ISLAMABAD – An Indian submarine trying to enter Pakistan’s territorial waters, apparently aiming to reach Gwadar Port for spying, was driven away by the Pakistan Navy, it was learnt yesterday. The incident comes as tensions between the nuclear-armed rivals continue to smoulder over unrest in the Indian-Occupied Kashmir, where the occupying forces in recent months have failed to reverse the surge in the freedom struggle despite worst-kind of atrocities against the civilian protesters. A spokesman…
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The draft agreement for Lazuli route was finalized between Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey to link Afghanistan with Black and Mediterranean Sea. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) said the draft agreement was finalized during a meeting at the ministry of transport of Azerbaijan. MoFA further added that the Lazuli route is an initiative of the Afghan government that will link the country to Black Sea and Mediterranean. According to MoFA, the transit route…
At least 6 loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group were killed and 2 others were wounded in an airstrike in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. The Ministry of Defense (MoD) said the airstrike was carried out in Pacher Agam district of Nangarhar. No further details were given regarding the airstrike and it is yet not clear if the raid was conducted by the Afghan Air Force or the US…
German soldiers AfghanistanThe cabinet of Germany has approved to keep 980 soldiers in Afghanistan until the end of next year to support the Afghan forces as part of the NATO-led Resolute (RS) mission, it has been reported. The decision by Chancellor Agela Merkel’s cabinet comes days after a deadly attack hit the German consulate in Mazar-e-Sharif city, the provincial capital of northern Balkh province of Afghanistan. “With up to 980 soldiers, the German army will…
Taliban finance official arrestedThe shadow provincial governor of the Taliban group for northern Sar-e-Pul province was killed during an operation by the Afghan security forces. “Last night, Afghan National Civil Order Police launched a special clearance operation to clear armed Taliban from Aadrang Barghali region, Sar-e-Pul city of Sar-ePul province,” the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said on Wednesday afternoon. MoI further added “As a result of this operation, 11 armed Taliban including Taliban’s so-called governor…
LAHORE: Eight alleged members of Da’ish were arrested here on Thursday by officials of Punjab’s Counter Terrorism Department. The suspects were identified as Nabeel Ahmad alias Abu Abdullah alias Artat, Abu Bakar alias Sarmad, Muhammad Abdullah Dar, Muhammad Iqbal, Syed Yusif ul Islam, Badarul Islam, Haq Nawaz and Hafiz Raheel. All of the arrested suspects were planning to leave for Syria and Afghanistan to join Da’ish. According to officials, police were searching for several other…
LAHORE: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) claimed on Thursday to have busted an eight-member cell of the militant Islamic State (IS) group, following arrest of the outfit’s Lahore chief in a raid on his house in the Cantonment area. According to the CTD, the cell was not only recruiting militants but also radicalising youths and transporting them, along with their families, to Syria or Afghanistan. It was also allegedly working to develop its capacity to…
ISLAMABAD: The cost of Rs404 billion Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower project is going up to Rs464 billion and to this effect the concerned authorities in Wapda are in the process of making a revised PC-1 of the project, reveals an official document. The project is being branded as the new wonder of Pakistan because 10 percent of the project is on the surface and 90 percent is underground consisting of 51.3 kilometers long tunnels. The cost of…
SIALKOT: Leather gloves exporter Abdul Waheed lost $72,000 to cyber hackers, who broke into his online account and stole the money on Thursday. Mr Waheed, also Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) executive committee member, told reporters his email account also had been hacked. He said that according to the Federal Investigation Authority (FIA), the trail led to China. The SCCI expressed concern over the one of major cyber heists in Pakistan and sought…
A Hong Kong court has dismissed the first legal bid to unseat localist lawmaker Lau Siu-lai over the oath-taking controversy because of delays in the application. On Friday morning, High Court judge Mr Thomas Au Hing-cheung rejected the election petition filed by Kwan San-wai, a candidate in Lau’s Kowloon West constituency in the Legislative Council elections in September. In his writ, Kwan challenged Lau’s status as a duly elected lawmaker given her lack of “any…
Vietnam is extending a runway on an island it claims in the South China Sea in apparent response to China’s building of military facilities on artificial islands in the region, a US think tank reported on Thursday. Satellite images taken this month showed Vietnam had lengthened its runway on Spratly Island from less than 2,500 feet (760 meters) to more than 3,300 feet (1 km), Washington’s Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative said. AMTI, a project of…