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Pak man files $20-bn damages suit against US for Covid-19 outbreak

A Pakistani court has issued notices to the US embassy in Islamabad, the US counsel general Lahore and the foreign ministry on a $20 billion damages suit filed by a coronavirus infected person

The forgotten promise of India

Fundamental rights explicitly guaranteed by the Constitution are being casually eroded in the garb of religious freedom laws

India exploring legal options in Kulbhushan Jadhav case, says MEA

On Wednesday, Pakistan said Jadhav refused to file an appeal in the Islamabad High Court against his conviction despite being offered the option

Pakistan PM urges WHO to 'play its role' in lifting travel restrictions

According to the statement, Adhanom said the WHO was working on coronavirus-related travel guidelines to help the international community

3 Pak cricketers to go to UK on July 8 after testing negative for Covid-19

The Pakistan squad is currently training in Worcester ahead of the three-match Test series against England

Covid-19 crisis: Pakistan to avail of Rs 335-bn debt relief from G20

Pakistan will sign its debt relief agreement with G20 countries separately before the December 31 deadline to avail of the debt relief to mitigate the negative effects of the pandemic

Pak Foreign Minister Qureshi tests positive for Covid-19, hospitalised

"I have now tested positive for Covid-19. By the grace of Allah, I feel strong and energetic. I will continue to carry on my duties from home. Please keep me in your prayers," he said in a tweet

World Bank approves US $500 mn budgetary support for Pak to tackle Covid-19

World Bank has approved US $500 mn in budgetary support for Pakistan to address the immediate impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, achieve macroeconomic stability and support reforms, local media said.

'No doubt' India was behind stock exchange attack in Karachi: Imran Khan

India said on Monday it had nothing to do with the assault

Pakistani dissidents slam PM Khan for calling Osama bin Laden 'martyr'

A group of Pakistani dissidents have expressed dismay over Prime Minister Imran Khan calling slain al-Qaeda chief and 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden a "martyr," saying this could be out of a "sinister reason" of putting the West, especially the US on notice. Under the banner of South Asians Against Terrorism & For Human Rights (SAATH) Forum, the group that includes Pakistan's former envoy to the US Hussain Haqqani, condemned Khan for making such a statement in Parliament. What makes this doubly disgusting is that Imran Khan made this claim on the floor of Pakistan's National Assembly. For, another Prime Minister of Pakistan, Yusaf Raza Gillani, had in selfsame, National Assembly on May 9, 2011, denounced bin Laden as a terrorist and had welcomed his elimination, it said in a statement. Speaking in Parliament during the budget session on June 25, Khan called bin Laden a "shaheed" (martyr) and said that Islamabad faced "embarrassment" by taking part in America's war on ...

Pak reopens Kartarpur Corridor after 3 months, but no visitor from India

Pakistan reopened the Kartarpur Corridor more than three months after it was temporarily closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic

UAE suspends all flights from Pak as Covid-19 cases cross 200,000: Report

The UAE has temporarily suspended all incoming flights from Pakistan until it sets up a special Covid-19 lab to test the travellers from the country, according to media reports.

Intl airlines initiate probe against Pak pilots, staff over fake licences

Last week, PIA grounded 150 pilots with "dubious licenses" after the preliminary probe report of the Karachi plane crash on May 22 blamed pilots and and air traffic control for the tragedy

4 terrorists, 2 civilians killed in attack on Pak Stock Exchange in Karachi

Four militants had stormed the PSX building and opened indiscriminate fire

Pakistan becomes 12th country to have more than 2,00,000 coronavirus cases

Pakistan has become the 12th country in the world where the coronavirus count has surpassed 200,000 mark, Geo TV reported citing Johns Hopkins University on Saturday

Pakistan ready to reopen Kartarpur corridor from Monday for Sikh pilgrims

India temporarily suspended the pilgrimage and registration for the Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara in Pakistan on March 16 in view of the coronavirus outbreak

Pakistan's anti-graft body files corruption reference against Nawaz Sharif

The reference has been filed in a land case in the Lahore's accountability court against the former Pakistan prime minister, Jang/Geo media group owner Mir Shakilur Rahman and two others

The Pind Collective, a virtual home for Indian and Pakistani artists

Visual artists, poets, dancers and filmmakers have contributed to themes ranging from the meaning of home to ideas of resistance, and gendered spaces.

Don't make mistake of dismissing Galwan incident as patrol clash: Punjab CM

Twenty Indian soldiers, including four from the state, were killed in a violent clash with Chinese troops in the valley in eastern Ladakh on June 15.

Seven more Pak cricketers test positive for Covid-19, total reaches 10

PCB CEO Wasim Khan said that the players and officials would now assemble in Lahore and another round of tests would be carried out on June 25 and a revised squad would be announced the next day