Air Chief leads from the front in operation Zarb-e-Azb
KARACHI: Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman, Chief of the Air Staff, Pakistan Air Force (PAF), led from the front by participating in the decisive phase of Operation Zarb-e-Azb, said a…
Dollar drops as China’s economic woes spook investors
NEW YORK - The dollar fell against other major currencies Friday as weak Chinese data stoked fresh jitters about the slowdown in the world s second-largest economy and its impact on…
Google-Twitter deal on search moves to desktop
SAN FRANCISCO - Google and Twitter announced Friday their partnership placing tweets in online search results has been extended to desktop. Confirmation came in a tweeted exchange between the two…
Hurriyat leader Shabbir Shah leaves for New Delhi to meet Sartaj Aziz
Senior Hurriyat leader and the Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party, Shabbir Ahmed Shah, along with a party delegation has left for New Delhi from Srinagar to meet…
Pakistan Retaliates : Indian BSF Abandoned two posts at LoC
There have been almost 70 ceasefire violations since July 2015 by India along the Line of Control (LoC) and Working Boundary. These unprovoked firings have taken place at Jandrot, Nakyal,…
Authorities say international terrorism “unlikely” in Bangkok bombing
BANGKOK: A bomb attack in Bangkok in which 20 people were killed was likely planned weeks in advance by a group of 10 people, Thai authorities said on Thursday. The…
EU special representative calls on COAS
RAWALPINDI: European Union Special Representative and Head of the European Union Delegation for Afghanistan Ambassador Franz-Michael Mellibin called on Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif at the General Headquarters…
North Korea’s Kim puts troops on war footing with South
Seoul - North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un ordered his frontline troops onto a war footing Friday to back up an ultimatum for South Korea to halt high-decibel propaganda broadcasts across…
Israeli film pulled from Oslo film festival
NEW YORK: A film by an Israeli filmmaker was pulled from an Oslo film festival on Thursday because it dealt with Israeli subject matter, but did not address the Israeli…
Pakistan refuses Indian ‘advice’ of not meeting Hurriyat leadership: FO
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is willing to attend the meeting of National Security Advisors (NSA) on 23-24 August in New Delhi without any pre-conditions, the country’s Foreign Affairs Ministry said in a…