Browsing Category: Pakistan News

  • Radd-ul-Fasaad: Three suspects held in Peshawar operation

    Security forces on Tuesday arrested three suspects and seized a large cache of arms and ammunition in a joint combing operation  in the Khazana Nasapa area of Peshawar. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the operation took place as a part of the ongoing Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad. Twenty houses were searched in the area and the …

    October 24, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Russia vetoes UN resolution on extending Syria gas attacks probe

    UNITED NATIONS: Russia on Tuesday vetoed a US-drafted resolution that would have extended for a year the mandate of a panel investigating who is behind chemical weapons attacks in Syria. Russia questions future of Syria chemical weapons inquiry It was the eighth time that Russia has used its veto power at the Security Council to block …

    October 24, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Photo of Tillerson’s meeting with Afghan President Ghani mysteriously photoshopped

    Soon after a two-hour secret visit to Afghanistan by Secretary of State Rex W Tillerson  and President Ashraf Ghani on Monday was publicly disclosed, both the Americans and the Afghans released photographs – however, the one released by the latter were apparently altered. The meeting was not held in Kabul, but in a windowless room in Bagram, the …

    October 24, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Soap star with links to drug lord El Chapo claims to have shared sexual relations with Sean Penn

    The much talked about tale of the I Am Sam star’s awkward rendezvous with notorious drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán in 2015 has, in fact, reached a very dramatic twist. The sultry Mexican actress who facilitated the controversial meeting between the drug lord and Penn revealed recently that she shared sexual relations with the Oscar winner. “I never fell for …

    October 24, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Why is the chief election commissioner using an SUV, asks PTI

    The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) sought on Tuesday an explanation from the federal government as to why the chief election commissioner (CEC) was using an unauthorised vehicle and also details of his assets. “The CEC is entitled to use a 1,600cc vehicle as per rules,” PTI spokesperson Fawad Chaudhry wrote in a letter addressed to the secretary …

    October 24, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Two women martyred in ceasefire violation by Indian troops

    MUZAFFARABAD: Two women were martyred and five others injured when Indian troops violated a truce and fired mortar shells at civilian population at Leepa Sector of the Line of Control (LoC) in Azad Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday. Hameed Kiyani, the deputy commissioner of Jhelum, confirmed the unprovoked shelling by Indian troops. “Indian troops targeted civilian …

    October 24, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Operation against quacks launched

    BAHAWALPUR: The health department has launched an operation against quacks and medical practitioners across the district who could not meet the criteria of Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) and supervisory organisations of medical, herbal and homeopathic sectors. A meeting of officials from health and other departments was held which was chaired by deputy commissioner on …

    October 24, 2017 | by Raheel
  • India to resume talks with Hurriyat leadership on Kashmir

    NEW DELHI: India on Monday named a former chief of domestic intelligence to lead talks on Kashmir issue, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi moves to defuse tension that has simmered in Indian-held Kashmir since July 2016. More than 90 civilians have died in protests sparked after Indian security forces killed a separatist leader Burhan Wani last …

    October 24, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Robber killed in encounter 

    MULTAN: A suspected robber was killed in an encounter with police near Pir Colony in the limits of Shah Shams police station in Multan. An official said a police team raided a hideout and arrested a robber identified as Ali Raza.  On seeing the police, the robber’s accomplices opened fire on the police team near Pull …

    October 24, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Youth recovered from illegal police detention

    SARGODHA: The court bailiff recovered a youth from illegal detention of CIA police on the orders of District and Sessions judge Sohail Ikram on Monday. Ex-SECP chief illegally detained me: key witness  Court officials said complainant Musarat Bibi, a resident of Anjum Town, filed a petition in the court in which she alleged that the CIA …

    October 24, 2017 | by Raheel