Saturday, 22 Mar, 2025

International

Karachi rally: Maryam Nawaz vows to bring Nawaz Sharif back to power, send Imran Khan to jail

Karachi: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz has vowed to bring Nawaz Sharif back to power and send Prime Minister Imran Khan behind bars. Speaking at the Sunday's anti-government rally, Maryam paid tribute to the provincial government for their efforts

Uyghur repression: Demonstrators protest against China in Vancouver

Friends of Canada-India, along with seven other organizations, staged a protest against China's brutal repression of Uyghurs, concentration camps and for the release of two detained Canadians in China on Saturday. The protesters marched from Vancouver Art Gallery to Chinese

11 Afghan women killed in stampede near Pakistan consulate

At least 11 women were killed Wednesday in a stampede at a stadium in eastern Afghanistan where thousands had gathered to apply for visas at a nearby Pakistan consulate, officials said. Many people were trampled when they tried to exit the stadium in the city of Jalalabad, the capital

Tax records show Trump tried to land China projects: Report

President Donald Trump spent a decade unsuccessfully pursuing projects in China, operating an office there during his first run for president and forging a partnership with a major government-controlled company, The New York Times reported Tuesday. China is one of only three foreign

China Warns US It May Detain Americans Over Prosecutions: WSJ

The Chinese government has warned Washington it may detain Americans in China in response to the Justice Department's prosecution of Chinese military-affiliated scholars, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday. The newspaper, citing unnamed people familiar with the matter,

Kashmir's conflict hotbed Pulwama now grabbing headlines for producing brilliant minds

Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama region, which was in news for terror attacks, has now grabbed attention for achievements of locals in various sectors, specifically in the world of academics. Young boy Basit Ahmad Khan from Pulwama cracked the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test

Govt evacuates 6,19,117 stranded Jammu and Kashmir residents

The Jammu and Kashmir Government has evacuated about 6,19,117 JK residents, stranded in other parts of the country due to COVID lockdown, via Lakhanpur and through special trains and buses till date amid strict observance of all necessary guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures.

Trump-Biden final debate to feature ‘mute’ button

The final debate between Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden will feature a mute button to allow each candidate to speak uninterrupted, organisers have said. President Trump’s campaign voiced objections to the change, which was made after the president repeatedly talked

73 years since Operation Gulmarg, Pakistan continues its attempt to seize, destroy J&K, says European think tank

The darkest day in the history of Jammu and Kashmir was the intervening night of October 21-22, 1947, when Operation Gulmarg was launched in a bid to seize and destroy the territory, and 73 years have gone by, but Pakistan's template has remained the same, according to a European

Thousands gather for anti-government protest in Pakistan

Thousands gathered in the central Pakistani city of Gujranwala to protest the government of Prime Minister Imran Khan, as an opposition alliance kicked off a campaign it hopes will be able to take advantage of rising prices and other frustrations to overthrow the government. The

Uyghur issue: Liberal democracies like UK must call “a gulag a gulag”

As crimes against humanity in China’s Xinjiang region grow exponentially, there is a need for the liberal democracies to call “a gulag a gulag” and slap sanctions on Chinese entities and individuals who are behind the atrocities on Uyghurs. According to a report by

Bus crash kills 16 in northern Pakistan

Sixteen people were killed when a passenger bus was forced off the road by a landslide in a mountainous area of northern Pakistan on Sunday (Oct 18), officials said. The bus was travelling from the garrison city of Rawalpindi, near Islamabad, to the northern town of Skardu when it was

Armenia-Azerbaijan truce broken minutes after deal

Armenia and Azerbaijan have accused each other of violating a humanitarian ceasefire in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Both sides agreed had agreed a truce to start at midnight local time (20:00 GMT Saturday). But an Armenian defence ministry spokeswoman said Azerbaijan

India's message to China: Hope countries will not comment on internal matters as much as they expect it of others

India has sent a strong message to China asking it to refrain from commenting on its internal affairs. The remarks came after China's Foreign Ministry said earlier this week that it does not recognise Ladakh Union Territory and Arunachal Pradesh. Commenting on the remarks by

Jammu and Kashmir holds Unity Cup Cricket tournament

Cricket fever has gripped the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir with the launch of the Unity Cup Cricket Tournament on Thursday. A total of 24 local teams have registered for the tournament organised by Vilgam Battalion in North Kashmir. The inaugural match was played at Wooder

No message for talks sent to Pakistan, says MEA

India has sent no message for talks as claimed by Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's advisor on national security and strategic policy planning in an interview. India has said environment is not conducive for talks as Pakistan continues to support terror and is involved in

Coronavirus: Empty streets in France as curfew enforced

The streets of Paris and eight other French cities were deserted on Saturday night as a new curfew was enforced. The controversial overnight curfew is aimed at curbing the soaring Covid infection rate in France, which is one of Europe's coronavirus hotspots. There have been

Pakistan sees bloody protests ahead of PMLN meeting in Punjab

Issues are simply not dying down for Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan and his cabinet as the South Asian country continues to witness massive protests one after the other while scenes of blood-spattered women protesters rolling on the streets from police crackdown in the latest

New Zealand election: Jacinda Ardern scores landslide win

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has won a landslide victory in the country's general election. With most ballots tallied, Ms Ardern's centre-left Labour Party has won 49% of the vote and she is projected to win a rare outright parliamentary majority. The opposition

History is made today’: Head of Tibetan government-in-exile meets US’ Tibet envoy

The head of the Tibetan government-in-exile Lobsang Sangay met special coordinator for Tibetan issues, Robert Destro, on Thursday marking the first meeting between the president of the Central Tibetan Administration with that of the US state department. Sangay shared a picture with