RIYADH (AFP) – Saudi Arabia concluded a month-long military exercise involving more than two dozen nations on Monday, a day after hosting an Arab summit that slammed what it called Iran’s growing interference in the region. The exercise on Saudi Arabia’s east coast, dubbed Gulf Shield-1, involved combat search-and-rescue drills as well as naval warfare […]
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Mirwaiz, Yasin arrested in occupied Kashmir
LAHORE: Over two dozen Hurriyat leaders and activists including Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik have been arrested by the Indian police in Srinagar on Wednesday. A huge contingent of Indian police stopped and arrested Mirwaiz and Yasin when they were going to address a protest at Lal Chowk against Indian atrocities and the […]
State institutions must act in national interest: COAS
ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Tuesday said that the nation and its state institutions must continue to cohesively perform in best interest of the country so that no power could undo Pakistan. The army chief was quoting founder of the nation Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, while talking about challenges […]
‘No power can undo Pakistan’: COAS
Lahore: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Tuesday visited Strike Corps at Mangla, where he witnessed ongoing training and addressed officers and troops. According to a press release issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), COAS quoting Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah said no power can undo Pakistan and for this purpose […]
Maryam criticises court’s decision of granting bail to Imran
LAHORE: Criticising an anti-terrorism court’s (ATC) decision of granting bail to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan in four separate cases, Maryam Nawaz said on Tuesday that all ‘judicial standards ’ were set for Nawaz and his family only. Earlier on Tuesday, PTI chief appeared before the ATC and was granted bail in all four […]
Pakistan offers to allow spy Jadhav a visit from his wife
ISLAMABAD: Months after a request was made by India’s Ministry of External Affairs, Pakistan on Friday informed New Delhi that it would allow a meeting between self-confessed spy Kulbhushan Jadhav and his wife ‘on humanitarian grounds’, according to a press release issued by the Foreign Office. “The Government of Pakistan has decided to arrange a […]
Police should use modern technology to achieve success: Ahsan Iqbal
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Interior Ahsan Iqbal on Friday said that police had to internalize the use of modern technology in its system in order to improve response time and cut down operational delays. “Police have an important role to deal with challenges faced by country including terrorism,” he said while addressing the passing out parade […]
Trump vows cooperation on Japanese abducted by N.Korea
US President Donald Trump pledged Monday to work with Japan to bring back Japanese citizens kidnapped by North Korea, saying it would be a “tremendous signal” from Pyongyang if they return. North Korean agents kidnapped a number of ordinary Japanese citizens in the 1970s and 1980s, in order to train its spies in the Japanese […]
Yemen hostage crisis claimed by IS leaves 35 dead
Yemeni forces ended a hostage crisis Monday with 29 police and six civilians dead, a day after the attack claimed by the Islamic State group began with suicide bombings, official sources said. Assailants on Sunday stormed the criminal investigations unit in Aden, the Yemeni government’s de facto capital, setting it alight and taking hostages after […]
South Korea announces sanctions against Pyongyang
SEOUL: South Korea announced new unilateral sanctions against Pyongyang — the first under President Moon Jae-In — on Monday, a day before US President Donald Trump arrives in Seoul on an Asian tour dominated by the North’s nuclear programme. A total of 18 North Korean bankers stationed in China, Russia and Libya with suspected links […]