Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar said Wednesday that Pakistan will control all traffic from Afghanistan through six dedicated routes by 2020. “The border [between Afghanistan and Pakistan] stretches over more than 2,400 kilometres. We need to improve its management,” Nisar said. He was speaking at a press conference near the Torkham Border in Landi Kotal, Khyber Agency. “Peace between the two ...

Former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf has claimed that ex-army chief Gen Raheel Sharif helped him leave the country by keeping the government from pressuring the courts. Speaking during a talk show on Dunya News last night, he said: “Well he (Raheel Sharif) did help me and I am absolutely clear and grateful. I have been his boss and I ...

INDIA: The National investigation Agency on Monday filed formal charges against Pakistan-based terrorist outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Maulana Masood Azhar, his brother Mufti Rauf Asghar and his two other key lieutenants — Shahid Latif and Kashif Jan — holding them responsible for the January 2 Pathankot airbase attack. The chargesheet also named four terrorists, who the NIA said crossed over ...

Cinemas in Pakistan began showing Indian movies on Monday, over two months after film exhibitors and theatre owners suspended the screenings amid Indo-Pak tensions following the Uri terror attack and cross-border firing incidents. Freaky Ali, a romantic comedy starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Arbaaz Khan and Amy Jackson, which was released in September in India, is the first film being screened since ...

Former President and co-chairman of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Asif Ali Zardari will stay for two days in Karachi on the heels of his homecoming after he ends self imposed exile on December 23. The PPP on Monday readied his homecoming schedule. According to the schedule, the former president will leave for Larkana after meeting PPP leaders and parliamentarians in ...

A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight from Lahore to Kuala Lumpur was diverted to Karachi due to technical reasons that developed mid-flight early Monday. PIA spokesman Danyal Gilani said upon landing in Karachi, the aircraft was replaced with an alternate plane before flight PK-898 took off for the Malaysian capital at 4:00am local time. “[The flight was] diverted due to ...

ISLAMABAD: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) may have cleared the ATR planes for flying operations, but mere clearance seemed a half-job done for the authorities as they resorted to slaughter black goat to ward off any ‘untoward happening’ in view of looming fear. According to our correspondent Salahuddin, sacrifice of the goat was given at Islamabad airport on behalf of ...

KOLKATA: Assuring Bangladesh’s support to India on the issue of tackling terror, its Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal says Pakistan needs to be isolated for “harbouring terrorists and supporting terror acts”. He was also of the opinion that the delay in the Teesta water sharing treaty with India is giving scope to Opposition parties and fundamentalist organisations like Jamat in ...

Peshawar: Taleemi Dharna (Educational Sit-in) which was raised in the wake of attack on APS Peshawar commemorated their second anniversary here in Peshawar. Students, civil society and Political leaders attended the dharna and endorsed their demands which focuses education reforms and elimination of terrorism particularly. On this occasion Taimur Kamal team member of Taleemi Dharna said, “In 2014 we staged ...

ISLAMABAD: At least 19 employees of Pakistan’s foreign ministry posted in missions in countries like the US, UK and France have slipped away in the last five years, a media report said on Monday. Whether these employees went on to seek asylum, became illegal immigrants or betrayed their country remain unknown to the authorities in Pakistan because none of them ...