Imran arrested, protests erupt

Protests erupted across Pakistan yesterday after former prime minister Imran Khan was arrested during a court appearance in the capital for one of dozens of cases pending since he was ousted last year.
9 May 2023

Pakistan police clash with protesters after Imran Khan arrest

Protests erupted across Pakistan today after former prime minister Imran Khan was arrested during a court appearance in the capital for one of dozens of cases pending since he was ousted last year
9 May 2023

Former Pak PM Imran Khan arrested in graft case

Aides call for nationwide protest
9 May 2023

Imran Khan’s ‘baseless allegations’ not acceptable: army

In a statement issued in response to a series of tweets posted by Khan wherein he lashed out at the government and the military, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) asked him to refrain from making accusations without evidence.
9 May 2023

Convoy carrying Asean diplomats ‘attacked’

A convoy of diplomats travelling in Myanmar came under fire from an unknown armed group, a military official and a diplomat said yesterday.
8 May 2023

6 of a family murdered in India's Madhya Pradesh

Six members of a family, including three women, were shot dead and three others were wounded today in Madhya Pradesh's Morena district in a gruesome fall-out of a long-standing land dispute, said a senior police official
5 May 2023

8 teachers killed in Pak school shootings

At least seven teachers were killed in a shooting at a school in northwestern Pakistan yesterday in what appeared to be retaliation for an attack shortly before in which another teacher was shot dead, officials said.
4 May 2023

Pak FM Bilawal arrives in Goa

Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari arrived in the Indian city of Goa yesterday to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Council of Foreign Ministers meeting. In a video message on Twitter, Bilawal — the first foreign minister to
4 May 2023

Eight teachers killed in Pakistan school shootings

At least seven teachers were killed in a shooting at a school in northwestern Pakistan on Thursday in what appeared to be retaliation for an attack shortly before in which another teacher was shot dead, officials said
4 May 2023

Militants kill 6 Pakistani soldiers near Afghan border

Islamist militants killed six Pakistani soldiers in an exchange of fire with the military in a northwestern tribal district bordering Afghanistan, the army said on Thursday
4 May 2023

President urges India to play a bigger role in resolving Rohingya issue

President Mohammed Shahabuddin today urged India to take more effective steps in persuading Myanmar to take back Rohingyas from Bangladesh
2 May 2023

UNSC ‘pressure’ won’t work

A senior Taliban leader yesterday warned the United Nations Security Council to give up its “failed policy of pressure” after members adopted a resolution
28 April 2023

Hate speech a serious threat to India

Terming hate speech as a serious threat to the nation, the Supreme Court of India today directed all states and union territories to register cases over such crimes even if no complaints are made
28 April 2023

PM Shehbaz wins vote of confidence

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif secured a vote of confidence from the National Assembly yesterday, with 180 lawmakers reposing “full confidence” in his leadership as the premier.
27 April 2023

Pak PM Shehbaz Sharif secures vote of confidence

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif secured a vote of confidence from the National Assembly on Thursday, with 180 lawmakers reposing "full confidence" in his leadership as the premier
27 April 2023

Defamation case: Gujarat HC judge opts out of hearing Rahul Gandhi's appeal

A Gujarat High Court judge today recused herself from hearing Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s appeal against the order of the Surat sessions court which refused to stay his conviction in a four-year-old criminal defamation case, Rahul’s lawyer said
26 April 2023

Myanmar crisis: Neighbours, some Asean members hold secretive talks

Government and think-tank representatives from Myanmar and its neighbours, including India and China, held talks in New Delhi on Tuesday as part of a secretive effort to de-escalate a bloody crisis in the army-run Southeast Asian nation, two sources said
26 April 2023

Blasts in Pakistan: Death toll rises to 13

Two explosions in a counter-terrorism ammunition depot in northwest Pakistan killed at least 13 people and wounded over 50 on Monday, police said
25 April 2023

12 die in munitions blasts at Pakistan police station

At least 12 people, mostly policemen, were killed by multiple explosions caused by a fire in a munitions cache in a Pakistan police station on Monday, officials said
24 April 2023

Blasts kill 8 in Pakistan

Two explosions rocked a counter-terrorism office in northwest Pakistan yesterday, killing at least eight people, police said.
24 April 2023