All stories by SAJJAD HUSSAIN
Containers seized at Mundra used for shipping fuel for nuclear plant: Pak
Rediff.com20 Nov 2021The Pakistan Foreign Office issued a statement in response to questions from the press about reports in the media on the 'seizure of possible radioactive material' by Indian authorities at Mundra Port on a cargo ship from Karachi Port to Shanghai in China.
Pak enacts law to allow Kulbhushan challenge his conviction
Rediff.com17 Nov 2021The law allowed Jadhav to challenge his conviction in the high court through a review process which was a requirement of the ICJ verdict.
Don't want any conflict with any country, including India: Taliban
Rediff.com14 Nov 2021'Women have 100 per cent inclusion in the health sector. They are also teaching in the education sector. They are working in each and every one of those sectors where they are required'
Afghan foreign minister Muttaqi arrives in Pakistan to reset ties
Rediff.com10 Nov 2021Acting Foreign Minister of Afghanistan, Amir Khan Muttaqi, on Wednesday arrived in Islamabad, his first visit to the country, as part of efforts by the two sides to reset their ties in the wake of the Taliban's takeover of Kabul.
Pak SC grills Imran in 2014 Army School massacre case
Rediff.com10 Nov 2021The apex court gave a month-long deadline to the government to determine the responsibility for security failure in the horrific attack in which 147 people, 132 of them children, were killed when Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants stormed the Army Public School (APS) in Peshawar.
Pak authorities restore land for first Hindu temple in Islamabad
Rediff.com9 Nov 2021According to the report, four kanals (0.5 acres) of land at H-9/2 in Islamabad was allotted to the community in 2016 for the construction of the first ever Hindu temple, cremation and community centre.
Modi's plane flies over Pak airspace en route to Italy
Rediff.com31 Oct 2021Prime Minister Modi's plane Boeing 777, 300ER, K7066 entered the Pakistani airspace from Bahawalpur, passed through Turbat and Panjgur and via Iran and Turkey reached Italy, The Express Tribune reported.
Cash-strapped Pak thanks Saudi Prince for US$ 4.2 billion aid
Rediff.com27 Oct 2021Saudi Arabia has agreed to provide US$ 4.2 billion worth of assistance to cash-strapped Pakistan to support its economy, it emerged on Wednesday after Prime Minister Imran Khan held talks with Saudi Prince Mohammad bin Salman in Riyadh this week.
Pak will remain on its terror 'grey list': FATF
Rediff.com22 Oct 2021Pakistan will remain on the 'grey list' of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) until it further demonstrates that action is being taken against Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Saeed and Jaish-e-Mohammed founder Masood Azhar who are listed as global terrorists by the United Nations, the global anti-money laundering and terror financing watchdog said on Thursday.
Pak claims it blocked Indian submarine entering its waters
Rediff.com19 Oct 2021The incident occurred on October 16 when an Indian submarine was detected by a Pakistan Navy patrol aircraft, the Pakistan military said in a statement.
Father of Pakistan's nuclear bomb AQ Khan passes away at 85
Rediff.com10 Oct 2021AQ Khan, a controversial scientist known as the father of Pakistan's clandestine nuclear programme, passed away here on Sunday after a brief illness. He was 85.
Lt Gen Anjum is new ISI chief, Lt Gen Hameed appointed as Peshawar Corps Commander
Rediff.com7 Oct 2021In a surprise military shake-up, the Pakistan Army on Wednesday announced that the powerful spy agency ISI chief Lt Gen Faiz Hameed has been appointed as Peshawar Corps Commander -- a crucial position in view of the Taliban's takeover of neighbouring Afghanistan.
In 'constant touch' with Taliban, says Pak army official
Rediff.com21 Sep 2021Pakistan is in 'constant touch' with the Afghan Taliban for safeguarding the country's security interests, a top military official has said.
First commercial flight lands in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan
Rediff.com13 Sep 2021Pakistan's national flag-carrier on Monday ran its first commercial flight to Kabul since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in mid-August.
'Everything will be Okay': ISI chief in Afghanistan
Rediff.com5 Sep 2021A delegation of senior Pakistani officials led by Inter-Services Intelligence Director General Lieutenant General Hameed arrived in Kabul to conduct discussions with the incoming Taliban government, the Pakistan Observer newspaper reported.
ISI chief dashes to Kabul to help Taliban form Afghan govt
Rediff.com4 Sep 2021In a surprise move, Pakistan's powerful intelligence chief Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed on Saturday dashed to Kabul, amidst the Taliban struggling to finalise and install an inclusive government in Afghanistan that would be acceptable to the international community.
US presses Pak to fight Al Qaeda, ISIS in Afghanistan, reveal leaked documents
Rediff.com4 Sep 2021The Biden administration is quietly pressing Pakistan to cooperate on combating dreaded terrorist groups such as the ISIS-K and Al Qaeda following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, according to a set of leaked documents and diplomatic cables to a prominent US media outlet.
Pakistan to let fully-vaccinated Sikh pilgrims visit Kartarpur Sahib with strict protocols
Rediff.com22 Aug 2021The decision to open Kartarpur shrine was taken by the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Saturday due to the approaching death anniversary of Sikhism founder Baba Guru Nanak Dev on September 22.
Pak convinced Taliban to talk to US: Minister
Rediff.com19 Aug 2021Pakistan's efforts for the peace process in Afghanistan would be remembered for long, he said.
Afghans have broken shackles of slavery: Imran Khan
Rediff.com16 Aug 2021"When you adopt someone's culture you believe it to be superior and you end up becoming a slave to it," PM Imran Khan said, adding that it creates a system of mental salves that is worse than the actual slavery.