Srinagar: Indian police fired at Hindu nationalists protesting a government decision to revoke a transfer of land to a revered Hindu shrine in Muslim-majority Kashmir, a senior officer said. At least three people were injured in the violence yesterday.
KARACHI: Pakistanâ??s southern Sindh province is facing the prospects of going hungry with the government estimating 0.85mn tonnes shortfall of wheat in the current season and demanding a similar quantity of wheat from the federal government to
ISLAMABAD: World Bankâ??s annual financial assistance to Pakistan has declined drastically from the level of $1.2bn in the fiscal 2006-07 to $600mn during the outgoing financial year ending June 30, official sources said yesterday.
ISLAMABAD: The third round of foreign secretary-level strategic dialogue between Pakistan and the US scheduled to be held in Washington in July is likely to be deferred till October, official sources here said yesterday.
Paramilitary soldiers patrol near Bara, a town in the Khyber tribal region near the Afghan border, yesterdayPESHAWAR: Pakistani troops backed by tanks launched an offensive against militants near the northwestern city of Peshawar yesterday, as the
KABUL: Afghanistan will not be secure as long as insurgents are allowed to operate freely in sanctuaries on the Pakistan side of the border, a Nato spokesman said yesterday.
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