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Looking at the success of T20 leagues across the world, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) have announced their intention of hosting a league on similar lines early next year. The Super T20 League, as it will be called, is planned to held in January 2015. Since the PCB plan to rope in foreign...

Lahore: A senior Pakistani official kidnapped by the Taliban in January was released after paying a hefty ransom of Rs 50 million. Armed men had abducted Pakistan Parliament's deputy secretary Moazzam Kalro from Multan district of Punjab and took him to tribal area in Miram Shah. Kalro is a...

Top diplomats from India and China would have in-depth exchange of views on a range of issues, including stability in war-torn Afghanistan and New Delhi’s disquiet over the ballooning $35 billion trade deficit, during the sixth Strategic Dialogue next week. Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh and...

Recently I had written in these pages on the importance of Narendra Modi’s strategic vision. That was dominated by the theme of foreign policy. But what about Modi’s military vision? This question is relevant as the accident involving a submarine has led to the unprecedented resignation of the...

Bomb kills 23 at Pakistan vegetable market | Stuff.co.nz

ISLAMABAD: A bomb explosion Wednesday killed at least 15 people and wounded 35 others in Islamabad's bustling fruit and vegetable market, police and hospital officials said. The blast took place in the busy morning hours when dozen of people, mostly grocers and sellers, gather at the market...

A report by the military indicates that safe havens within Pakistan have aided the insurgency in Afghanistan and remains a persistent problem in the ongoing war. “As a result of insurgent safe havens within Pakistan, such as the Haqqani network‘s sanctuary in North Waziristan, as well as...

MUMBAI: Is banned terror outfit Indian Mujahideen (IM) on the verge of splitting? Going by the police probe and internet chat messages of IM cadres, it is established that there is dispute among the IM operatives over the outfit's leadership. The current chief, Riyaz Bhatkal, who has almost...

ISLAMABAD: The US today expressed concern over the level of press freedom in Pakistan and the threats that journalists here face every day. US Ambassador to Pakistan Richard Olson met with a group of nine American journalists from the East-West Center's Journalists Exchange programme and...

SIBI: A blast in a Rawalpindi-bound Jaffar Express on Tuesday killed seven people, a private news channel reported. According to the report, the train was at the Sibbi Railway station when one of its comparment blew up. The blast lead to the train catching fire, whose smoke could be seen from...

Amitabh Bachchan has said that he will visit Pakistan whenever he will be invited. The 'Bhoothnath Returns' actor in an interview with Express News said that he just needs an invitation to Pakistan and he will certainly travel to the neighboring country whenever, he gets a chance. The senior...

New Delhi: A criminal case was registered against three Israeli diplomats in India for allegedly assaulting immigration official at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi, police said However, the trio could not be arrested by the Indian police as they enjoy diplomatic immunity. The...

Karachi: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Najam Sethi has claimed that Pakistan missed out on a `major` opportunity to be the part of a `Big Four` group proposed by India, Australia and England after Mohammad Zaka Ashraf took over as chief from him for a brief period. In February this...

BEIJING: The governor of China's restive far western region of Xinjiang wrote on Monday that Islamist militants were trying to ban laughter at weddings and crying at funerals, as he appealed to people to stamp out the "tumour" of extremism. Xinjiang, resource-rich and strategically located on...

Beijing: As India's general elections began today from the northeastern states, Chinese official media described the remote region as the most "neglected" area in the country. "India's northeastern states - which also include Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya and Nagaland - are said to be the...

Japan and India will hold working-level talks here Wednesday on Japan's export of US2 rescue plane to India, Japan's defence ministry said Monday. Under the newly adopted arms export rules, Japan is considering export of the rescue plane without removing its defence equipment such as...

The BJP released its national poll manifesto on Monday after weeks of delay. While it does not talk of any path-breaking ideas or solutions, the manifesto does seem to provide an idea of what Narendra Modi may plan to do if he were to become the prime minister. We took a look at the key points...

*PTI minorities leaders organise protest at Youhanabad against death sentences to three Christians *Say govt must ensure protection of minorities in Pakistan A large number of Christians from Youhanabad and adjacent localities on Sunday held a peaceful demonstration against the misuse of the...

india has publically declined a Russian offer to equip its new aircraft carrier with the Kashtan close-in weapon system, preferring systems from either Israel or France, the Strategy Page website reports. The aircraft carrier, INS Vikramaditya, was refurbished by Russia from an old Russian...

ISLAMABAD: The banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan has launched its Urdu website hosting videos, a magazine, and interviews and statements of its top leaders. Interestingly, the website has also given links to certain YouTube videos but those don't work as the popular video sharing website is...