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EU foreign ministry raises concerns over violence against journalists in Pakistan

Islamabad [Pakistan], August 11 (ANI): The European Union has raised concerns over violence, intimidation, abduction, and killing of journalists in Pakistan and said it indicated a "clear, negative trend" in…

41 Pakistani prisoners convicted in Sri Lanka, Islamabad court summons official

Islamabad [Pakistan], August 11 (ANI): A court in Islamabad has summoned the interior secretary in a case pertaining to 41 Pakistani prisoners who were awarded sentences in drug smuggling cases…

Locals stage protest on highway in Gilgit-Baltistan against administrative apathy

Gilgit-Baltistan [PoK], August 11 (ANI): Hundreds of locals and students staged a protest on a highway in Pakistan occupied Gilgit-Baltistan, complaining about administrative apathy. One of the protesting students said…

Journalist body asks Pakistan to drop charges against 2 scribes, stop harassing media

Washington DC [US], August 11 (ANI): Pakistan authorities should immediately drop their probe into journalists Amir Mir and Imran Shafqat, and cease harassing members of the press in retaliation for…

Shia community feels like they are being targeted in country, says Pak political group

Islamabad [Pakistan] August 10 (ANI): A Shia political group in Pakistan expressed that their community feels like they are being targeted in the country. The remarks from Maulana Sadiq Jaffery,…

Pakistan politicians hit back at Afghanistan for accusing Islamabad of supporting Taliban

Islamabad [Pakistan], August 10 (ANI): Pakistan has launched an all-out attack against Afghanistan claiming that Kabul should be held answerable for the "daily instances of terrorism in Pakistan sponsored and…

COVID-19: Pak minister fumes over UK’s decision to retain country in Red List

Islamabad [Pakistan], August 10 (ANI): A federal minister of Pakistan has expressed outrage at the UK government's decision to retain the country on its Red List of countries facing travel…

Afghan diaspora protest in front of UN Vienna office, demands sanctions against Pakistan

Vienna [Austria], August 10 (ANI): A protest was organised by the Afghan diaspora in Vienna, in front of the United Nations building on Monday. The protest was led by Afghan…

US Defense Secy, Pak Army Chief discuss situation in Afghanistan

Washington DC [US], August 10 (ANI): The top defense officials of the United States and Pakistan during a phone conversation discussed the ongoing situation in Afghanistan as well as regional…

We are being made “scapegoat” in Afghanistan crises, says Pakistan Minister

Islamabad [Pakistan] August 9 (ANI): Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Monday informed that Islamabad was being made a "scapegoat" for the mistakes of those in Afghanistan. Addressing a…

To appease China, Pakistan appoints new Belt & Road chief

Islamabad [Pakistan], August 9 (ANI): Pakistan has replaced the chief of Belt and Road projects in an attempt to lure China as the appointed energy expert is close to Beijing,…

What prevents world from forcing Pak, Taliban to stop offensive? asks senior Afghan official

Kabul [Afghanistan], August 8 (ANI): Amid the growing Taliban offensive in Afghanistan, a senior Afghan official expressed anguish over an unparalleled wave of mass killing in the country as he…