ISLAMABAD -UNS: Pakistan Peoples Party’s Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani was elected unopposed Senate chairman and PML-N’s Syedal Khan Nasir deputy chairman on Tuesday. Earlier, the senators-elect took oath amid the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s call for postponing the exercise. Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, former prime minister Anwarul Haq Kakar, Ishaq Dar, MWM’s […]
Month: April 2024
NEW YORK (Reuters) – FIFA has settled an antitrust lawsuit accusing soccer’s world governing body of illegally banning foreign clubs and leagues from staging official matches in the United States. The settlement with Relevent Sports, a sports promoter controlled by billionaire Miami Dolphins American football team owner Stephen Ross, was […]
WASHINGTON-UNS: US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller on Monday said that the United States was closely monitoring the alleged involvement of Indian government in killings of Pakistani citizens. In his media briefing in Washington, Matthew Miller said that we have been following the media reports about this issue. However, he […]
RIYADH-UNS: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman have agreed to expedite the first wave of a planned $5 billion Saudi investment package for Pakistan, according to the joint statement issued by both countries. The two leaders had held a meeting a day ago during the prime […]
UNS: Millions of people across North America readied for a total solar eclipse on Monday — some gazing anxiously at wayward clouds — as the moon began creeping across the face of the sun in western Mexico before it blocks it out completely. However, the celestial event will not be […]
RIYADH -UNS/AFP :Saudi Arabia announced on Monday that Eidul Fitr will begin on Wednesday, marking the end of the month of Ramazan. “Supreme Court declares tomorrow the last day of Ramazan and Wednesday the first day of Eidul Fitr,” the official Saudi Press Agency said on its X account. The […]
ISLAMABAD -UNS :The PTI on Monday sought to delay the election of the Senate chairman and deputy chairman, which are scheduled for tomorrow, until after polls were held on vacant seats from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Five PTI senators filed a plea in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) and also wrote a […]
TEHRAN -UNS/AFP :An adviser to Iran’s supreme leader warned on Sunday that Israeli embassies are “no longer safe” after a strike in Syria which Tehran blamed on Israel killed seven Revolutionary Guards members. “The embassies of the Zionist regime are no longer safe,” Yahya Rahim Safavi, senior adviser to Ayatollah […]
ISLAMABAD -UNS: Information Minister Attaullah Tarar on Sunday rebutted former prime minister Imran Khan’s allegations against the senior military leadership in connection with the Toshakhana case, saying they were “false, fabricated and baseless”. The former premier had alleged that the senior military leadership “implicated” him and his wife Bushra Bibi […]
By Qamar Bashir In January 2024, Pakistan’s Foreign Secretary made a significant revelation, alleging that India had orchestrated at least 12 extrajudicial killings in Pakistan linked to the Kashmir cause and the Khalistan movement. This disclosure marked the third high-profile accusation against India following similar allegations involving Canada and the […]
