Daily Archives: February 22, 2019

IOC URGES INDIA ISOLATION AFTER PAKISTANI ATHLETES DENIED VISAS

The denial of entry visas for two shooters due to take part in a World Cup event this weekend followed last week’s attack by a Pakistan-based militant group in...

CID TO MATCH DNA OF CHAWKBAZAR VICTIMS TODAY, TOMORROW

Criminal Investigation Department (CID) will be profiling the DNA of the unidentified victims of Chawkbazar fire for handing over the bodies. CID will collect DNA samples of the families claiming...

RED CRESCENT: 46 BODIES ARE STILL MISSING

Based on a primary estimate, Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BRCS) said at least 46 bodies of victims killed in the Chawkbazar fire tragedy still remain missing or unaccounted for. Shakila...

KHALILZAD DISCUSSES AFGHAN PEACE WITH TURKISH OFFICIALS

US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad held talks with Turkish officials, including Turkey’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sedat Onal and Ibrahim Kalin, a senior advisor to Turkish president,...

INDIA FAILS TO ANSWER CRITICAL QUESTIONS IN JADHAV CASE: PAKISTAN

Thursday was the last day of the Kulbhushan Jadhav case hearing at the Peace Palace in The Hague. Khawar Qureshi, representing Pakistan, began his final rebuttal before the International...

PREVENT KASHMIRIS’ BOYCOTT, ATTACKS: TOP COURT TO STATES AFTER PULWAMA

The Supreme Court today asked 10 states to take "prompt action" to ensure Kashmiris living across the country do not face social boycott or attacks, amid reports of threats...

CC NOT INDEPENDENT WITH POLITICAL REPRESENTATIVES IN IT: MR

The much vaunted Constitutional Council (CC) cannot be called independent as long as there are political party representatives in it, Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa said yesterday. Responding to a question...

Fight’s on the ground at airshow as Boeing takes a jibe at Lockheed Martin...

In a bid to go one up on its competition for the Indian Air Force’s new proposed multi-billion-dollar contract, US aerospace major Boeing Thursday took to Twitter to take...

Afghanistan-Turkmenistan sign strategic partnership agreement

President Ashraf Ghani and his Turkmenistan counterpart Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow on Thursday signed a “Strategic Partnership Agreement” in Ashgabat where both countries pledged to expand bilateral relations on a number...

Russia says will select HAL as partner for India contract to buy 114 fighter...

Russia will opt for the state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) as its strategic partner under ‘Make in India’ for the MiG-35 and Su-35, two of the six players in...

US assures $9 mln in aid to Maldives

The United States government has made the decision to provide Maldives with an additional USD 9.75 million (MVR 150.3 million) in assistance during 2019. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Maldives...

Turkey’s Erdogan to visit Pakistan in March

Turkish Consul General (CG) in Pakistan Tolga Ucak, announced that Turkish President, Tayyip Erdogan plans to visit Pakistan in March , next month. It is expected that the Turkish president...

Why India will bluster but won’t risk military confrontation in Kashmir over deadly attacks

The scale and timing of the suicide bombing against Indian police in Kashmir may leave Narendra Modi, the Indian prime minister, little option except to retaliate, but his dilemma...

Will India get any relief from the ICJ?

Pakistan has once again made it clear that Indian demands to release or return its spy Kulbhushan Jadhav are ‘childish’. Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Wednesday addressed the issue...

Full steam ahead for China-Myanmar high-speed railway

Once stalled plans to build a high-speed railroad connecting China’s southern city of Kunming and Myanmar’s Kyaukphyu port on the Bay of Bengal are firmly back on track. If completed,...

Afghan govt needed in Taliban peace talks

The Afghanistan peace process seems to be acquiring a new momentum with the Taliban showing a fresh keenness to sit across the table and major powers such as the...

PM Khan fully authorises Pakistan Army to befittingly respond to any Indian misadventure

Pakistan has once again categorically rejected Indian allegations on Pulwama attack and said that it was planned and executed at local level in India. Prime Minister Imran Khan chaired National...

Kashmiri students flee Indian mob as ‘climate of fear’ takes hold after suicide bombing...

Junaid Ayub Rather cowered alongside 30 other students in a small room for two nights while mobs chanted for their blood outside, before finally escaping the rage sweeping India...

In a first, Myanmar’s Suu Kyi lectures at national defense college

State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s de facto leader and foreign minister, for the first time spoke at the National Defense College in Naypyitaw on Tuesday. “It was...

India places order with French defence company for 135 rocket launchers to equip Indian...

Seeking to boost tactical capabilities of the Indian armed forces, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has awarded French aerospace and defence company Thales a contract to supply 135 2.75-inch (70-mm)...

Fighting perjury in Pakistan

One of the major companions and helpers of corruption – an illness eating away the substance of the Pakistani state, its institutions and its people – is perjury. The...