ISLAMABAD (AP) – Pakistan’s media regulation authority said Thursday it was imposing a blanket ban on Bollywood films and other Indian content on its television networks and radio stations amid increasing tension between the two nuclear-armed rivals on the issue of the disputed region of Kashmir. The ban will be enforced from Friday and any […]
ISLAMABAD: The United States is keen to help Pakistan in developing the country’s information technology infrastructure in the underserved areas, its envoy said. United States Trade Representative (USTR) Ambassador Michael Froman, during a meeting with the minister for finance Ishaq Dar on Wednesday, said the US looks forward to further collaborate with Pakistan in developing […]
انڈیا کے زیر انتظام کشمیر میں پولیس کا کہنا ہے کہ گزشتہ تین ماہ سے جاری ہند مخالف احتجاجی تحریک کے دوران مسلح شدت پسندوں نے پولیس اہلکاروں سے 50 سے زائد رائلفز چھین لی ہیں۔ اسلحہ چھیننے کے یہ واقعات زیادہ تر ایسی حفاظتی چوکیوں میں رونما ہوئے جو اقلیتی پنڈت آبادیوں کی حفاظت […]
WASHINGTON: US State Department’s Spokesperson Mark Toner said on Friday that dialogue between India and Pakistan would prove to be beneficial for both countries. During his press briefing, Toner refused to offer any comments with regard to JuD chief Hafiz Saeed. “There are a range of controversial issues going on between India and Pakistan,” […]
NEW YORK: Pakistan on Wednesday handed over a dossier on human rights violations in India-held Kashmir (IHK) to the United Nations General Assembly, Radio Pakistan reported. The prime minister’s special envoys on Kashmir, Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed and Dr. Shezra Mansab Ali, handed over the dossier to UNGA President Peter Thomson in New York. The […]
The controversy surrounding Cyril Almeida’s report on a civil-military clash in a closed door meeting has aggravated the long established divisions between the military and civilian leadership. Among other things, this latest episode of confrontation between the civilian and military leadership highlights how the country’s elected government has been neutralized in all spheres by […]
Finally, a crucial issue is settled Despite denials by the government regarding the contents of a story published in an English daily and its rejection as a fabrication, the paper concerned insists that many at the helm of affairs are aware of the senior officials and participants of the meeting who were contacted by […]
The implications for India of the growing strategic nexus between China and Pakistan are stark because the two are hostile, non-status-quo powers bent upon seizing additional Indian territory and undermining Indian security in different ways. Indeed, the nexus extends to shielding Pakistani terrorism at the United Nations. This makes China complicit in Pakistan’s proxy […]
پاکستان کے صوبہ بلوچستان کے وزیر اعلیٰ نواب ثناء اللہ زہری نے کوئٹہ سمیت صوبہ بھر میں غیر قانونی انڈین ڈی ٹی ایچ ( ڈش ریسیورز) کی فروخت اور سمگلنگ کے خلاف کریک ڈاؤن کرنے کی ہدایت کی ہے۔ کوئٹہ سے جاری ہونے والے ایک سرکاری اعلامیے کے مطابق وزیر اعلیٰ کی جانب سے یہ […]
Cyril Almeida “informed” he is on Exit Control List, just days after scoop hinting at civilian-military leadership rift Dawn says it ‘verified, cross-checked and fact-checked’ Almeida’s report [Youtube] A prominent journalist has been put on Pakistan’s Exit Control List after the respected Dawn newspaper published his scoop that appeared to confirm long suspected rumours of a […]
