Hafeez Sayeed appeals UN his name to be removed from global terrorist list

LAHORE: Mumbai attacks mastermind and Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed has filed a petition in the UN seeking removal of his name from the list of designated terrorists on the ground that none of the allegations against him, either related to terrorism or otherwise, has been proved in the Pakistani courts. The banned Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD) head, More...

Hardliners who have surrounded Islamabad burn tyres as they clash with police
ISLAMABAD : 1 person killed, over 139 injured after police cracked down on a sit-inForces fired tear gas, rubber bullets as demonstrators burned police vans.Protesters demanding Pak law minister’s resignation More...

Pakistan uses ‘mujra party’ to raise funds for Kashmir
LONDON : In what is sure to raise controversy, Pakistan organised a ‘mujra’ performance in London as part of an event to raise funds for the promotion of education in PoK (Pakistan-occupied Kashmir). The event More...

China questions exclusion from Indo-Pacific group of India
BAIJING : Skirting any direct response to the first quadrilateral meeting of India, US, Japan and Australia, China on Monday questioned its exclusion from the group. At the same time, it expressed hope that the More...

PM Modi meets US Prez Donald Trump on sidelines of ASEAN summit
MANILA: US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday met on the sidelines of a gala dinner to mark the 50th anniversary of the ASEAN. The brief interaction between Modi and Trump came ahead More...

US to push for India’s inclusion into 21-member APEC :Dennis Wilder
WASHINGTON : U.S. President Donald Trump will be pushing for India’s membership to the 21 member Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation ( APEC ) early next week when Prime Minister Modi and President Trump will More...

Pakistan granted Permission to Kulbhushan Jadhav to meet his wife,
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has granted permission to the convicted Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav to meet his wife, months after a request was made by India’s Ministry of External Affairs, an official statement said on More...

German Nurse found responsible for 106 deaths
BERLIN: A German nurse who used lethal drugs on patients out of “boredom” is responsible for the deaths of 106 people, investigators said Thursday, noting the toll could rise further as more bodies More...

Indian American Ravi Bhalla elected Mayor of New Jersey
NEW YORK : Two Indian American candidates have overcome bigoted propaganda to win local elections in New Jersey – one of them as the Mayor of Hoboken. Ravi Bhalla was elected in Tuesday’s elections as the More...

Azadi for Kashmir has no reality: Pakistan PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
LONDON : War with India is not an option, Pakistan’s new Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has said even as he admitted that the relationship between the two neighbours will remain tense until the Kashmir More...