By SJA Jafri QUETTA: At least nineteen people were killed and several injured in a blast at Quetta’s Hazarganji Sabzi Mandi (Fruit Market) on Friday morning, authorities said.  DIG Quetta Abdul Razaq Cheema confirmed nineteen people had martyred, while at least seven others were injured in the blast.  Buildings located …

Voting is under way for 175 assembly seats of Andhra Pradesh simultaneously in a single-phase election on Thursday. The ruling Telugu Desam Party, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy’s YSR Congress and actor-turned-politician Pawan Kalyan’s Jana Sena party are the three main contenders with the national parties the BJP and Congress also …

By SJA Jafri KARACHI: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of Karachi Police has arrested a most wanted terrorist of outlawed Jundullah Terror Group, the CTD Chief Raja Umar Khattab said in a press briefing on Thursday, PMI reported. Arrested terrorist Mohammad Ishaq alias Gul was named in the red book, police have …

By S. Hussain Ali Sajjad Hyderabad (Press Media of India): Hyderabad parliamentary seat is the only constituency where national, State and regional parties are afraid to contest.  Such has been the grip of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen over this constituency that the party has won the seat in nine successive …

In order to directly enroll the child in the 10th and 12th, the parents will now have to tell the reason. Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has released stringent instructions for students from class 10th and 12th from any other school after reading from 9th and 11th. Also, the date of …

India has rejected the statement by Pakistan Foreign Minister that it will attack Pakistan again and termed it as irresponsible and preposterous. In a statement, the External Affairs Ministry said, remarks of Pakistan is aimed at whipping up war hysteria in the region. The Ministry said this public gimmick appears …

By Syed Jaffer Abbas Jafri ISLAMABAD: World’s first ‘University of Jihad’ is led by a man who proclaims himself “the father of the Taliban,” and counts some of the most notorious global terrorists among its alumni. It also receives millions of dollars in aid from the government (Govt) of the …

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today pitched for a strong and decisive government at the Centre. Addressing a rally at Amroha in Uttar Pradesh, he said a strong government can take tough and big decisions to move the country forward. He said the world is looking at India today because of …

By SJA Jafri (Bureau Chief Australia) CANBERRA: A former Canberra-based journalist accused of threatening to carry out beheadings, driven by his extreme religious views, has been remanded in custody. James Michael Waugh, 28, was arrested on Tuesday evening when police swooped on his home in Canberra’s south after a tip-off to …

Two more journalists kidnapped in Karachi By Syed Jaffer Abbas Jafri KARACHI: Two more Shia journalist have forcibly kidnapped by secret security agencies on specific directions of the federal government during the last five days in Karachi. According to sources Matloob Hussain Moosavi of Daily Jang (a largely circulated Urdu …