NEW DELHI: Indian MEA has rejected the Hague ruling here on Thursday (14th August, 2025) apropos Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) citing lack of legal standing. Earlier, the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague had ruled that India must adhere to the 1960 IWT in design of new hydro-electric power stations on rivers going to […]
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ISLAMABAD: NA has passed an amendment to the ATA 1997 on Wednesday (13th August, 2025) once again empowering LEAs to detain terror suspects for 90 days. HRCP, by means of X, reiterated its concern over the “National Assembly’s passage of an amendment to the Anti-Terrorism Act 1997, reinstating provisions that allow the government, law enforcement […]
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ISLAMABAD: Following the Pak-US Counter-terrorism dialogue, held here Tuesday (12th August, 2025) the two countries have reaffirmed their shared commitment to contain terrorism. The meeting was co-chaired by Nabeel Munir Pakistan’s Special Secretary for the UN and Gregory D LoGerfo, US Dept of State Acting Coordinator for Counterterrorism. The US diplomatic mission here, taking to […]
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WASHINGTON: IMF, while lamenting limited access to data has stated: “The effectiveness of the politically exposed persons’ identification remains uneven across sectors due to limited access to comprehensive data, absence of automated screening tools in smaller institutions, and a lack of corruption-specific red flag indicators that would help detect misuse of public office, stated the […]
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NEW DELHI: Citing planned upgrades of its Boeing fleet and closure of airspace over Pakistan, Air India said Monday (11th August, 2025) that it would stop New Delhi-Washington operations from 1st September. It is pertinent to mention here that following the June crash of Dreamliner (that claimed 260 lives), Air India is already facing heightened […]
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GAZA: A targeted attack on their tent claimed lives of two Al-Jazeera correspondents (including 28-year-old prominent reporter Anas Jamal al-Sharif who comprehensively covered the war from inside Gaza) and three cameramen here on Sunday (10th August, 2025), taking the total number of Media workers killed since the 7th Oct (2023) to 269. Taking to the […]
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PM of Australia Anthony Albanese has proclaimed Monday (11th August, 2025) that his country will recognise a Palestinian state in the UNGA scheduled to be in session Sept, alongwith France, Britain and Canada. According to Anthony Albanese his government had received commitments from Mahmoud Abbas, President of Palestinian Authority, that the future state shall operate […]
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MASTUNG (BALOCHISTAN): An IED exploded injuring five voyagers, as 6 coaches of Peshawar-bound (39-UP) Jaffar Express derailed at Spezand Railway Station here. on Sunday (10th August, 2025). The Jaffar Express struck the bomb (attached to the railway track) at the Dasht Tehsil‘s Station. Four bogies have been put back on the track. All 350 passengers […]
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ISLAMABAD: For the first time, since the 7-10 May Indo-Pak aerial combat, IAF Chief Amar Preet Singh, citing the electronic tracking data, claimed on Sat (9th Aug, 2025) of shooting down six PAF planes, by means of Russian-made S-400 S2S missiles. Islamabad, that had earlier claimed shooting down 6 IAF jets, including Indian-operated France-made Rafale, […]
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ZHOB (BALOCHISTAN): Following the killing of 33 terrorists (who were trying to infiltrate across the Pak-Afghan border here) a day earlier, security forces gunned down 14 more militants attempting to enter Pakistan and recovered arms and ammunition from them on the night of Sat (8/9 August, 2025) during a deliberate sanitisation operation conducted in surrounding […]
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