Islamabad: Afghanistan's failure to stop Pakistani militants operating from its soil was to blame for Islamabad expelling hundreds of thousands of Afghan migrants, Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar said. Afghans were also deeply involved in suicide attacks and other clashes with Pakistan forces, Kakar told a news conference, adding there had been a huge rise in security...
Islamabad: Pakistan's general elections will be held on February 8, it was announced after the election commission officials met President Arif Alvi at the directives of the Supreme Court, ending uncertainty over the much-awaited polls in the cash-strapped country. The new date was announced by the President House in a statement following a meeting between the...
New York: NATO announced the formal suspension of a key Cold War-era security treaty in response to Russia’s pullout from the deal. The alliance said its members who signed the treaty are now freezing their participation in the pact. Most of NATO’s 31 allies have signed the Treaty of Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, which was...
Moscow: The Kremlin said that the West had demonstrated its aggression towards Russia but said that when it came to nuclear weapons, Moscow had its nuclear doctrine and that this had not been changed. Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev said that the "destructive" policies of the United States and its allies were increasing the...
New York: Palestinian doctors and nurses who have stayed behind in the Gaza Strip are heroes who know they are going to die but have chosen to stay anyway, a US nurse rescued from the Ground Zero of war has said. Emily Callahan, nurse activity manager with Doctors Without Borders, told CNN in an interview...
Kabul: Major international aid agencies on Thursday warned of chaotic and desperate scenes among Afghans who have returned from Pakistan, where security forces are detaining and deporting undocumented or unregistered foreigners. The crackdown on illegal migration mostly affects Afghans because they are the majority of foreigners living in Pakistan, although the government says it is targeting all who...
Islamabad: Pakistan’s election oversight body on Thursday postponed the country’s upcoming parliament elections for the second time, saying the vote — originally expected in November and then scheduled for the last week of January — will instead take place in February. The Election Commission of Pakistan said the balloting would be held on Feb. 8, a date...
Rome: External Affairs Minister of India S. Jaishankar Thursday restated India's stance on the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinians terrorist organization Hamas. "If there is an issue of terrorism, and we all find terrorism unacceptable, we must stand up," Jaishankar said. He was addressing the Joint Secretary Session of the Senate's External Affairs and Defence...
Colombo: Sri Lanka has granted 48 hours for a Chinese vessel to conduct marine research off the island's west coast under supervision, the foreign ministry said, despite Indian concerns that it could be a spy ship. Ministry spokesperson Kapila Fonseka said Chinese research ship Shi Yan 6, which has been in Colombo since October 29,...
