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Hockey Australia thanks Hockey India for bushfire donation

Hockey India contributes USD 25,000 for bushfire victims

9:08 pm January 17, 2020

New Delhi: Hockey India has joined their Australian counterparts in raising funds for the victims of the devastating bushfires Down Under with contribution of USD 25,000. HI also donated signed national team jerseys which will put for auction and the proceeds to be used through Red Cross to help those affected by the wildfires. Hockey […]

Not ready for peace with India without resolving Kashmir issue in just manner: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi

Not ready for peace with India without resolving Kashmir issue in just manner: Pak FM

12:11 pm January 17, 2020

Washington: Pakistan is not prepared to pay any price for peace with India and certainly not without resolving the Kashmir issue in a just manner, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said. Addressing the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) think-tank here on Thursday, Qureshi reiterated Pakistan’s demand that US President Donald Trump should […]

Musharraf approaches Pak SC to suspend death sentence ruling by special court in high treason case

10:33 pm January 16, 2020

Islamabad: Pakistan’s self-exiled former dictator Pervez Musharraf on Thursday approached the Supreme Court to challenge the ruling of a special court that had handed him death sentence on charges of high treason. The special court in Islamabad on December 17 last handed down the death penalty to the 74-year-old retired general, now based in Dubai, […]

Taliban cheer Trump tweet promising early troop withdrawal

Taliban say they handed cease-fire offer to US peace envoy

10:30 pm January 16, 2020

Islamabad: The Taliban have given the US envoy a document outlining their offer for a temporary cease-fire in Afghanistan that would last between seven and 10 days, Taliban officials familiar with the negotiations said Thursday. The offer is seen as an opportunity to open a window to an eventual peace deal for Afghanistan that would […]

China demands discussion on Kashmir in UNSC

9:44 pm January 15, 2020

New Delhi: China has demanded discussion on Kashmir during a closed-door meeting of the UN Security Council in New York on Wednesday, but the request is likely to be rejected as other member countries of the global organisation are set to oppose it. The current move by China is third such attempt since August when […]