundered the country.

12 Jun 2019 10:13 AM

Haqqani explained that Pakistan inherited one-third of British India's army, which had originally been raised for the Second World War. (Photo: File)

Global respectability behind talks with India, says former Pak envoy

India and Pakistan have disputes like many countries but others do not have national ideologies revolving around opposition to others.

12 Jun 2019 8:56 AM

Pakistan has started to act on terror outfits as it feared getting blacklisted by the FATF. (Photo: FIle)

India may consider to give Pakistan due credit for action against terror groups

The change seems to have emerged after Pakistan was put on the 'grey list' by the FATF.

11 Jun 2019 3:00 PM

A team of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) officials reached Zardari House in Islamabad on Monday to arrest the former president. (Photo: AFP)

Former Pak president Asif Ali Zardari arrested by top anti-corruption body

Zardari was arrested in relation to a bank accounts fraud case. He had asked for a bail which was rejected and was followed by the arrest.

10 Jun 2019 6:01 PM

An international team of experts from WHO had arrived in Pakistan in May-end to probe the outbreak in Ratodero town in Larkana district. (Photo: ANI)

Over half of HIV patients in Pak's Sindh province remain without treatment: WHO

As per the WHO report, out of the 751 people who are infected with HIV, 604 are children.

10 Jun 2019 2:27 PM

It also announced not to allow journalists and media persons to stay in the country for over three months without renewing the travel permit. (Representational Image)

Pakistan announces five-year, multiple-entry visas to American citizens

Ministry of Foreign Affairs advised Pakistani diplomatic missions in US to follow the new policy while issuing visas to American nationals.

10 Jun 2019 2:03 PM

During a live chat with people on Facebook from his office in Mumbai, Sharad Pawar noted that the public used to like when PM Modi, during his poll campaign and rallies, said his government would enter the houses of enemies and kill them. (Photo: File)

Not Pak, you did it in Kashmir: Pawar on PM's 'hitting enemy in his home' remark

During his Lok Sabha poll campaign, Prime Minister Modi had said 'ghar mein ghus ghus ke marenge'.

09 Jun 2019 7:08 PM

‘The Economic Survey of Pakistan's 2018-2019 is an attested certificate of Imran Khan's incompetence, failure and inability,’ Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Information Secretary Marriyum Aurangzeb said. (Photo: AP)

Pak economic growth expected to hit 3.3 pc, well below target of 6.3 pc: Survey

Survey indicates that livestock is the only sector whose growth went little above official target while all other sectors performed poorly.

09 Jun 2019 1:27 PM

During interrogation, Mushtaq Ahmed Malik (38), from Doda district, and Nadeem Akhter (24), from Kathua district, revealed to security officials that they were also being guided by their handlers in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. (Photo: Representational)

Major ISI plot to revive militancy in Jammu foiled, 6 arrested

Six spies were in direct contact with their handler, a colonel-level officer at ISI Kashmir cell, identified only by first name Iftikhar.

07 Jun 2019 3:08 PM

Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Friday wrote a letter to S Jaishankar congratulating him on his appointment as the External Affairs Minister of India. (Photo: File)

Pak Foreign Minister congratulates Jaishankar on taking charge of MEA

The message from Qureshi comes in the backdrop of Pakistani Foreign Secretary Sohail Mahmood's visit to New Delhi on the occasion of Eid.

07 Jun 2019 11:49 AM

Joginder Singh Salaria set up nearly 62 water pumps in Tharparkar district with the help of local social workers after knowing the plight of the area through social media. (Photo: Facebook/ Salaria)

Dubai-based Indian man installs hand pumps in poor Pak district: report

The philanthropist said he spent months researching the plight of people in Tharparkar and a lot of it was done through social media.

06 Jun 2019 3:51 PM

According to sources, the members of one group were returning to their homes after offering Eid prayers when assailants from another group attacked them. (Representational Image)

10 killed in Pakistan during armed clash on Eid

The two groups resorted to indiscriminate firing after a dispute, Geo News reported.

06 Jun 2019 11:23 AM

Dr C Christine Fair from the Edmund A Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University examined Pakistan's enduring imperative to use cross-border terrorism to try and resolve its basic conundrum; it wants to try and change maps, but it has an army that cannot win wars and has nuclear weapons it can't use. So it has settled upon a strategy of proxy war in Kashmir and elsewhere in India under the safety afforded by its nuclear arsenal, according to Fair. (Photo: ANI)

Cross-border terrorism poses major threat in South Asia: Experts

Taha Siddiqui, Pakistani journalist now living in exile, offered a brief history of Pakistan's obsession with jihadi proxies in the region.

05 Jun 2019 1:17 PM

Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Tuesday that he was very appreciative of the Pakistani military's 'unprecedented voluntary initiative of stringent cuts in their defence expenditures' especially in light of the country's poor financial situation. (Photo: File)

Pak military voluntarily cuts defence budget amid crisis, Imran Khan applauds move

Imran Khan said he was grateful for the move that came 'despite multiple security challenges' that Pakistan faces.

05 Jun 2019 12:48 PM

The website 'pakmoonsighting .pk' was inaugurated on Sunday, two weeks after Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry made an announcement regarding the preparation of a scientific lunar calendar. (Photo: Screenshot)

Ahead of Eid, Pakistan launches its first ever moon-sighting website

The website would show the exact dates of important Islamic occasions -- Ramzan, Eidul Fitr, Eidul Azha and Muharram.

04 Jun 2019 12:59 PM

It further said that no invitation to people like Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) Chief Masood Azhar on the occasion could be a possible reason behind Pakistan's anger. (Photo: File)

People like Azhar not invited for Iftar could be reason for Pak’s anger: Shiv Sena

Shiv Sena also said Pakistan has become a 'factory' of global terrorism, which is being controlled by its Army and ISI.

04 Jun 2019 11:47 AM

It also comes days ahead of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan where PM Narendra Modi is expected to come face to face with his Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan. (Representational Image)

‘Against civilised behaviour’: India slams Pak over harassment at iftar event

Letter called on Pak govt to 'urgently investigate these ugly events' and share the results of investigation with the High Commission.

03 Jun 2019 9:37 AM

‘They not only violate basic norms of diplomatic conduct and civilised behaviour, but are also counter-productive for our bilateral relations,’ Indian envoy Ajay Bisaria said. (Photo: ANI)

Iftar party row: Omar Abdullah urges India, Pak to ‘stop this nonsense’

Omar also strongly criticized the Pakistani side for their ‘tit for tat diplomacy’, citing Pakistani High Commission’s incident earlier.

02 Jun 2019 1:35 PM

Indian envoy's guests invited for Iftar party turned away by Pak agencies

Indian envoy Ajay Bisaria said that 'such intimidatory tactics' are 'counter-productive' for bilateral relations.

02 Jun 2019 10:57 AM

The construction of the Kartarpur corridor on the Indian side will be completed by September 30, said Punjab PWD minister Vijay Inder Singla on Saturday. (Photo: File)

Kartarpur corridor on Indian side to be completed by Sept 30: Punjab minister

The Union cabinet last year had decided to develop a passage from Dera Baba Nanak in Gurdaspur to the Indian side of international border.

01 Jun 2019 5:40 PM

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