ASIA

13 Pakistanis, mostly children, killed in Jordan fire

8:20 pm December 2, 2019

Islamabad/Amman: Thirteen Pakistani nationals, mostly children and women, were killed when a fire broke out in their tin house in Shuneh area in Jordan, officials said on Monday. The Foreign Office in a statement in Islamabad said three Pakistanis were also injured in the fire early on Monday and are reported to be in stable […]

Hundreds rally in Myanmar to show support for Suu Kyi

1:03 pm December 2, 2019

Yangon: About 700 people rallied Sunday to show support for Myanmar’s leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, as she prepares to defend the country against charges of genocide at the UN’s highest court. Members of Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party swelled the ranks in front of the colonial-era City Hall in Yangon, Myanmar’s largest […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Balochistan insurgency likely to intensify: NSAB member

6:47 pm December 1, 2019

Hyderabad: Insurgency in Balochistan is likely to intensify as the current generation of young and dynamic leadership was now leading the struggle against the Pakistan government, Member of India’s National Security Advisory Board(NSAB), Tilak Devasher said on Sunday. In his address at a seminar on “Pakistan: The Balochistan Coundrum” here, he said every successive generation […]

100 booked for violating Covid guidelines in J-K's Samba

Japan hopes for peaceful resolution of Kashmir issue

2:05 pm December 1, 2019

New Delhi: A day after its first defence and foreign ministerial dialogue with India, Japan on Sunday hoped that a peaceful resolution will be found to the Kashmir issue. A Japanese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said his government looked at the situation in Kashmir very carefully and that it was aware of “longstanding differences” of views […]

India and Japan ask Pakistan to take concrete action against terror infrastructure

9:44 pm November 30, 2019

New Delhi: In their inaugural foreign and defence ministerial dialogue, India and Japan on Saturday deliberated on the threat posed to regional peace by terror networks operating from Pakistan and asked it to take “resolute and irreversible” against them. The two countries specifically called upon Islamabad to “fully comply” with its international commitments to deal […]