MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar has made a strong statement after Turkish President's comments on Kashmir, saying that Erdogen's remarks reflect neither an understanding of history nor of the conduct of diplomacy.
Another Hindu girl has been abducted in Pakistan. As per reports, a 17-year-old Hindu girl has been abducted in Imran's Pakistan.
Huma was 14 when she was abducted in October last year and forced to marry her abductor Abdul Jabbar after being converted to Islam, according to her parents Younis and Nagheena Masih.
A top UN official has said the Islamic State (IS) remains at the centre of the transnational terrorism threat, despite its defeat in Syria and the death of its longtime leader last year.
Suspected IS operative Mohammad Masiuddin alias Musa created a flutter by hurling s shoe at the judge during a court hearing here on Tuesday, prompting the National Investigative Agency to seek his in-camera trial.
Pakistan has put a complete ban on advertisements of tobacco products including online ads. A Pak government official said such actions were pending for a long time.
A 26-year-old man converted to Islam from Christianity to marry a Muslim woman.
JNU student Sharjeel Imam was arrested from Bihar after police teams from Bihar and Delhi had conducted multiple raids in different parts of the country to nab him. Imam has expressed no remorse over his arrest.
A 24-year-old Hindu girl was allegedly abducted by armed assailants from her wedding venue in Pakistan's Sindh province and forcefully converted to Islam before being married off to a Muslim man, community members said, in the latest such incident in the country.
As per her National Identity Card, details of which were shared in the documents, the woman's permanent address is in Hala. However, her temporary address is of Gulshan Iqbal area in Karachi, which may be taken as her current area of residence.
Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi is scheduled to begin his three-nation trip to Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the US on Sunday, aimed at offering Islamabad's held in defusing the ongoing tensions in the Persian Gulf. He will first arrive in Tehran on Sunday, after which Qureshi will visit Riyadh on January 13 and then travel to Washington on January 17, Dawn news quoted a senior diplomatic source as saying here on Saturday.
Khan had confirmed Pakistan's participation in the December 19-21 summit hosted by Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad but skipped the event at the 11th hour due to pressure exerted by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates - key financial backers of the cash-strapped country.
The official sources said that it was believed Khan would use the visit to explain Mahathir as to why Pakistan pulled out of the summit. Islamabad is also making efforts to reach out to Turkey. The sources were confident that the scheduled visit of Turkish President Recep Tayab Erdogan to Pakistan next month would help remove any mistrust between the two countries.
Qamar said presently the countries did not entertain any request from the Pakistan government to hand over any wanted person to it because of the perception that cases were filed on a political basis in Pakistan.
The US-led international coalition fighting the Islamic State (IS) militant group has announced its preparation to exit Iraq after the resolution of the Iraqi parliament to withdraw foreign forces.
An accountability court has allowed former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif exemption from personal appearance on medical grounds in the Chaudhry Sugar Mills corruption case till the next hearing.
US has approved the resumption of its military training programme for Pakistani security personnel but the country's security assistance suspension for Pakistan still remains in effect.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, who is also deputy supreme commander of the United Arab Emirates' (UAE) Armed Forces, instructed the Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development to allocate the $200 million aid. Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed becomes the first foreign dignitary to visit Pakistan in 2020.
Pakistan's special court which sentenced former military ruler Pervez Musharraf to death in its detailed judgement on Thursday said that his body should be dragged to the central square in Islamabad and hanged for three days if he dies before his execution.
Pakistan submitted a report comprising answers to 22 questions to the FATF, Geo News quoted officials as saying. The report details Pakistan's actions against the groups the United Nations has listed as terrorist organisations as well as sentences handed to them by the courts.
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