Pak-US Counter-Terrorism Dialogue

WASHINGTON: Department of State Coordinator for Counter-terrorism Ambassador Elizabeth Richard and Pakistan’s Additional Foreign Secretary for the UN and OIC Ambassador Syed Haider Shah co-chaired the US-Pakistan Counter-Terrorism Dialogue. The Counter-terrorism Dialogue underscores the cooperation between the United States and Pakistan in addressing the most pressing challenges to regional and global security, including Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan […]

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PM and President concerned over AJK situation

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday (12th May, 2024) urged all the stakeholders to exercise restraint and resolve the issues in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) through dialogue and mutual consultation. He stressed that the political parties, state institutions and the people of AJK should act responsibly so that hostile elements could not exploit […]

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Violent Protests in AJK claims life of an ASI

MIRPUR: Demonstrations by Awami Action Committee activists against high electricity bills and taxes turned violent on the second day when an ASI, identified as Adnan Qureshi, was shot dead here on Saturday (11th May, 2024). According to details when the Police attempted to stop the marchers, they resorted to shooting, burning/turning vehicles, pelting bottles and […]

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Manto’s Birth Anniversary Observed On 11th May

ISLAMABAD: The birth anniversary of Sa’adat Hasan Manto – renowned Urdu story, film, radio scriptwriter and journalist – was observed on Saturday (11th May). Manto was born in 1912 in a Muslim Kashmiri family of Paproudi village (Ludhiana) that settled in Amritsar. His father Khawaja Ghulam Hasan, a session judge, migrated to Lahore with family […]

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