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View: Pak wants to renew trade ties with India. What should Modi govt do?
There is no better way for Pakistan to cut down its losses and then tell the world that it has come down from its high horse
Updated on Mar 28, 2024 07:29 PM IST
Pakistan benchmark share index hits record high. Here's why
The benchmark KSE-100 touched a record high of 67,200.82 points in intraday trade, surpassing its previous high of 67,093.96 touched on Dec. 13.
Published on Mar 28, 2024 12:27 PM IST
Reuters |
Video shows suicide bombing in Pakistan that killed 5 Chinese nationals
The viral video clip shows a bus riding on the street in Bisham and suddenly the bomb blasts and smoke engulfs the area.
Published on Mar 28, 2024 08:42 AM IST
Evening brief: IAF chief on Balakot operation, and more
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Published on Mar 27, 2024 06:28 PM IST
Sanam Saeed from Zindagi Gulzar Hai masters seven accents. Watch
Pakistani actor Sanam Saeed's interview clip has gone viral, where she has spoken in diverse accents.
Published on Mar 27, 2024 05:30 PM IST
Pak soldier, 4 Baloch militants killed in attack on naval base in Balochistan
Pakistan security forces foiled an armed militant attack by BLA's Majeed Brigade at the PNS Siddique Naval Air Base in Balochistan's Turbat.
Published on Mar 26, 2024 04:29 PM IST
Pakistan's second-largest naval air station in Turbat under attack
The Majeed Brigade of the banned Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) has taken credit for the assault on the Naval Airbase in Turbat.
Published on Mar 26, 2024 06:53 AM IST
Anjali and Sufi, India-Pak same sex couple, part ways: ‘I cheated on her’
Same-sex couple Anjali Chakra and Sufi Malik's pictures had won the internet and users had applauded them for breaking the barriers of gender and religion.
Updated on Mar 26, 2024 03:05 PM IST
‘How do you deal with a neighbour when…’: S Jaishankar hits out at Pakistan
Jaishankar said India will no longer sidestep this issue, emphasising that the prevailing sentiment in the country is to address the challenge of terrorism.
Published on Mar 24, 2024 07:27 AM IST
'How to deal with neighbour who..': Jaishankar's dig at Pakistan over terrorism
Jaishankar asserted that India is not going to skirt the Islamic country's terror problem anymore.
Published on Mar 23, 2024 05:14 PM IST
Pakistan’s airstrikes in Afghanistan show its fraying patience with the Taliban
Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan has entered a period of resurgence, posing a threat to Pakistan’s internal security and external environs
Published on Mar 22, 2024 10:09 PM IST
Nations united and divided by the Durand Line
Islamabad’s fraught relations with Kabul will increase Pakistan’s security concerns, destabilise the region further
Published on Mar 22, 2024 09:40 PM IST
Pakistan's education crisis: Call for urgent reform
This article is authored by Soumya Awasthi, expert, Centre on Armed Groups, Geneva.
Published on Mar 22, 2024 03:42 PM IST
Pakistan PM Sharif says another IMF bailout is inevitable
Sharif's comments came after the IMF approved an agreement with Islamabad to disburse the last tranche of $1.1 billion under the existing $3 billion arrangement
Published on Mar 21, 2024 06:28 PM IST
Reuters |
US warns Pakistan on ties over election irregularities
The United States said Wednesday that relations with Pakistan will suffer if it does not probe irregularities in last month's election and rerun votes if needed
Published on Mar 21, 2024 03:15 AM IST
AFP |
CAA is rooted in pact made after Partition
Minorities in India's Islamic neighbors face existential crises. CAA is a modest effort to make up for broken promises
Published on Mar 20, 2024 09:51 PM IST
View: How Pakistan’s ‘bleed neighbours with terrorism’ policy has backfired
For Pakistan, the chickens have come home to roost as far as its duplicity on terrorism is concerned.
Updated on Mar 20, 2024 09:45 PM IST
Gunmen open fire at China-operated Pakistan port complex; all 8 attackers killed
Armed Baloch militants entered Gwadar's Port Authority Complex and opened fire while several explosions were heard in the area, reports said.
Updated on Mar 20, 2024 07:15 PM IST
US official Donald Lu seeks probe into ‘irregularities’ in Pakistan elections
Amid calls to not recognise Pakistan's new government, Donald Lu has expressed Washington’s concerns about irregularities in the general elections held in Feb.
Updated on Mar 20, 2024 05:00 PM IST
IMF reaches staff-level agreement with Pak on final $3 billion bailout review
The funds represent the last portion of USD 3 billion emergency bailout package that Pakistan secured last summer, preventing potential sovereign debt default.
Published on Mar 20, 2024 01:51 PM IST
ANI |
12 miners killed after explosion at coal mine in Pakistan
Pakistan coal mine explosion: 20 miners were in the mine during a methane gas explosion. Rescue teams found 12 bodies; survivors were hospitalised.
Published on Mar 20, 2024 12:42 PM IST
Reuters |
Earthquake of 5.5 magnitude jolts Pakistan
The earthquake struck Pakistan on the wee hours of Wednesday, the National Centre for Seismology reported.
Published on Mar 20, 2024 06:45 AM IST
ANI |
A unending battle to counter mule ships of a Pak drug kingpin
Pakistani fishermen turned drug mules for Haji Salim cartel captured by joint Indian agencies, revealing modus operandi of drug smuggling network.
Updated on Mar 20, 2024 04:18 AM IST
Prawesh Lama, New Delhi
Pak court acquits two sons of ex-PM Nawaz Sharif in corruption cases
Hassan and Hussain Nawaz were implicated in the Avenfield, Flagship, and Al-Azizia corruption cases in 2018 related to the Panama Papers.
Published on Mar 19, 2024 11:01 PM IST
PTI |
How Rajiv and Benazir shaped nuclear restraint
A 1988 Agreement binds India and Pakistan to refrain from causing the destruction of, or damage to, any nuclear installation or facility in the other country
Published on Mar 19, 2024 09:50 PM IST
A bleak future for Trans-Afghan Railway
This article is authored by Pravesh Kumar Gupta, associate fellow, Vivekananda International Foundation, New Delhi.
Published on Mar 19, 2024 03:39 PM IST
Not even thinking about possibility of CT going out of Pakistan: PCB chief
Not even thinking about possibility of CT going out of Pakistan: PCB chief
Published on Mar 19, 2024 11:18 AM IST
PTI |
The iron brother’s iron clasp
Author: Tara Kartha, distinguished fellow, Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi.
Published on Mar 18, 2024 06:43 PM IST
Launched retaliatory attacks on Pak after air strikes in Afghanistan: Taliban
The Taliban defence ministry said its security forces had targeted Pakistani troops at the border in response to the air strikes.
Updated on Mar 18, 2024 09:29 PM IST
Reuters |
Pak carried out two air strikes inside Afghanistan, killed 8 people: Taliban
A Taliban spokesman ‘strongly’ condemned the strikes on Afghan soil, calling it a violation of the country's sovereignty.
Updated on Mar 18, 2024 12:58 PM IST
Reuters |