In a significant move aimed at reducing tensions, the Indian and Pakistani armies on February 25 last year announced that they would cease firing across the LoC while recommitting themselves to a 2003 ceasefire agreement.
The new National Security Policy of Pakistan, separately endorsed by the National Security Committee and the Cabinet last month, is scheduled to be formally unveiled by Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday.
The Pakistan government had reportedly warned tourists to avoid visiting the Murree in anticipation of heavy snowfall.
Nida Dar was chosen the Women’s Cricketer of the Year award for her all-round performances. Shaheen Shah Afridi bagged the Impactful Performance of the Year for his 3/31 against India in T20 World Cup 2021.
Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Monday said Islamabad was ready to host the SAARC summit and that India could attend it virtually if it does not want to participate in-person.
Pakistan's Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid kept on mispronouncing the newly acquired J-10C fighter jets as JS-10. These fighter jets are acquired through China in response to India's recent purchase of French Rafale aircrafts.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) took over the investigation in May last year. Earlier, a charge sheet against 12 accused was filed by the NIA in this case.
While India is quick to protest the treatment of religious minorities in Pakistan, the country summoned Indian Charge d'Affaires in Islamabad, Suresh Kumar over the open call for violence against Muslims in an event in Haridwar.
Of the 20 YouTube channels, the information and broadcasting minister said 15 were run by the Naya Pakistan Group(NPG).
After a Sri Lankan national was lynched on the suspicion of blasphemy in Pakistan, the country's highest religious body has said that taking law in hands was against the teachings of Quean, Sharia and the constitution.
Muhammad Huraira, 19 years and 239 days, reached the milestone in 327 balls on the third day of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy match between Northern and Balochistan. Batting great Javed Miandad holds the Pakistani record.
The New Zealand cricket team had abandoned their tour of Pakistan earlier this year due to security reasons. The Blackcaps will now make good that in the next cycle.
In a recent interview, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said, poor countries are poor not because they lack resources but because their leadership is corrupt. At the same time, he took a dig at the Bhutto and Sharif families, blaming them for exploiting Pakistan's resources.
Pakistan is rallying Muslim countries to help Afghanistan stave off an economic and humanitarian disaster while also cajoling the neighboring country's new Taliban rulers to soften their image abroad.
West Indies cricket team was hit hard by COVID-19. On the day of arrival in Pakistan, three players and a support staff member tested positive. And on Thursday morning, more positive cases were revealed.
Heroes of the 1971 War, Army veterans and families who lost their kin fighting for the country were offered a memento and a shawl as a gesture of honor by the Congress leader, who shared the dais with them at the rally, the first by him ahead of the next year's Assembly elections in the state.
On December 16, 1971, Pakistan surrendered to Indian Armed forces and the day is observed as 'Vijay Diwas' and 2021 is the golden jubilee year, 'Swarnim Vijay Varsh.'
Fawad Khan, who will soon be seen in a new show on ZEE5, says he misses Bollywood and his industry friends.
He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
The pandemic has made it clear that virtual learning is here to stay. In the West, the big question is whether it will dilute the quality of the college experience and education. In India, which grapples with digital divide, the question remains whether this will reach most people at all.
Even after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, many 'informed' individuals in India continue to deny the virus with unscientific claims and unfounded data. The latest? Omicron will end the pandemic.
Across Asia there are deeply entrenched obstacles to a mode of higher education that is liberal in multiple senses – disciplinary and epistemological but also social and political.
The two incidents in the recent past, one in Mon district of Nagaland and the other at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, undermined the core principles democracy and federalism.