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KHAPLU, GHANCHE: In the mountainous region of Gilgit-Baltistan in northern Pakistan, daily power cuts of up to 20 hours or more in some districts have pushed locals to protest over having to observe Ramadan in darkness.Gilgit-Baltistan, an impoverished part of the larger Kashmir region, is the gateway of the ...

Pakistan’s interior minister has confirmed that 11 police officers who were taken hostage by Islamist radicals during violent anti-France demonstrations last weekend have been released but more talks are needed to resolve issues. In a series of video messages published on Monday, Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad said that ...

Durga Prasad Timsina had lost all hope of ever seeing his mother or going back to his village in Nepal after awaiting trial on a murder charge for 41 years. He was moved from one jail to another across West Bengal, and finally ended up at a correctional center near Kolkata, ...

A Pakistani Islamist party on Tuesday called off an anti-France demonstration on its third day, after securing the release of protesters arrested following clashes with police.For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the appUltra-conservative Pakistan has seen scattered protests since French President Emmanuel ...

A number of Taliban prisoners who were released by the Afghan government as a condition for peace talks have taken up arms again, top official Abdullah Abdullah said Tuesday.Abdullah, who chairs Afghanistan’s High Council for National Reconciliation and is overseeing the government’s peace efforts, said discussions with the Taliban ...

A number of Taliban prisoners who were released by the Afghan government as a condition for peace talks have taken up arms again, top official Abdullah Abdullah says. Abdullah, who chairs Afghanistan’s High Council for National Reconciliation and is overseeing the government’s peace efforts, said on Tuesday that discussions ...

Issued on: 23/09/2020 - 04:04 A number of Taliban prisoners who were released by the Afghan government as a condition for peace talks have taken up arms again, the government’s lead negotiator Abdullah Abdullah said Tuesday. Abdullah, the chairman of Afghanistan’s High Council for National Reconciliation, said discussions with ...

After being under house detention for more than a year, former Union Minister and senior Congress leader Saiffudin Soz was allowed to move from his residence by the Jammu Kashmir government. However, he claimed that he did not receive any official order about his release. Talking to Rising Kashmir, ...

The Lok Sabha member was talking to reporters at his residenceNational Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Thursday said the party would discuss and review the political agenda with regard to Jammu and Kashmir only after all leaders including former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti have been set free. “The aim ...