Sajjad Hussain And M Zulqernain

Stories by Sajjad Hussain And M Zulqernain

Imran Khan fined Rs 50,000 for violating election code

Imran Khan fined Rs 50,000 for violating election code

Rediff.com   23 Mar 2022

Pakistan's top election body has imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on Prime Minister Imran Khan for violating election code of conduct by addressing a rally in Swat ahead of the local government election in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.

Pakistan-China sign pacts to strengthen 'iron-clad friendship'

Pakistan-China sign pacts to strengthen 'iron-clad friendship'

Rediff.com   22 Mar 2022

Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi discussed ways to further strengthen the "iron-clad friendship" between the two countries as the two sides signed five agreements to deepen their bilateral cooperation in various fields, the foreign office said on Tuesday.

Imran Khan lauds India's 'independent foreign policy' on Ukraine

Imran Khan lauds India's 'independent foreign policy' on Ukraine

Rediff.com   21 Mar 2022

Khan said that India, which is a part of Quad, has imported oil from Russia despite American sanctions.

Pak Parl session called on Mar 25 to take up no-trust motion against Imran

Pak Parl session called on Mar 25 to take up no-trust motion against Imran

Rediff.com   20 Mar 2022

Around 100 lawmakers from the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and Pakistan Peoples' Party submitted the no-confidence motion before the National Assembly Secretariat on March 8, alleging that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf government led by Khan was responsible for the economic crisis and the spiralling inflation in the country.

Imran Khan faces revolt from his ruling party ahead of no-trust vote

Imran Khan faces revolt from his ruling party ahead of no-trust vote

Rediff.com   18 Mar 2022

The National Assembly session for the move is expected to be convened on March 21 and the voting is likely to be held on March 28.

'Dissatisfied' Pak seeks joint probe into missile firing incident

'Dissatisfied' Pak seeks joint probe into missile firing incident

Rediff.com   12 Mar 2022

Pakistan on Saturday said it was not satisfied with India's 'simplistic explanation' on the 'accidental firing' of a missile that landed in Pakistan's Punjab province and demanded a joint probe to accurately establish the facts surrounding the incident.

Pakistan inducts China-made J-10C multi-role fighter jets into PAF

Pakistan inducts China-made J-10C multi-role fighter jets into PAF

Rediff.com   11 Mar 2022

Prime Minister Imran Khan addressed a ceremony held at Pakistan Air Force base Minhas Kamra in Attock district of Punjab province to induct the new fighter jets.

Pak summons Indian envoy, protests violation of airspace

Pak summons Indian envoy, protests violation of airspace

Rediff.com   11 Mar 2022

"Pakistan Air Force continuously monitored the complete flight path of the flying object from its point of origin in Sirsa in India till its point of impact near Mian Channu and initiated requisite tactical actions in accordance with standard operating procedures," Pakistan Army spokesman Major General Babar Iftikhar said.

Pak remains on global terror funding watchdog's grey list: Report

Pak remains on global terror funding watchdog's grey list: Report

Rediff.com   5 Mar 2022

Pakistan has been on the grey list of the Paris-based Financial Action Task Force since June 2018 for failing to check money laundering, leading to terror financing, and was given a plan of action to complete it by October 2019.

India agrees to give more data on western hydel projects to Pak: Report

India agrees to give more data on western hydel projects to Pak: Report

Rediff.com   3 Mar 2022

The three-day meeting between the two commissioners of PCIW completed discussions on all agenda items on Wednesday.

Pak top cleric declares violence over blasphemy as anti-Islam

Pak top cleric declares violence over blasphemy as anti-Islam

Rediff.com   24 Feb 2022

The Council of Islamic Ideology issued a statement after a meeting which was presided over by its chairperson, Dr Qibla Ayaz.

Mob stones man to death in Pak for desecrating religious book, 62 held

Mob stones man to death in Pak for desecrating religious book, 62 held

Rediff.com   13 Feb 2022

According to eyewitnesses, the police arrived in the village before the incident took place, but the mob seized the victim from the SHO's custody and tied him to a tree, after which he was lynched to death.

Tributes pour in for Lata Mangeshkar from Pakistan

Tributes pour in for Lata Mangeshkar from Pakistan

Rediff.com   6 Feb 2022

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, eminent personalities, politicians described Lata Mangeshkar as the "nightingale of the subcontinent"

When Lata Mangeshkar found an admirer in Pak's brutal dictator

When Lata Mangeshkar found an admirer in Pak's brutal dictator

Rediff.com   6 Feb 2022

Zia confessed his admiration for Mangeshkar while talking with late Indian journalist Kuldip Nayar in 1982.

Imran's new national security policy puts Kashmir at core of India ties

Imran's new national security policy puts Kashmir at core of India ties

Rediff.com   14 Jan 2022

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday launched the country's first-ever national security policy, which articulates a citizen-centric framework, placing economic security at its core unlike the previous one-dimensional security policy where the focus was on the military.

Over 200 Hindu pilgrims pray at renovated Pak temple amid tight security

Over 200 Hindu pilgrims pray at renovated Pak temple amid tight security

Rediff.com   3 Jan 2022

As many as 200 Hindu pilgrims, most of them from India, were overwhelmed with emotions as they prayed at the 100-year-old renovated Maharaja Paramhans Ji temple in Pakistan on Sunday amidst tight security, a year after the temple was demolished by a mob belonging to a radical Islamist party.

Pak responds to India's Rafale with China-made 25 J-10C fighter jets

Pak responds to India's Rafale with China-made 25 J-10C fighter jets

Rediff.com   30 Dec 2021

Pakistan has acquired a full squadron of 25 multirole J-10C fighter jets from its all weather ally China in response to India's purchase of Rafale aircraft, Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has said.

Pak's new ISI chief asks not to release his photos, videos to media

Pak's new ISI chief asks not to release his photos, videos to media

Rediff.com   29 Dec 2021

The newly-appointed Inter-Services Intelligence chief Lt Gen Nadeem Anjum has instructed Pakistani authorities not to release his images or video footage to the media, according to a media report on Wednesday.

Pak summons Indian envoy over hate speeches against minorities

Pak summons Indian envoy over hate speeches against minorities

Rediff.com   27 Dec 2021

Pakistan on Monday summoned India's Charge d'Affaires to the ministry of foreign affairs and conveyed its concern over the alleged hate speeches made at a conclave held in Haridwar recently to incite violence against the minorities.

Post Uri freeze, Pak wants to host the much-delayed SAARC Summit

Post Uri freeze, Pak wants to host the much-delayed SAARC Summit

Rediff.com   25 Dec 2021

The 2016 SAARC Summit was originally planned to be held in Islamabad on November 15-19, 2016. But after a terror attack on an Indian Army camp in Uri in Jammu and Kashmir on September 18 that year, India expressed its inability to participate in the summit due to "prevailing circumstances". The summit was called off after Bangladesh, Bhutan and Afghanistan also declined to participate in the Islamabad meet.