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In countrywide crackdown, Pakistan detains mililtant leaders; seizes control of seminaries
In a countrywide swoop against militant groups, Pakistan has detained more than one hundred activists of banned organizations and seized control of around 400 seminaries and assets. State Minister for Interior, Shehryar Afridi says the Government...Mar 7, 2019 879 0 -
Pakistani-American Mohammad Aslam passes away; leaving behind a legacy of community service
Image Credit: Courtesy Naila Alam Pakistani-American community in Washington area lost a veteran voice and mentor on Wednesday, when Mohammad Aslam, owner of Metro International Travel and founder of the 1990s newspaper Eastern Times, passed away....Mar 7, 2019 4122 1 -
Pakistan to release pilot of downed Indian jet as ‘peace gesture’
The picture of downed Indian jet, Wing Commander Abhinandan taking tea, has gone viral with calls for taking “chai” together instead of warring, Credit: Radio Pakistan In the midst of Pakistan-India military standoff, Prime Minister Imran...Feb 28, 2019 2431 0 -
PM Khan and President Trump working on the same page for Afghan peace – Pakistan ambassador
Photo Credit:Umar John/NEXT TV Prime Minister Imran Khan and President Donald Trump are working on the same page in efforts towards Afghan peace, Islamabad’s new ambassador to the U.S. Asad Majeed Khan said as Pakistan and...Feb 25, 2019 1468 0 -
Trump wants Pakistan, India to get along
As South Asian fears another Pakistan-India standoff over Pulwama attack, President Donald Trump has expressed the desire that the two countries should get along. In first public reaction to the escalating regional situation, Trump said the...Feb 20, 2019 705 2 -
In regional shift, Pakistan, Russia sign $10 billion gas pipeline project
In a major shift from its West-centered foreign and economic policies, Islamabad has signed an inter-corporate agreement, under which a 1,500 km offshore gas pipeline costing $ 10 billion will transport Russian natural gas from the...Feb 7, 2019 2004 0 -
Pakistan opens Sikh holy place to pilgrims; India says no to dialogue
Pakistan’s prime minister Imran Khan performed opening of the construction of Kartarpur Corridor leading to Gurdwara Darbar Sahib – one of the holiest places for Sikhs located close to Indian border in Pakistan’s Punjab province. With...Nov 28, 2018 991 0 -
Imran Khan vows to grant Pakistani citizenship to Afghan refugees
Afghan refugees in Islamabad Photo: UN Prime Minister Imran Khan has promised to grant citizenship to Afghan refugees living in the country for decades, citing both humanitarian and law and order reasons. Khan, who initially made...Sep 18, 2018 986 0 -
Pakistan to hold nationwide elections on July 25
Pakistan will hold general elections on July 25 in what would be the unprecedented third successive polls on the completion of two five-year terms of democratically elected governments. The PML(N) government, elected in May 2013, will...May 26, 2018 1334 0 -
AJK President: If North Korea can see a resolution, so can Kashmir
President of Pakistan-administered Kashmir Masood Khan, who is visiting Washington D.C., Wednesday called for a U.S. push toward a resolution of the humanitarian catastrophe and the longstanding dispute – that has kept Pakistan and India in...May 10, 2018 955 0