Karachi receives heavy rain as third spell hits city

monsoon

Heavy rain lashed several parts of Karachi as another spell of monsoon hit the city, localities and roads of different areas are submerged by rainwater. Shahra-e-Faisal is also submerged, particularly near Gora Qabristan. Rainwater was also accumulated on main Korangi Road. The Malir and Lyari rivers and Thado Dam were stated to be overflowing. Gulshan-i-Iqbal, … Read more

Police preps Muharram security plan

kaleem imam

IG Sindh Dr Kaleem Imam has briefed chief minister Sindh Syed Murad Ali shah about the foolproof security arrangements during majalis and processions of Muharramul Haram. Chief Secretary Mumtaz Shah, Advisor to CM Murtaza Wahab, DG Rangers Major General Omer Ahmed Bokhari, IG Sindh Dr Kaleem Imam, PSCM Sajid Jamal Abro, Commissioner Karachi Iftikhar Shahlwani, … Read more

Illegal annexation of Kashmir is part of ethnic cleansing of Muslims: PM

Prime Minister Imran Khan

Prime Minister Imran Khan said that reports in Indian and international media about Indian premier Narendra Modi government’s ethnic cleansing of Muslims should send alarm bells ringing across the world. The Prime Minister tagged a story of NDTV with his tweet about Modi’s government move putting nationality of about 4 million people in Assam region … Read more

UNSC has an obligation to resolve the decades-old Kashmir issue: Maleeha Lodhi

Pakistan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations

Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) Maleeha Lodhi said that the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has an obligation to resolve the decades-old Kashmir problem by implementing its own resolutions that pledged the right of self-determination to the Kashmiri people. In an interview with Al-Arabiya television, Maleeha Lodhi said that Indian occupied Kashmir … Read more

US House Foreign Affairs Committee to discuss situation in IoK

US House Foreign Affairs Committee

Another diplomatic win for Pakistan in Kashmir issue, The United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs of the United States House of Representatives, said it will soon hear the issue of occupied Kashmir in its upcoming meeting. As per details, Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Asia Brad Sherman announced on Friday that the subcommittee … Read more

FM hails US House Committee decision to discuss Kashmir

Foreign Minister

Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Saturday welcomed United State House Committee on Foreign Affairs decision to discuss the deteriorating situation situation in Indian occupied Kashmir. Foreign Minister said the meeting of the US House Committee on Foreign Affairs will prove to be quite useful regarding the Kashmir dispute. Shah Mehmood Qureshi said “Overseas Pakistanis … Read more

Powerful Tornado kills 8, injures 2 in China

Hainan Island in southern China.

At least eight people have killed and two injured after the powerful Tornado has swept through Hainan Island in southern China. The official Xinhua News Agency said the tornado struck Nada town in Danzhou city early Thursday morning. Meteorological authorities warned residents to remain alert to the risk of floods and landslides. A tornado in … Read more

Curfew in IoK enters 26th day

Curfew in IoK

The crisis of humanity is reaching an alarming proportion while the lock down has entered 26th day in occupied Kashmir, today. India has stepped up its state terrorism in the occupied territory increasing its brutalities against the innocent Kashmiris. It has turned the Kashmir valley into a big open-air jail and a hell for its … Read more

FM briefs Saudi and south Korean counterparts on IoK situation

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi briefed his Saudi counterpart Dr. Ibrahim bin Abdulaziz Al-Assaf about grave situation in Occupied Jammu and Kashmir. In a telephonic conversation with Saudi Shah Mahmood Qureshi apprised Dr. Ibrahim bin Abdulaziz Al-Assaf about India’s unilateral actions in occupied Kashmir. FM said Occupied Jammu and Kashmir is under curfew for the … Read more

India’s inhumane actions are aggravating the situation: Maleeha Lodhi

Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Maleeha Lodhi

Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Maleeha Lodhi, met UN Security Council President, Joanna Wronecka and briefed her on the deepening crisis in Indian occupied Kashmir. Maleeha Lodhi said, have led to shortages of food, medicine and essential supplies for over a million Kashmiri people, with no end in sight. She told the UN official … Read more

Nation Observes Kashmir Hour

Pakistan Observes Kashmir Hour

The nation has observed Kashmir Hour from 12:00 to 12:30 pm as per Prime Minister Imran Khan’s initiative to show Solidarity with the people of Kashmir. Kashmir Hour was observed to express solidarity with the Kashmiri people after New Delhi revoked the special status of Jammu and Kashmir valley and imposing a lockdown which entered … Read more

Afghanistan is distorting facts says Foreign Office spokesman

Foreign Office Spokesperson Dr. Muhammad Faisal

Foreign Office Spokesperson Dr. Muhammad Faisal said that Pakistan has regretted twisting of facts by the Afghan government about recent incidents of firing along the border and categorically stated that in principle its forces do not fire across Pak-Afghan border. In a statement issued on Wednesday, Dr. Muhammad Faisal said the Pakistani forces are only … Read more

Dismissal of Mustafa Kamal as Project Director Garbage challenged in SHC

former mayor Karachi

Move of dismissing former mayor Karachi, Mustafa Kamal as Project Director Garbage on Wednesday has been challenged in the Sindh High Court (SHC). The applicant in his plea has stated that Kamal was appointed by Karachi Mayor Waseem Akhtar on August 26 and was removed from his post on very next day, without fulfilling the … Read more

Nawaz Sharif deteriorated health, likely to shift PIC

Nawaz Sharif

Nawaz Sharif is likely to be shifted to the Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) in Lahore upon doctors’ recommendation for medical treatment. A per details Nawaz Sharif was immediately examined for his health condition today when he complained that he was feeling unwell. PML-N’s President and leader of opposition in the National Assembly of Pakistan … Read more

Several parts of Karachi receives light rain

karachi rain

Several parts of Karachi on Wednesday afternoon received light rain. According to the details, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, North Karachi, SITE Industrial Area, University Road,  I.I Chundrigar Road, Guru Mandir and other areas received light to moderate rain. The Pakistan Meteorological Department has forecast another wave of heavy rainfall in Karachi on Wednesday and Thursday. The Pakistan Meteorological … Read more

Atmosphere of fear and intimidation prevails in IoK says Maleeha Lodhi

Maleeha Lodhi

Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Maleeha Lodhi urged the top UN peacekeeping official to take steps to enhance UNMOGIP’s monitoring along the LoC as Indian troops have been repeatedly violating it. Maleeha Lodhi made a request during a meeting with Acting Under-Secretary-General of the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations Khalid Khairi in New … Read more

Scrapping of Article 370: India’s Top Court issues notice to govt

Scrapping of Article 370

Supreme Court of India on Wednesday issued a notice to the federal government on all petitions challenging the revocation of Article 370. Indian Supreme Court said while hearing pleas against the repeal of special status in J&K today that Petitions related to the abrogation of Article 370 will be heard by a five-judge Constitution Bench … Read more