New Delhi: Pakistan has said that water discharge in Chenab river has come down significantly, a claim that has been termed by India as “baseless narrative”. In a letter to Indian Commissioner Pradeep Kumar Saxena sent on Wednesday, his Pakistani counterpart Syed Mohammed Meher Ali Shah stated that the discharge […]
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Press freedom in Pakistan is on a downward spiral due to attacks and intimidation, according to a media rights watchdog. The report, launched by the Freedom Network, titled ‘Murders, harassment and assault: The tough wages of journalism in Pakistan’, documents 91 assaults and other violations against journalists during the past […]
NEW DELHI: Pakistan is still following its “myopic” and “limited” agenda of pushing terrorists into Jammu and Kashmir, and India will respond appropriately with precision unless the neighbouring country gives up its policy of state sponsored terrorism, Army Chief Gen MM Naravane said here. In an exclusive interview to PTI, […]
NEW DELHI: India has conveyed its strong protest to Pakistan over an order by that country’s supreme court allowing the conduct of general elections in Gilgit-Baltistan. The Ministry of External Affairs said Pakistan was told that entire Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, including areas of Gilgit and Baltistan, are an […]
NEW DELHI: The annual rotation of BSF and ITBP soldiers along the Pakistan, Bangladesh and China borders has been shelved till March next year because of the coronavirus outbreak, the top commander of the two forces has said. Surjeet Singh Deswal, the director general of the two forces, told that […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan registered its highest single day increase in the coronavirus cases with 1,297 new infections, taking the total number to 18,114, officials said on Saturday. The death toll due to the viral infection jumped to 417 with 32 fatalities recorded in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of National […]
New Delhi: Pakistani authorities have warned about delays and disruption in China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects after outbreak of coronavirus. In a detailed report tabled before high-powered National Coordination Committee (NCC) it was stated that Chinese companies working on CPEC projects will suffer delays and higher costs along with […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Navy on Saturday successfully test-fired a series of anti-ship missiles in the North Arabian Sea, a spokesman said. The missiles were fired from surface ships, fixed and rotary-wing aircraft, the Navy’s spokesperson Rear Admiral Arshid Javed said. Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi witnessed […]
NEW DELHI: The number of COVID-19 positive cases in Pakistan can rise to 200,000 by mid-July if “effective interventions” are not taken, the World Health Organization warned as it estimated the magnitude of the disease in the upcoming days. WHO chief Dr Tedros Adhanom made the comment at the launch […]
ISLAMABAD: About 79 per cent of the total coronavirus cases in Pakistan are now locally transmitted, health authorities said on Friday as the number of people affected by the deadly virus rose to over 11,000. According to the Ministry of National Health Services, 13 more patients died due to the […]