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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday reiterated its support for China on the sensitive Taiwan issue as Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif spoke to his Chinese counterpart Li Qiang in their first contact since the latter took charge in March.Shehbaz congratulated Li and reiterated Pakistan's "unstinting" support to Beijing's “one-China” policy, as ...

NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh held bilateral talks with Chinese counterpart Li Shangfu on Thursday ahead of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting in the national capital.This is the first time that defence ministers of both the countries held bilateral talks since the deadly Galwan clashes between India ...

HYDERABAD: Tramadol, the pain-relieving opiate that was notoriously used by ISIS fighters to stay awake for long hours, may have been illegally exported from manufacturers in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh to war-torn countries, including Sudan.Also known as the 'ISIS drug' on the street, it helps fight fatigue. Only recently, ...

NEW DELHI: It is very difficult to engage with a neighbour that practises cross-border terrorism, foreign minister S Jaishankar said ahead of the SCO meeting next week that will see a Pakistan foreign minister, the incumbent Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, visiting India for the first time since 2011.Jaishankar’s condemnation of ...

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan army condemned India during a media briefing on ongoing anti-terror operations in the country on Tuesday, accusing it of violations of the ceasefire and of Pakistani airspace.Addressing his maiden press conference, Pakistan army spokesperson Maj Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry began his statement with the situation on ...

PESHAWAR: Pakistani police said Tuesday the twin blasts that struck a counterterrorism facility in the country's northwest and killed 13 people the previous day were caused by electrical shorts and not a terror attack, as initially suggested.The short circuits occurred on Monday at a munition warehouse within the facility ...

PANAMA CITY (PANAMA): External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Monday (local time) took a veiled dig at Pakistan and said that it is very difficult to engage with a neighbour, who practices cross-border terrorism against India.The external affairs minister made the above remarks while addressing a joint press briefing ...

UNITED NATIONS: India tore into Pakistan after it raised the issue of Jammu and Kashmir at a Security Council meeting here, prompting India's permanent ambassador to the United Nations Ruchira Kamboj to assert that she would not waste the Council's time by responding to such 'mischievous' remarks.Kamboj's stern response ...

Two explosions rocked a counter-terrorism ammunition depot in northwest Pakistan on Monday. Here are what we know so far:At least 13 people were killed and over 50 injured on Monday in two explosions at a counter-terrorism ammunition depot in northwest Pakistan, police officials said.The explosions occurred at the counter-terrorism ...

PESHAWAR: Two explosions rocked a counter-terrorism office in northwest Pakistan on Monday, killing at least 10 people, including 8 police personnel. Provincial police chief Akhtar Hayat said it was not clear yet what caused the explosions in northwestern Swat valley. He said there was an old ammunition store in ...