Islamabad : Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman and cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan on Monday unveiled his party’s manifesto for the general elections, announcing that he would turn the country into a welfare state if voted to power. Titled “Road to Naya Pakistan”, the manifesto’s primary point is to turn the country into an Islamic welfare state, a model […]
Twenty-four people were killed when a train derailed in northwest Turkey this weekend, Deputy Prime Minister Recep Akdag said today, a sharp jump from the previous toll of 10. The state-run Anadolu news agency quoted Akdag as saying search operations this morning had now been completed at the wreck of the train, which derailed early […]
China launched two satellites for Pakistan on a Long March-2C rocket on Monday. The PRSS-1 is China’s first optical remote sensing satellite sold to Pakistan and the 17th satellite developed by the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) for an overseas buyer, reports Xinhua news agency. A scientific experiment satellite, PakTES-1A, developed by Pakistan, was […]
BERLIN — A World War II bomb found on the premises of automaker Volkswagen in the German city of Wolfsburg has been defused after some 4,000 people were evacuated from the surrounding area. City authorities said on Twitter that the bomb was defused Sunday lunchtime. People within a 1-kilometer (0.6-mile) radius, an area that includes […]
Facebook announced to have enhanced security measures ahead of the July 25 general elections in Pakistan, a media report said on Sunday. The social media giant has increased the number of safety and security people working on this area, with dedicated teams focused on preventing abuse on the platform during elections and started training of […]
Thirty-four militants were killed and 18 others injured in Afghanistan’s Balkh province during security operations, a police official said on Sunday. “The militants were killed during the cleanup operations in Chamtal district on Saturday,” the official told Xinhua news agency. Two security personnel were also injured. (Agencies)
Srinagar: Residents of downtown woke up on Sunday morning to witness strict curfew and restriction, as JRL has given a shutdown call for today against the killings of three militants and a civilian who was crushed to death by a police vehicle during protests. With frequent shutdowns crippling life in Kashmir, Srinagar wore a deserted […]
State DGP SP Vaid said on Twitter that encounter concluded at Shopian, five bodies of terrorists recovered. There are fears that the fifth body is of assistant professor of university of Kashmir Dr Mohd Shafi. However DGP has said that identity of militants has not been yet ascertained. One critically injured boy of 17 years […]
Srinagar: Soon after Badhigham encounter was over, protests and clashesProtests clashes multiply, scores referred to Srinagar hospital Soon after Badhigham encounter was over, protests and clashes have spread and multiplies across Kashmir especially in South Kashmir. According to our reporter from SMHS hospital of Srinagar, scores of youth have been admitted with bullet and pellet […]
Srinagar: Two more civilians succumbed to their injuries as clashes with government forces after the encounter in Badigam village south Kashmir’s Shopian district,intensified across south kashmir. According to police and hospital sources , that a civilian identified as Zubair Ahmad a resident of Rajpora area of Pulwama, succumbed to bullet wounds in hospital.. Army has fired […]