New Delhi, March 27 – India sharply criticised Pakistani Army Chief Asim Munir's recent comments made during a meeting with senior Shia clerics, in which he reportedly stated that those sympathetic to Iran should relocate there.Speaking at a weekly media briefing in New Delhi, Ministry of...
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New Delhi, March 27 – India on Friday extended its support to Bangladesh's pursuit of justice over the genocide carried out by Pakistan during 'Operation Searchlight' in March 1971.Speaking at a weekly media briefing in New Delhi, spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Randhir...
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Peshawar, March 27 Pakistan suspended the repatriation of undocumented Afghan nationals via the Torkham border on Friday after a security official was injured in firing from the other side of the border, officials said.The incident occurred late on Thursday at a border check-post near Torkham...
March 27, New Delhi: India has strongly criticized Pakistan for the systematic persecution of minorities. In response to media reports on the issue, Randhir Jaiswal, a spokesperson for India's Ministry of External Affairs, described such reports as evidence of Pakistan's poor record in...
Islamabad, March 27 Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Al Khaled Al Hamad Al Sabah of Kuwait called Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday, offering support for Pakistan's efforts to mediate an end to the conflict in West Asia.According to a statement from the Prime Minister's Office, the Prime...
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Mumbai, March 27 – Music composer and singer Vishal Dadlani is facing a social media boycott due to a recent video featuring him interacting with a Pakistani journalist. Many users are also demanding his removal from the singing reality show ‘Indian Idol’.Dadlani serves as one of the judges on...
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Islamabad, March 27 – Terming his father, Imran Khan, the founder of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, being detained as "arbitrary," Kasim Khan has raised serious concerns at the ongoing United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) session in Geneva over the Pakistani authorities' treatment, which...
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New Delhi, March 27 India was among the countries in South Asia and other sub-Saharan African nations with the highest number of maternal deaths in 2023, at 24,700 per 100,000 live births, according to a new global analysis published in The Lancet Obstetrics, Gynaecology, and Women's Health...
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Peshawar, March 27 At least three children were killed and three others were injured when militants ambushed the vehicle of a tribal elder in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan, police said on Friday.The attack took place on Thursday in Wana, the headquarters of the South Waziristan...
Karachi, March 27 An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 struck several areas in the Sindh province of Pakistan on Friday, causing panic among residents.However, there have been no reports of any casualties or major damage.According to the meteorological office, the epicenter of the...
Jaipur, March 27 A 20-year-old man was arrested in Sriganganagar, Rajasthan, for allegedly being involved in anti-national activities and maintaining contact with a Pakistani terrorist through social media, police said on Friday.The accused, Akashdeep, a resident of Kesaripur, was allegedly in...
New Delhi, March 27 Pakistan has unexpectedly emerged as a mediator in the escalating US-Iran conflict, leveraging its diplomatic ties, according to reports, while its own ongoing war with Afghanistan remains unresolved despite several attempts at arbitration by other nations in the region...
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New York, March 27 – Human Rights Watch, a US-based advocacy group, on Friday termed the recent Pakistani airstrikes on a rehabilitation center in Kabul as "an unlawful attack" and warned that the incident could amount to a possible war crime, raising serious concerns over civilian safety and...
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Islamabad, March 27 – A leading minority rights group alleged on Friday that Pakistan’s blasphemy laws are being exploited as a tool of systematic coercion, enabling organized religious groups and their allies to intimidate judges, prosecutors, police, and politicians, effectively holding the...
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Islamabad, March 27 – Pakistan has resumed the deportation of undocumented Afghan refugees through the Torkham border after the border was reopened for one-way pedestrian movement following a month-long closure due to clashes between Kabul and Islamabad, local media reported on Friday.In...
Quetta, March 27 – A leading human rights organization has alleged that Pakistani forces carried out another extrajudicial killing of a civilian in Balochistan, raising fresh concerns over human rights violations in the region.The human rights body, the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), stated...
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New Delhi, March 27 – India’s security agencies have flagged the increasing number of entry points through which counterfeit currency is being circulated in the market. Initially, counterfeit currency was being pushed into Nepal from Pakistan before entering India. However, with Indian agencies...
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Jaipur, March 27 – In a major breakthrough, the Rajasthan Police have cracked down on a suspected espionage network with links to a Pakistan-based terrorist, arresting a young man accused of conducting reconnaissance in multiple states and sharing sensitive videos, police officials said on...
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Washington, March 27. Senior US lawmakers and officials are pushing for deeper, more results-oriented ties with Pakistan, describing the relationship as "complex".A bipartisan symposium on Capitol Hill, hosted by Tom Suozzi and Jack Bergman on Wednesday, brought together more than 200...
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Islamabad, March 26 Pakistan said on Thursday that it was "actively and constructively engaged" with all stakeholders in the region and beyond to peacefully end the Iran war.Foreign Office spokesperson Tahir Andrabi faced a barrage of questions regarding Pakistan's role in the peace efforts...
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