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Pakistan will play important role in bringing peace in Afghanistan, says G
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan] August 21 (ANI): With anti-Pakistan protests erupting across several countries against Islamabad's proxy role in Afghanistan and helping the Taliban, army Chief General Bajwa said that his country will continue to play its role in bringing peace and stability to Afghanis
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Pakistan's Sindh province registers 10,000 complaints of assaults against
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 21 (ANI): Pakistan has registered almost 10,000 complaints this year so far from only Sindh province in subject in connection with violence or abuse against women, according to a local media report.
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'Draconian' PDMA law will take Pakistan back to dictator General Ziaul Haq
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 21 (ANI): Pakistan's freedom of the press is under threat as the Imran Khan-led country's government is poised to place more curbs by implementing so-called new law Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA).
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Taliban harassing press at all levels: US
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 21 (ANI/Sputnik): The US government is raising with Taliban officials whom it engages "at all levels" the growing number of reports that the Islamist movement (banned in Russia) is harassing the press following its occupation of the Afghan capital Kabul, State Departm
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UAE to temporarily shelter 5,000 Afghan refugees
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Abu Dhabi [UAE], August 21 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Arab Emirates will temporarily host 5,000 Afghan citizens evacuated from the country following the seizure of Kabul by the Taliban Islamist movement, the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation said.
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Pakistan's pro-Taliban stance rooted in 'fear of India' despite spillover
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 20 (ANI): Islamabad's reaction to the Taliban's victory was the opposite of the despair in Western capitals. Their triumph showed that Afghans had "broken the shackles of slavery", Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan asserted.
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Taliban's win could soon be Pakistan's loss, say experts
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], August 20 (ANI): Even as the Taliban has talked of honour women's "rights" under Islamic law, experts have said Islamabad will share in the blame if and when the terrorist group's takeover starts to go wrong.
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Pak possess special responsibility towards Afghanistan because of their cl
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] August 20 (ANI): NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Friday expressed that Pakistan has a special responsibility towards Afghanistan as Islamabad possesses close relations with the Taliban, Pajhwok Afghan News reported.
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Five killed, 30 injured in bomb blast in Pakistan's Punjab
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Punjab [Pakistan] August 20 (ANI): At least five people lost their lives while 30 were reported injured in a bomb blast that happened on Thursday near a procession of Shia Muslims in Pakistan's eastern Bahawalnagar district, Xinhua reported.
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Emergence of Taliban in PoK disturbing, says Pashtun leader
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan] August 20 (ANI): Provincial president of Awami National Party Aimal Wali Khan said the emergence of the Taliban in Gilgit Baltistan in PoK is "very disturbing."
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Pakistan court grants bail to man who vandalised statue of Maharaja Ranjit
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 20 (ANI): A Pakistan court on Friday has granted bail to the man who vandalised the statue of Sikh ruler Maharaja Ranjit Singh at the Lahore Fort in the country.
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Islamabad in contact with Taliban, says Pakistan envoy
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 20 (ANI): Pakistan's Ambassador to Afghanistan Mansoor Ahmad Khan has said that Islamabad was in contact with the Taliban, adding that it wished for an inclusive government in the neighbouring country.
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