Memogate: Pakistan Supreme Court seeks Haqqani’s presence
Pakistan's Supreme Court today directed officials to ensure former Ambassador to the US Husain Haqqani's presence in court over a case related to a mysterious memorandum sent to the US military in…
Ambassador Masood Khan urges enhanced security for UN peacekeepers amid new threats
June 4 : Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United Nations Masood Khan has called for strengthening field security coverage for U.N.peacekeepers serving in hotspots around the world, saying they were faced with…
World’s first treaty on conventional arms trade opens for signature UNITED NATIONS
UNITED NATIONS, June 3 (APP): The first international treaty regulating the multibillion-dollar global arms trade opened for signature at U.N Headquarters in New York on Monday, culminating a decades-long push to…
As Nawz Sharif prepares to assume leadership, U.S. pledges wide-ranging ties
WASHINGTON, June 4 : While appreciating positive signals that Prime Minister-in-waiting Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has sent on some vital regional and international issues since his May 11 election victory, a…
Two held for assaulting Pakistani diplomat in Delhi
NEW DELHI - A woman and her nephew were arrested on Tuesday in connection with a brawl with a Pakistani diplomat and his driver following a freak accident in south Delhi,…
Pakistani diplomat beaten up on the streets of New Delhi
Islamabad lodged a protest with Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Monday over the incident of a High Commission official being “beaten up” in New Delhi, the Hindustan Times reported. The…
Meghalaya university (India) distributed over 4,000 PhDs for Rs 2-5 lakh each
NAGPUR: The Meghalaya police recently busted a big racket of awarding fake degrees to students from all over India, with a majority of these degrees believed to have been distributed…
China slaughterhouse fire kills 119
BEIJING, June 3 : The death toll from a fire at a poultry slaughterhouse in northeast China’s Jilin Province has risen to 119 as of Monday afternoon, the rescue commanding…
PM approves posting of 100 officers from Balochistan in federal govt
ISLAMABAD, June 3 : Prime Minister Justice ® Mir Hazar Khan Khoso on Monday approved the posting of 100 officers of BPS-17 and above from the government of Balochistan on…
Erdogan defies unrest, vows to rebuild Ottoman barracks
Turkey’s prime minister on Saturday remained defiant in the face of violent protests surrounding a government plan to redevelop Istanbul’s Taksim square. Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to press ahead with…