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Pak will not allow its soil to be used for any regional conflict: Qureshi

Soleimani, 62, the head of Iran's elite al-Quds force and architect of its regional security apparatus, was killed in a US drone strike in Baghdad on Friday, sparking fears of a new war in West Asia

Main accused in Gurdwara Nankana Sahib vandalism arrested, charged in Pak

On Saturday, Indian leaders cutting across party lines and various outfits condemned the mob attack on the historic Gurdwara, terming it as "cowardly" and "shameful".

India condemns 'targeted killing' of minority Sikh member in Peshawar

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said Pakistan should stop "prevaricating" and take immediate action to apprehend and give exemplary punishment to the perpetrators of the crime

Bill to extend tenure of service chiefs likely to pass in Pak Parliament

The committee in a joint sitting on the same day gave approval to the bills and it was announced that the laws would be passed on Monday

Rahul condemns mob attack on Nankana Sahib, says bigotry knows no borders

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday condemned the mob attack on Nankana Sahib Gurdwara in Pakistan, saying bigotry is a dangerous, age old poison that knows no borders. Taking to Twitter, Gandhi termed Friday attack reprehensible, and said the only known antidote to bigotry is love, mutual respect and understanding. "The attack on Nankana Sahab is reprehensible & must be condemned unequivocally. Bigotry is a dangerous, age old poison that knows no borders. Love + Mutual Respect + Understanding is its only known antidote," he said in a tweet. A violent mob attacked the Nanakana Sahib Gurdwara in Pakistan Friday and pelted it with stones. Nankana Sahib is the birth place of first Sikhguru Guru Nanak Dev.

US to resume military training for Pak, security assistance remains on hold

However, the overall security assistance suspension for Pakistan remains in effect

Post Crown Prince visit to Pak, UAE extends $200m aid for economic projects

The announcement came after Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan concluded his one-day visit to the country on Thursday

Why refer to Pak on every issue, are you their ambassador? Mamata asks Modi

"India is a big country with a rich culture and heritage. Why does the PM regularly compare our nation with Pakistan?" added Mamata

UAE extends $200 mn aid to Pakistan for development of economic projects

The announcement came after Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan concluded his one-day visit to the country on Thursday.

Four Pakistan cities to host PSL cricket tournament starting Feb 20

For the first time, all the matches in Pakistan's premier domestic Twenty20 tournament will be held in the country, across four major cities

We reject Naravane's 'irresponsible' remarks on preemptive strikes: Pak

Tensions between India and Pakistan escalated after a suicide bomber of Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed killed 40 CRPF personnel in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district on February 14

Two army soldiers killed in gunfight with Pakistani infiltrators in J&K

The infiltrators were intercepted in the Khari Thrayat forest when they were trying to sneak into India from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir

Pakistani filmmaker accuses Dawn newspaper CEO Hameed Haroon of rape

Haroon, in a statement on Monday, rejected the allegations, saying it was an effort to silence him and his newspaper

Rehearsed in Kashmir, played out in rest of India

The script now playing out in the rest of the country, to suppress protests against the CAA, NRC and NPR, was not too long ago, rehearsed in Kashmir

Pervez Musharraf challenges death sentence in high treason case: Reports

The 86 page-long petition, filed by Advocate Azhar Siddique in the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday on Musharraf's behalf, named the federal government and others as respondents, Dawn News reported

Ganguly's 4-nation tournament will isolate the rest, may flop: Rashid Latif

The former wicket-keeper saw it as an attempt by the formidable trio of India, Australia and England to isolate other member nations.

Hafiz Saeed's trial in terror financing case adjourned till Jan 2

The anti-terrorism court (ATC) Lahore indicted Saeed and his close aides - Hafiz Abdul Salam, Muhammad Ashraf and Zafar Iqbal on terror financing charges on December 11

Pak govt rejects Maryam Nawaz's plea, denies permission to travel abroad

Maryam would not be allowed to proceed abroad as those involved in any economic crime, embezzlement of large government funds and institutional fraud could not get permission to leave the country

Pak govt denies permission to Nawaz Sharif's daughter Maryam to go abroad

Maryam, the 46-year-old daughter of Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, was placed on the no-fly list in August 2018 in an alleged corruption case.

Protest outside Pak High Commission in UK against Musharraf's death penalty

The Islamabad-based three-judge special court had sentenced the former military ruler to death on December 17