WASHINGTON – Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that India had hegemonic designs and believed in acting outside the international law, as he criticised New Delhi for its refusal to hold talks.
ISLAMABAD – Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Wednesday said that while military-to-military understanding between Pakistan and India remains intact and the ceasefire is holding, political rhetoric from the Indian leadership continues to stir tensions, potentially due to domestic considerations including upcoming.
ISLAMABAD – Security forces sent to hell 14 Indian-sponsored Khwarij in a decisive operation in North Waziristan, effectively neutralizing their position after a fierce exchange of fire.
ARAFAT – Millions of intending pilgrims from across the world have converged on a vast tent camp of Mina in Mak-kah, opening the annual Hajj pilgrimage.
GAZA – At least 95 Palestinians were martyred and 440 others injured in Israeli attacks across Gaza in the past 24 hours, Gaza Health Ministry said on Wednesday.
KARACHI – More than 100 prisoners escaped from a prison and at least one was killed in a shoot put late Monday night in Karachi after being temporarily moved out of their cells due to mild earthquakes, officials said Tuesday.
ISLAMABAD – The opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Tuesday accused the ruling coalition of orchestrating a plan to disqualify the party’s 52 lawmakers in the National Assembly in a move to strengthen its parliamentary majority and sideline coalition partners.
ISLAMABAD – Director General Inter-Services Public Relations Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry has said that India’s strategic delusions have been reduced to dust.
MOSCOW – Russia has reaffirmed its eagerness to strengthen ties with Pakistan within the framework of Shanghai Co-operation Organisation, particularly in the area of counterterrorism.
NEW YORK: PPP leader Bilawal Bhutto Zardari meets President of UN Security Council Ambassador Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett.
