Tag: Pakistan
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‘2838 Pakistani, 914 Afganistani, 172 Bangladeshi refugees given citizenship in last 6 years’: FM
Sitharam also warned the states who showed an unwillingness to implement the Act and said the state governments cannot say that the law will not be implemented and the resolutions passed in the state assemblies will not have any impact and is illegal.
January 19, 2020 -
Pak SC refuses to hear Musharraf’s plea against treason verdict
On Thursday, Musharraf had moved the apex court, seeking to overturn the Islamabad-based special court's December 17, 2019, verdict, which sentenced him to death in the high treason case.
January 18, 2020 -
Mike Pompeo meets Pak FM Qureshi, discusses Iran, Afghanistan and bilateral issues
Qureshi is on the final leg of his tri-state visit aimed at diffusing US-Iran tensions, as instructed by Prime Minister Imran Khan.
January 18, 2020 -
Not ready for peace with India without resolving Kashmir issue: Pakistan Foreign Minister
Ties between India and Pakistan came under severe strain after New Delhi revoked Jammu and Kashmir’s special status and bifurcated it Union Territories on August 5.
January 17, 2020 -
India to invite Imran Khan for SCO meet this year
"As per established practices and procedures within SCO, all eight members, four observer states and other international dialogue partners will be invited to the meeting,” External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said when asked if the Pakistani PM would be invited.
January 16, 2020 -
‘Refrain to avoid global embarrassment’: India slams Pak for ‘misusing’ UNSC to raise bilateral issues
MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said Pakistan's 'desperate measures to peddle baseless allegation and present an alarming scenario lacked any credibility'.
January 16, 2020 -
Ex-Pak President Musharraf moves SC against high treason case verdict
The appeal came days after the Lahore High Court (LHC) declared the formation of the special court as "unconstitutional".
January 16, 2020 -
Pakistan extreme cold weather toll reached 109
PoK authorities have said that the toll could increase as some areas in the Neelum Valley were still inaccessible due to heavy snowfall, while weather officials forecast another spell of snowfall beginning on Friday.
January 16, 2020 -
Pak fails to raise Kashmir issue at UNSC again; world body members say it’s ‘bilateral matter’
The current move by China was the third such attempt to raise the Kashmir issue in the UNSC since August last when the special status granted to Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370.
January 16, 2020 -
Reprieve for Musharraf
He ruled: “We direct the law enforcement agencies to strive their level best to apprehend the fugitive/convict and to ensure that the punishment is inflicted as per law and if found dead, his corpse be dragged to the D-Chowk, Islamabad, and be hanged for three days.”
January 15, 2020 -
Army vs Judiciary
The Pakistan army has great institutional pride, and over the years, by remaining in the driver's seat, it has nurtured contempt for the civilian government. The Army's response to the new and unexpected challenge from the judiciary should be observed with interest. Weak and effete political parties, perhaps, will not be able to take advantage of the situation, and assert themselves vis-à-vis the army.
January 15, 2020 -
Pak oppn rejects court order quashing Musharraf’s death sentence in high treason case
Shah said that the special court had been constituted by the Supreme Court of Pakistan and it consisted of judges from three high courts of the country.
January 14, 2020 -
Taliban must accept ceasefire before talks: Afghanistan
According to an informed source, the Taliban have prepared a plan for the reduction of violence was "are not ready to announce any ceasefire before the peace talks with the Afghan government".
January 14, 2020 -
30 dead due to heavy snow, rain in Pakistan
The new spell of heavy snowfall that started on Saturday night in Quetta continued with small intervals in many other areas of northern Balochistan, according to the Met Office.
January 14, 2020 -
Rain, snowfall wreak havoc in Pakistan’s Balochistan claiming 14 lives
The Met officials said the heavy snowfall in Quetta had already broken the 20-year-old record.
January 13, 2020 -
Pak’s Border Action Team suspected of beheading Indian porter
On the killings by Pakistan, Army chief General MM Naravane said on Saturday that professional armies never resort to "barbaric" acts and they "will deal appropriately with such situations in a military manner".
January 12, 2020 -
We will act if ordered to reclaim PoK: Army Chief
“There is a parliamentary resolution that entire Jammu and Kashmir is a part of India. If Parliament wants that area (PoK) should also be ours…if we get any direction, we will definitely take appropriate action,” he said at a press conference here.
January 11, 2020