カテゴリー: Pakistan
Death of son of the al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, was reported but not confirmed in JulyDonald Trump confirmed on Saturday that the US has killed Hamza bin Laden, a son of the former al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden. R…
Farmland was swapped for concrete houses, a private school has thrived – but the village still doesn’t even have a nameI went to a school in Pakistan’s Punjab province called government primary school, Chak 2/4-L. Chak means village; 2/4-L is the name …
Civilians in the Srinagar suburb of Anchar say they are engaged in a fight for existencePrayers had barely finished when the teargas was fired and a trail of smoke arched in the sky. Security forces had launched another assault on Anchar, the only majo…
Deaths over past 30 days follow Indian government’s decision to strip region of autonomyFive civilians have died in Indian Kashmir, including an 18-year-old man, officials confirmed, one month after Delhi’s decision to revoke the region’s special statu…
Retailer’s target is part of aim to use 100% sustainable cotton in all product categoriesPrimark has announced plans to improve its sustainability credentials by training 160,000 cotton farmers in India, Pakistan and China in environmentally friendly f…
Vivek Oberoi movie will tell ‘true story’ of reprisals after February attack in which 40 Indian troops were killedBollywood is to make a movie based on the “true story” of Indian air strikes on Pakistan this year, its producer said, the latest patrioti…
Punjab joins regions where polythene bags are illegal and stiff fines take effect in Islamabad amid demands for alternativesPunjab has become the latest region in Pakistan to ban plastic bags, as the country battles to reduce single-use plastics that a…
Pakistan’s prime minister, Imran Khan, has threatened to ‘teach India a lesson’ in a warning against any attack on Pakistani-administered Kashmir. Pakistan responded furiously after India’s decision last week to revoke Indian-administered Kashmir’s spe…
Pakistan PM says army is preparing to respond to anticipated Indian aggression in regionPakistan’s prime minister, Imran Khan, has threatened to “teach Delhi a lesson” and vowed to fight until the end against any Indian violations in disputed Kashmir.I…
Trust in institutions has melted away – so stars such as Chopra, who was accused this week of ‘encouraging nuclear war’, are attempting to fill the gapAyesha Malik had more of a comment than a question. Malik, a 28-year-old Pakistani-American, had spen…
Actor questioned at beauty conference about support for India’s armed forces amid tension between two countriesPriyanka Chopra has been accused of “encouraging nuclear war” over comments she made amid worsening tensions between India and Pakistan.The I…
Residents could visit mosques but not able to call relatives on eighth day of crackdownLarge congregations have been banned for the major Islamic festival of Eid in Indian-administered Kashmir, where an unprecedented communications block on landlines, …
The UK’s one million Kashmiris are feeling the repercussions of India’s shock moveEver since thousands of troops placed Indian-administered Kashmir in lockdown, Sohail Nasti has been sitting in the living room of his north London home frantically tryin…
Narendra Modi’s high-handed action over the disputed territory is likely to revive conflict with PakistanThe crisis over Kashmir, triggered by the Indian government’s decision to impose direct rule from Delhi, has universal relevance. It says much abou…
Clumsy intervention by Trump in dispute over Kashmir may have prompted Indian PM to actIt’s tempting, though illogical, to blame Donald Trump for all the world’s ills. Yet was it America’s self-aggrandising president who triggered last week’s sudden cr…