Taliban leader says foreign engagement will be in line with sharia
KABUL: Taliban will deal with international community in line with sharia law, supreme leader of hardline Islamist group said, according to a copy of his speech shared by information ministry. Yet to be formally recognised as a government by any fore...
PM Shehbaz, Australian HC discuss bilateral ties
Rawalpindi: Newly appointed Australian High Commissioner to Pakistan Neil Hawkins called on Prime Minister . Prime Minister appreciated steady progress achieved in bilateral relations over years and reaffirmed Pakistan’s strong desire and commi...
Commander US CENTCOM lauds Pak Army’s efforts to combat terrorism
Rawalpindi: General Michael Erik Kurilla Commander US CENTCOM along with delegation visited GHQ. Commander CENTCOM had one on one meeting with COAS. Matters of mutual interest, regional security situation and stability, defence and security cooperati...
Protests break out in India over release of Muslim woman’s rapists
NEW DELHI: A Muslim woman who was gang raped while pregnant during India’s devastating 2002 religious riots has appealed to government to rescind its decision to free 11 men who had been jailed for life for committing crime, after they were rel...
Saudi Crown Prince, Uzbek President witness inking of accords
RIYADH: Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev in Jeddah. Pair held a meeting and discussed bilateral relations and cooperation in various fields, in addition to reviewing a number of issues of common interest, S...
Russia says Ukraine planning ‘provocation’ at nuclear plant, Kyiv dismisses accusation
LONDON: Russia said there was a risk of a manmade disaster at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant and accused Kyiv and West of planning “provocation” there during a visit to Ukraine by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres....
Ex-CIA station chief urges Biden to block Iran leader from attending UNGA
CHICAGO: Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi should be prevented from attending next month’s UN General Assembly because Tehran is complicit in attack on novelist Salman Rushdie in New York on August 12, and continues to foment violence and te...
CPEC laying foundation for sustained indigenous economic modernisation: PM
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said that China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is laying foundation for sustained indigenous economic modernisation. In an interview with Global Times, he said over past 10 years, construction of CPEC proje...
Pakistan, UK ink historic pact for convicted criminals repatriation
LAHORE: Pakistan and United Kingdom (UK) signed a historic agreement for repatriation of convicted criminals and immigration offenders from UK to Pakistan. British Home Secretary Priti Patel announced in a tweet, “I am proud to have signed a ne...
At least 20 martyred in deadly Kabul blast
KABUL: A huge explosion struck a masjid in Kabul during evening prayers, witnesses and police said, more than 30 are feared dead and many injured. Police said there were multiple casualties but did not say how many. One Taliban intelligence official...
