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China in talks with Pakistan to build overseas military base: report

BEIJING, JAN 06 (DNA): US President Donald Trump‘s tirade against Pakistan has appeared to further boost economic and defence ties between Beijing and Islamabad, as China is in talks with Pakistan to build its second overseas military base close to Iran’s Chabahar port, a report by Chinese state-run daily said. The report says Trump’s January 1 Twitter attack against Pakistan where he accused it of providing safe havens to terrorists appears to be helping boost already close ties between Pakistan and China. It attributed Islamabad’s decision to allow Chinese currencyRead More


US to restore aid if Pakistan takes ‘decisive’ action

WASHINGTON, JAN 06 (DNA) – Washington will restore security aid to Pakistan if it sees “decisive” action against terror groups including the Taliban and the Haqqani network, U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis said Friday. Mattis was speaking to press members at the Pentagon a day after the Trump administration announced it will suspend security assistance to Islamabad. “… We’re still working with Pakistan, and we would restore the aid if we see decisive movements against the terrorists, who are as much of a threat against Pakistan as they are againstRead More


Pakistan’s alliance with US is over: FM Asif  

NEW YORK, JAN 06 (DNA) – The United States failed to behave as an ally and turned Pakistan into a ‘whipping boy’ for its own shortcomings in Afghanistan, Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif said, after the Trump administration suspended aid to the country. “We do not have any alliance with the United States,” the foreign minister said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal on Friday. “This is not how allies behave.” The US said Thursday that security assistance to Islamabad was on hold until the Pakistani government tookRead More


ATC exempts Farooq Sattar from attending hearing in hate speech case

ISLAMABAD, JAN 06 (DNA) – An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) exempted Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) leader Farooq Sattar from appearing in court for the hearing of a hate speech case. Sattar, along with a number of other MQM leaders, is facing charges in connection with cases pertaining to the Aug 22 speech of MQM founder Altaf Hussain, which triggered a violent protest, arson attacks and ransacking of media houses. In today’s hearing, the prosecution was supposed to present a copy of the documents containing evidence regarding the case, however, the proceedings couldRead More


India destroyed economic, social infrastructure within occupied Kashmir: Info Minister AJK

MUZAFFARABAD, JAN 06 (DNA) – Minister of Information, Tourism and Independent Government, Jammu and Kashmir Raja Mushtaq Ahmed Mausas said that the “All Parties Conference” of Kashmir and Kashmir political parties should be organized on Kashmir issue. Around 1 billion 40 million Muslim people are ready to hear the trial of the people around the world. Government of Pakistan, raising all the Muslim countries, including countries in the OIC, raise a voice over a platform and raise the voice of self-determination for Kashmiris on Friday. Regarding the right self-determination, AzadRead More


New Zealand beat Pakistan in first ODI by 61 runs

WELLINGTON (DNA) – After New Zealand thrashed Pakistan for 315 runs in their limited quota of 50 overs, the batting line-up of tourists stumbled from the very beginning and Pakistan on Saturday lost the first one-day international (ODI) by 61 runs under the Duckworth Lewis (D/L) Method. The Green Shirts kept on losing wickets at regular intervals. Azhar Ali and Babar Azam went back to the pavilion in the first over. Mohammad Hafeez and Shoaib Malik followed them soon and Pakistan were four down in nine overs. The wicket ofRead More