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Pakistan to raise Kashmir issue at HRC: FO spokesperson
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office Spokesperson Dr Muhammad Faisal has said Pakistan is considering raising the humanitarian crisis in Indian occupied Kashmir (IoK) at the Human Rights Council, on Wednesday. He said this while briefing the Senate Standing Committee on Kashmir said the United Nations Security Council called for a session on Kashmir in response…
Read MorePM Imran Khan chairs emergency meeting on polio crisis
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan chairing an emergency on the polio crisis in Pakistan, on Wednesday. Prime minister’s focal person on polio Babar Atta briefed the meeting. According to details, Chief Minister Mahmood Khan, chief secretary of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, federal ministers and heads of global institutions also attended the meeting. A report prepared…
Read MorePakistan to tour England for Tests, T20s series next year
F.P. Report LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced on Wednesday that Pakistan will tour England for three Tests and three T20Is next year from July to September. According to reports, the Green Shirts will visit England from July 30 to September 2 and will play three Tests and three T20Is against the England. The…
Read MoreCSM case: Court approves 14-day physical remand of Maryam, Yousaf Abbas
F.P. Report LAHORE: Accountability Court has approved court on Wednesday has approved 14-day physical remand of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) vice president Maryam Nawaz and Yousaf Abbas and directed to re-appear them on September 4. According to reports, Maryam Nawaz has been produced before accountability court in Chaudhry Sugar Mills reference after her 12-day physical…
Read MoreOccupied forces martyr four Kashmiris as lockdown continues for 17th day
Monitoring Desk SRINAGAR: The Indian occupied forces continued its state terrorism and martyred four Kashmiris in Baramulla district of occupied Kashmir on Wednesday as the curfew and lockdown entered a 17th consecutive day in the valley. Since the Indian government removed the special status of the territory this month, fuelling anger. According to Kashmir Media…
Read MoreOver 50 villages inundated, scores evacuated
F.P. Report KASUR: Over 50 villages were submerged and scores of people evacuated on Wednesday after India released up to 38,000 cusecs of water into River Sutlej without intimation earlier this week. According to detail, more than 50 villages were submerged near the Sutlej, including areas in Kasur, Chachran Sharif, Kot Mithan, Chanda Singhwala, Gati…
Read MoreTrump once again offered to mediate Kashmir issue
Monitoring WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has once again offered to mediate between Pakistan and India to end the long standing the Kashmir issue in the South Asia. While talking to media representatives in the Oval Office on Tuesday, Trump said he would do his best “to mediate or do something” regarding the tensions between…
Read MoreWashington urges India to free detainees, restore rights in IoK
Monitoring Desk WASHINGTON: The United States called on India Tuesday to quickly release detainees and restore basic liberties in Indian-controlled Kashmir to ease tensions in the flashpoint region. “We continue to be very concerned by reports of detentions, and continued restrictions on the residents of the region,” a senior State Department official told reporters. “We…
Read MoreBollywood mourns the loss of veteran music composer Khayyam
Monitoring Desk MUMBAI: Late last night, we received the shocking news of veteran music director and composer Mohammed Zahur Khayyam Hashmi’s passing away. He was the man behind albums like Umraojaan and Kabhie Kabhie which went on to become popular and remain in the hearts of people even to this date. Khayyam had been admitted…
Read MoreDaesh could re-emerge in Syria: China
Monitoring Desk GENEVA: Jihadist rebels have withdrawn from a pocket of land near Idlib in northern Syria following an assault by President Bashar al-Assad’s forces. The Idlib region is the last part of Syria to be holding out against the Damascus government. China has warned of “terrorist organisations” including remnants of Daesh rising again in…
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