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Pakistan military protests Indian ceasefire violations

Pakistani military officials Monday lodged protest with Indian military over the ‘continuous ceasefire violations including an attempted raid by Indian troops’ along the Line of Control (LoC), which divides the two countries in the disputed Kashmir region, the military said.   Pakistan and India accuse each other of violation of the 2003 ceasefire following exchange […]

Qadri’s long-march on Islamabad kicks off

The much-publicized and highly controversial long-march of Allama Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri, Sunday kicked off to press the government to introduce ‘electoral reforms’ to bar what he calls corrupt elements from taking part in elections.   Dr Qadri started the march from the eastern city of Lahore and the participants are scheduled to stage sit-in outside the […]

Tahirul Qadri announces seven-point agenda

Two days before his party’s long march for electoral reforms, Tahirul Qadri, chief of the Tehrik-e-Minhajul Quran (TMQ), has called for the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to be dissolved and a new impartial commission to be formed.   Speaking at a press conference in Lahore on Saturday, Qadri announced his charter of demands before the […]

Pakistan seeks West, UN help stops Indian LoC violations

Pakistan has conveyed its concern to the Western diplomats and the UN Military Observers Group for India and Pakistan over repeated violation of Line of Control by Indian army, urging them to play their role in defusing the tension.   Foreign Secretary Jalil Abbas Jilani at a news briefing after discussions with European diplomats in […]

Tahirul Qadri to lead long-march without MQM

Sticking to his demands, Minhajul Quran International chief Dr Tahirul Qadri has said that he will go ahead with his plans for long march to Islamabad on January 14.   Addressing a press conference, he said that Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s (MQM) decision of not participating in the long march would not make any difference, long march will go ahead […]

Kuwait to lift visas restrictions on Pakistani workers: envoy

Ambassador of Kuwait, Nawaf Abdulaziz Al-Enezi, called on Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf at the Prime Minister’s House on Friday and informed him that the Kingdom of Kuwait is considering to lift restrictions on issuance of visas to Pakistani workers.   Kuwait had imposed a total ban on all types of visas for Pakistanis in […]

MQM Chief Altaf Hussain’s ‘Political Drone Attack’ Hits Tahir-ul-Qadri

Minhaj-ul-Quran chief Tahir-ul-Qadri could not have had it any worse with just three days remaining till what he has set to be a historic long march towards Pakistan’s capital city, Islamabad as MQM head Altaf Hussain decided to point his ‘Political Drone Attack’ towards Qadri and launch it when all preparations were at their peak. […]

U.S. advises citizens in Pakistan to stay away from long-march

The American embassy in Islamabad on Friday issued security alert message to its citizens in Pakistan in view of the coming long-march on the Pakistani capital by a religious leader.   Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri, leader of Minhaj-ul-Quran, has planned the long-march and a sit-in outside the parliament building on January 14 to press for electoral reforms. […]

Pakistan summons Indian ambassador over killing of second soldier

Pakistan on Friday summoned Indian ambassador to the Foreign Ministry and a formal protest was lodged over the killing of its second soldier in Indian firing in less than a week, the Foreign Ministry said.   The Foreign Ministry said that Indian troops shot and killed a Pakistani soldier at Hotspring on the Line of […]

Newsmen murder in Quetta blast refreshes concerns at Pakistani journalists’ safety

International media groups have condemned the killing of two Pakistani newsmen in a deadly twin attacks in Quetta late Thursday, the killing refreshed serious concerns over the safety of journalists.   At least two journalists were killed and two others seriously injured when a bomb went off near a billiard hall in Quetta as the […]

MQM announces not to participate in Tahirul Qadri’s long march

The Muttahida Qaumi (MQM) Movement on Friday announced that it will not participate in Minhajul Quran International’s (MQI) million-man march, scheduled for January 14.   Interestingly, the MQM chief Altaf Hussain had stated yesterday that it would continue to support and participate in Dr Tahirul Qadri’s “million-man” march at any cost.   The announcement was […]

Why Altaf Husain prefers to defame Pakistan’s founder?

Altaf Hussain, the self-exiled leader of the Mutahidda Qaumi Movement or MQM, used his over two hours of telephonic address to his supporters to defame founder of the nation, Quad-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah at a time when the people were receiving shocking news of the deaths of nearly 115 people in bomb attacks in Quetta […]

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