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In a September 2012 telephone conversation with the erstwhile US president Barack Obama, then Afghan President Hamid Karzai asked him to “cut into the activity of war and make up with Pakistan on the peace process with the Taliban” in Afghanistan or “take the war against terrorism where the...

Two cricket teams have been booked and several players were reportedly detained for standing in honour of Pakistan’s national anthem being played before the start of a match in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district. The arrests were made after a video of the incident, which took place on January...

Former head of Northern Command of Indian army Lieutenant General (R) DS Hoda has said that Pakistan enjoys widespread support in the Kashmir valley. In an interview with BBC Urdu the retired General spoke of the popularity Pakistan enjoys in the Kashmirvalley saying, “There is a lot of support...

KARACHI: Senior Indian journalist Prem Shankar Jha said on Monday said that the Indian government should be ashamed of its atrocities in Indian Occupied Kashmir. “Police rule won’t end Kashmiris fight for freedom,” he remarked while speaking on Geo News’ show, Capital Talk. He also added that...

Monday was just another day in office when we witnessed tear gas shelling in Lal Chowk, the heart of Srinagar. My phone’s SIM card had crashed and Tuesday being a holiday, my husband suggested I get it changed. We just had to cross the main road up to the BSNL office where my husband’s friend...

Inspector General Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on Monday said there was no evidence to suggest Mardan university student who was beaten to death on campus committed blasphemy. “There was no blasphemous content uploaded on Mashal Khan’s social media pages prior to his lynching,” K-P IG Salahuddin Khan...

ISLAMABAD - Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan Dr Omar Zakhilwal yesterday hinted that a joint operation against TTP leader Mullah Fazlullah could be possible in near future, as he expressed hope for improvement in Pak Afghan relations this year. In an exclusive interview with Waqt Television...

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday expressed concern over the 2 per cent turn out in the re-polling held in 38 polling stations under the Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency. He also assured that Narendra Modi government will do "something" to earn the confidence of the voters. "It is a...

A top US official said on Friday President Donald Trump looked forward to working with Pakistan to pursue peace and security in the region days after US envoy to the United Nations Nikki Haley said Washington was concerned about the relationship between Islamabad and New Delhi. In a telephonic...

Pakistan was attacked by terrorists over the past five days when eight separate blasts ripped through the country and reminded the world that Islamabad is on the front-lines in the War on Terror. Unlike after the end of the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan, this time it wasn’t just ‘wayward...

NEW DELHI: Mohammad Rafiq Shah was a student of MA (final) at Shah-i-Hamadan, Institute of Islamic Studies, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, when on the midnight of November 21, 2005, his world plunged into darkness. He was picked up by officials of Delhi Police's special cell and Special Task...

One person was killed in a suicide blast in Peshawar's Hayatabad area when the bomber targeted a vehicle carrying civil judges on Wednesday. Civil Judge Asif Jadoon and three female judges of the lower judiciary were travelling in an official car in Hayatabad's Phase 5 area when an attacker on...

In a scathing indictment of Pakistan's treatment of Afghan refugees, a human rights group charged Monday that the country is forcing hundreds of thousands of Afghan refugees back to their homeland, which is still beset by war and crushingpoverty. It also said that a $400 stipend the United...

SRINAGAR: Kashmir Council Europe (KC-EU) Chairman Ali Raza Syed has lauded the European Union (EU)’s stance about making the human rights’ situation in Kashmir a part of the upcoming EU free trade dialogue with India. A press release issued on Sunday said that ahead of the high-level of...

One of the darkest days in the history of Pakistan and the world, 16th December, remembers the 141 lives lost in the Army Public School (APS), Peshawar, massacre. 134 children and 7 members of staff lost their lives in the most devastating day in Pakistan’s history. Armed gunmen dressed as...

Rangers detained several Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) London activists while they tried to hoist the party flag and write slogans on Liaquat Ali Khan Chowk, DawnNews reported on Friday. While talking to the media about the incident, Rangers sector commander Brig Naseem Ahmad said, "Some...

History is made by those who seize fleeting opportunities in the critical time span in any particular situation and relentlessly execute their plans without second thoughts, subduing inner fears, overcoming procrastination and vacillation, and above all by those who are propelled by the burning...

JKLF leader M Yasin Malik on Sunday said the ongoing protests are part of the struggle and will continue as long as people approve of it. He said the campaign against the leaders spreading the ongoing strike is aimed at defaming the Tehreekand should be condemned. Malik who was set free on...

Dearest Modiji: This is the truth about Kashmir The land of Kashmir is with us but the people of Kashmir are not with us Santosh Bhartiya I just returned from Jammu Kashmir. I was there for four days; hence I thought to make you aware of the real situation in Kashmir. As a matter of fact...

Baloch writer Naela Qadri Baloch, a long-time campaigner for Balochistan’s independence from Pakistan, arrived here on Tuesday with a view to set up a Baloch government-in-exile. Naela Baloch, who waited for almost three months to get an Indian visa, flew into New Delhi from Kabul. She was...