07 January, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies RIYADH/ MELBOURNE/ ISLAMABAD: In relation to the recent escalation of tension between the United States and Iran, Foreign Minister (FM) Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Monday that Pakistan does not support any unilateral action and will not become a party to the …

07 January, 2020 WASHINGTON/ BAGHDAD: The United States has no plans to pull out militarily from Iraq, Defense Secretary Mark Esper told Pentagon reporters on Monday, following reports of a US military letter about preparations for a withdrawal. “There’s been no decision whatsoever to leave Iraq,” Esper said, when asked about …

India has lodged a strong protest with Pakistan at the recent acts of vandalism and desecration of the holy Gurdwara Sri Janam Asthan at Nankana Sahib and the targeted killing of minority Sikh community member in Peshawar. External Affairs Ministry today summoned Pakistan’s Acting High Commissioner Syed Haider Shah and …

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that action against a few corrupt entities should not be seen as the government crackdown on the corporate sector. Speaking at Centenary Celebrations of Kirloskar Brothers in New Delhi, the Prime Minister said, the endeavour of this government has always been to provide a …

Polling for 70-member Delhi Assembly will be held on 8th of February and counting will be undertaken on 11th of next month.  The notification will be issued on 14th of January and the last date of nomination will be 21st of this month. The Election Commissionannounced the schedule for the …

Hyderabad, Jan.6 (PMI): The High Court today directed the State Election Commission not to issue municipal election notification till Tuesday evening. It later adjourned the hearing of the case to Tuesday. The court passed the orders in a Public Interest Litigation filed by TPCC president N.  Uttam Kumar Reddy challenging the election …

Hyderabad, Jan.6 (PMI): A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed against former minister and TRS MLA from Dornakal Assembly constituency Redya Naik in the Hyderabad High Court. Petitioner one DS Venkanna, a native of Manchya thanda from Uggampally village under Chinna Gudur mandal of Mahbubabad district alleged that Redya Naik had …

Hyderabad, Jan.6 (PMI): Congress senior leader V Hanumanth Rao on Monday alleged that the BJP and RSS leaders in the country were making contradictory statements in order to create confusion in the minds of the people. He said while the RSS president had said that all the 130 crore Indians were …

06 January, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies TEHRAN: Funeral processions to honour Qassem Soleimani, a top Iranian military commander who was assassinated last week in an air raid by the United States in Baghdad, are underway in Iran. Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force, was martyred along with Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the …

06 January, 2020 WASHINGTON/ BAGHDAD: President Trump has threatened severe sanctions against Iraq after its parliament called on US troops to leave the country. “We have a very extraordinarily expensive air base that’s there. It cost billions of dollars to build. We’re not leaving unless they pay us back for …