Asian Lite News Archive

Category: PAKISTAN

  • India does not rule out Sharif meet

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    India  did not rule out a bilateral meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif on the sidelines of the SAARC Summit, saying that Modi is keen to have meaningful dialogues with as many south Asian leaders as possible. India also said that there was already a framework between the two…

  • Sharif say no to elections before 2018

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      Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said  that a general election would not be held in the country before 2018. He thus rejected the demands by the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) for early elections, a Dawn online report said. The PTI has been holding countrywide demonstrations in protest of the government’s alleged corruption and rigging…

  • Saarc summit to focus on peace & unity

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    By Anil Giri   The forthcoming 18th Saarc Summit to be held in Kathmandu will focus on installing durable peace and prosperity among the member states and will give utmost priority to regional unity, Nepal’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Mahendra Bahadur Pandey said. The theme of the summit is “deeper integration for peace and prosperity”, and…

  • India came close to framework agreement on Kashmir

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      India and Pakistan were very near to a framework agreement on the Kashmir issue through back-channel talks during the previous Congress-led regime and it can be put to use by the new regimes in the two countries, former Pakistani foreign minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri said . Interacting with a select group of media persons…

  • India-Pak cricket ties to resume

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      India and Pakistan will resume their cricket ties with a series next year, Pakistan’s High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit said here. He said six series will be played between two countries till 2022. “Work has already been done in this regard,” he told reporters. The Pakistani envoy said the chairman of the Pakistan…

  • Imran Khan turns down dialogue offer

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    Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan has turned down the government’s offer to hold talks, media reported . Addressing a party rally in Sahiwal city in Punjab province, Imran Khan urged all Pakistanis to come out of their homes Nov 30, not for him, but for the future of their children, The Nation reported. He…

  • Imran Khan prepared to go to jail

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      Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan has said that he would follow the orders of the court and go to jail, a media report said . “According to the decision of the anti-terrorism court (ATC), I am a dangerous man. It also declared me a proclaimed offender, which is why I should go to…

  • Pakistan denies ISIS presence

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      Pakistan’s Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan flatly ruled out the presence of Islamic State (IS) militants in Pakistan. “No organisation of this name exists in Pakistan,” the interior minister said at the passing-out parade of Pakistan Rangers in Karachi, Dawn online reported. The statement comes days after the provincial government of Balochistan conveyed…

  • Tribute for Khudadad Khan in Pakistan

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    British High Commissioner Philip Barton with VC recipient Sepoy Khudadad Khan descendant, Abdul Ghafoor Chaudhary British High Commissioner to Pakistan Mr Philip Barton CMG OBE unveiled a plaque in honour of three soldiers from modern day Pakistan, who were awarded Victoria Crosses during the First World War.  The ceremony formed part of the UK Government’s…

  • Modi-Sharif meeting looks bleak

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    With a fortnight left for the SAARC summit in Kathmandu, chances of a bilateral meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistan counterpart Nawaz Sharif looked bleak. External affairs spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin, in answer to a query, said here Monday: “You have heard our leaders talk of paving the path towards a process. If…

  • Hindus in Pakistan seek Sherif’s help

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    The Pakistan Hindu Council has proposed the establishment of an active committee under Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to prevent atrocities against minorities. They condemned the brutal killing of a Christian couple in Punjab province and the kidnapping of Hindu citizens, particularly minor girls, Dawn online reported. The council demanded that the prime minister and provincial…

  • New ISI chief takes charge

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      Lt. Gen. Rizwan Akhtar, who once wrote a paper asking Pakistan to aggressively pursue rapprochement with India, has taken over as the head of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). He succeeds Lt. Gen. Zaheerul Islam, who retired Friday. Lt. Gen. Akhtar has previously served as the director general of Pakistan Rangers in Sindh. He was…

  • FBI agents raid India baiter’s home

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      FBI agents searched the home of India baiter pro-Pakistan American diplomat Robin Raphel in October as part of a counter-intelligence investigation, according to media reports. Raphel was a senior adviser on Pakistan for the office of the special representative on Afghanistan and Pakistan at the time of the raid. In that job, she was…

  • Imran Khan calls Modi ‘faithful’

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    Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan, addressing a sit-in in Islamabad, appreciated Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s effort to bring back assets in foreign countries. “Whatever you say about him, he is a faithful man,” Imran Khan said Thursday. He lauded Modi for making public a list of 627 Indians with assets in foreign countries,…

  • Sharif condemns Christian couple’s murder

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    Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has condemned the murder of a Christian couple by a Muslim mob for allegedly desecrating the Koran. He termed it “an unacceptable crime”, a media report said . The incident occurred in Kot Rasha Kishan town of Punjab province Tuesday, The Nation reported. “A responsible state cannot tolerate mob rule…

  • Imran Khan urges SC probe poll rigging

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    Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan has once again urged the Supreme Court to intervene in his case against the government over rigging in the last general election. Addressing a press conference Wednesday, the PTI chief said his party was open for “Supreme Court-led, but time-bound investigations into the results of general elections,” Dawn online…

  • India makes its point clear to Pakistan

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    Pakistan should draw a “red line” whether it wants to talk to the government of India or to those who want to break India, Defence Minister Arun Jaitley said here . Speaking at the India Economic Summit, Jaitley said India is ready to speak to Pakistan and is willing to normalise the relationship, but then…

  • India-Pak face off at UN

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    India and Pakistan faced off  at the UN as Islamabad brought up Kashmir in its renewed campaign to internationalise the issue. Diyar Khan, a counsellor at Pakistan’s UN Mission, said his country regretted that the people of Jammu and Kashmir had been deprived of their right to self-determination. Self-determination did not lapse with the passage…

  • India condemn Wagah attack

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    The terror bombing at Wagah in Pakistan that claimed 60 lives drew wide condemnation in India, with the government calling for “the firmest and most comprehensive action” against all terror groups while politicians called for united efforts to deal with terrorism. In a statement, the government said it “strongly condemns the dastardly terrorist attack” and…

  • Pakistan makes U-turn at Attari-Wagah

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    Making a U-turn on its earlier request to the BSF not to hold the full-fledged Retreat ceremony for three days following the Wagah blast, Pakistan Rangers Monday went back on their own word and held a symbolic ceremony for the lowering of national flags at the Attari-Wagah joint check post. The Pakistan Rangers held the…

  • Pakistan clueless on terror: The Dawn

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      The Pakistani state is clueless how to fight terrorist groups holding the country to ransom, a leading Pakistani daily said following the horrific suicide attack at the border. The Dawn also said in an editorial that the Sunday evening attack at the Wagah border indicated the terrorists had deliberately targeted civilians for “their perceived…

  • Sharif vows to battle militants

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    Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif vowed the military operations against militants would continue till their complete elimination as the Wagah suicide bombing toll mounted to 59, a media report said. Over 110 people were bloodied and wounded, some of them critically, when a young suicide bomber blew himself up near the Wagah border. There were…

  • Blast kills 45 near Wagah border

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    At least 45 people were killed and over 70 others injured in a suicide blast  evening near the Wagah border in Pakistan’s Lahore metropolis, police said. Inspector General of Police Mushtaq Ahmad Sukhera said a suspected 18-year-old suicide bomber blew up his explosive jacket around 5.50 p.m. amid a crowd of people who were coming…

  • No Modi-Sharif meeting at SAARC: India

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    India  denied any plans for a meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif during the SAARC summit in Kathmandu. External affairs ministry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin, in answer to a query at a briefing, said there is “no such proposal at hand” and that the issue is not under discussion. He…

  • DULMIAL: The Village with the Gun

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    Dulmial, Pakistan, popularly known as  ‘the Village with the Gun,’ paying tributes to  the Soldiers of the First World War, 100 years on…reports Dr Irfan Malik and Michael Noble, The Centre for Hidden Histories, University of Nottingham A nineteenth century cannon sits at the centre of a Pakistani village. Here we take a look at the…

  • Call to remember Muslim troops in WW I

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     Khudadad Khan, the first Muslim soldier to be awarded the Victoria Cross, should be more widely recognised General Lord Dannatt and General Lord Richards lead a group of peers, MPs, historians and religious leaders who say children should be told about the role played by Muslim troops in the First World War. In a letter…

  • Pak court approves 2013 polls

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    The Supreme Court of Pakistan dismissed all three petitions that challenged the 2013 general elections. A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk heard the peitions. The petitions sought the 2013 elections to be declared null and void, alleging rigging and claiming the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) used faulty magnetic ink. The petitions called…

  • Imran Khan to protest at ECP office

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     Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan is set to stage a rally outside the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) building  to protest “poll rigging”. Addressing the participants of his party’s sit-in at D-Chowk Monday, he said that the current assembly, the prime minister and the government were not genuine because last year’s elections were massively…

  • Pakistan’s ‘Million March’ flops in london

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    Pakistan’s efforts to stage a march against Indian human rights violations, with a million people on the streets of London proved to be a monumental failure. Far from a seven figure, the march’s attendance did not even reach five figures. One of the organisers claimed the march was “to protest against human rights violations by…

  • India offers help to Hindu Sindhis

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    Hindu Sindhis from Pakistan to get elusive Indian citizenship…reports Mohit Dubey They are Hindu Sindhis who migrated from Pakistan long after partition. Some of them have been around for more than half a century but Indian citizenship has been a distant dream. Now, it is within grasp as the union home ministry has begun tabulating data on…

  • Iran warns Pakistan against terrorism

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    Iran will step in to contain terrorists if Pakistan fails to secure its borders and prevent terrorists from slipping into the country, media reported. “Iran will step in to contain terrorists if Pakistan fails to secure border,” FARS news agency quoted Brigadier General Hossein Salami of Islamic Revolution Guards Corps as saying Thursday. “Terrorists, wherever…

  • Slavery victim wins £100K from culprits

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    A Pakistani girl trafficked into the country, repeatedly raped and forced to carry out domestic chores has today won more than £100,000 compensation in a landmark legal case. The payout was secured by GMP using Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) legislation – a result that is believed to be the first of its kind in…

  • NATO violate Pakistani airspace

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    NATO gunship helicopters violated Pakistani airspace by entering territory near its border with Afghanistan, media reported Wednesday. According to officials, at least five helicopters were seen flying near the border and two of them entered Pakistani territory in Torkham and Pasidkhel, Dawn online reported. The helicopters remained in Pakistani airspace for 10 minutes and returned…

  • Hotline diplomacy begins at border

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    Senior Pakistani and Indian military officials spoke to each other over the hotline Tuesday and discussed ways to reduce tension along their border, a media report said Tuesday. “Directors of Military Operations (DMO) of the Pakistani and Indian armies spoke to each other over hotline,” reported Dawn online citing a senior military official. The Pakistani…

  • Imran Khan demands probe into stampede

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    Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Imran Khan has demanded a judicial probe into the stampede in Multan, media reported Monday. At least seven people were killed and 40 injured last Friday in a stampede at a PTI gathering in Multan’s Qasim Bagh stadium, The Nation reported. The incident occurred after Imran Khan left the venue. After…

  • Sharif unlikely at Malala’s Nobel ceremony

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    Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is unlikely to attend the award ceremony for the Nobel Peace Prize shared by Malala Yousufzai and Indian activist Kailash Satyarthi, a top official said. Malala has called upon Sharif and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend the Dec 10 ceremony in Oslo, The Nation reported. But Advisor to…

  • Pak Taliban condemns Malala

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    Members of Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan’s (TTP) offshoot Jamat-ul-Ahrar has condemned the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Malala Yousufzai, calling her an “agent of kuffar (disbelievers)”. Jamat-ul-Ahrar’s spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan and other members together Friday posted comments on Twitter about Malala and the award, stating that she did not represent Islam, Dawn online said. Ehsanullah…

  • Happy to share Nobel prize with an Indian: Malala

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      Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai  said she is “really happy” on sharing the Nobel Peace Prize with a person from India and both have decided to invite Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif for the award ceremony in Oslo. The Pakistani teenager, shot in the head by Taliban militants in…

  • Malala & Satyarthi are true inspirations: Amnesty

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    Amnesty International  praised Nobel peace prize winners Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai for willing to promote the “rights of the world’s most vulnerable children”. “The work of Satyarthi and Yousafzai represents the struggle of millions of children around the world,” Amnesty Secretary General Salil Shetty said in a statement. “Satyarthi has dedicated his life to…

  • Malala & Kailash shares Nobel Peace Prize

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    Indian child rights activist Kailash Satyarthi  shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Pakistani teenager Malala Yousufzai who stood up to the Taliban and survived a near-fatal shooting. The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the Peace Prize for 2014 to Satyarthi and Malala Yousufzai “for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for…

  • Halt firing for durable peace: Sharif

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    Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif  called for honouring the sanctity of the border with India and a halt to the intermittent firing that has been taking place since Oct 3. Sharif, who chaired a National Security Committee (NSC) meeting, said that Pakistan’s desire for peace should not be misunderstood, Dawn Online reported. He also deplored the…

  • UN chief calls for India-Pak dialogue

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     UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed concern over the escalation of violence along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir and called for “dialogue” between India and Pakistan to resolve their differences. The statement by Ban stressed the bilateral aspect in asking New Delhi and Islamabad “to resolve all differences through dialogue”. Ban’s…

  • Sharif makes maiden visit to North Waziristan

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    Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif became the country’s first elected prime minister to visit the war-torn North Waziristan region as he arrived in its headquarters Miranshah to boost the morale of security forces fighting against terrorists. Army Chief Gen. Raheel Sharif accompanied Sharif to the region, Dawn online reported. Upon arrival, the premier was given…

  • Pakistan raises Kashmir in UN

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      Raising the Kashmir issue yet again at the UN, Pakistan dragged the UN Military Observer Group (UNMOGIP) into the current situation along the Line of Control where cross-border shelling has flared up. “UNMOGIP must be enabled to play its role in monitoring the ceasefire,” Pakistan’s UN Ambassador Masood Khan told the General Assembly Tuesday.…

  • India hits Pakistan with heavy power

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    Indian and Pakistani troops clashed again along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, sparking fear at the border and forcing thousands to flee to safer places. Defence ministry spokesman Colonel Manish Mehta said that the Pakistan Army used small arms to fire at Indian positions in Balnoi sector in Poonch district. “The firing…

  • Firing continues in J&K

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      Three people were injured as firing continued between the Indian and Pakistani troopers in Jammu and Kashmir. Over 20,000 villagers have fled their homes in three districts along the international border, police said . “Three civilians have been injured Monday night in Arnia town as the Pakistan Rangers continued the firing and mortar shelling,”…

  • India responds to Pak provocations

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    Five civilians, including a young girl, were killed and 29 others injured Monday in unprovoked firing by Pakistan across the international border in Jammu district, in one of the worst instances of ceasefire violations. The Indian government said its forces were responding to the “provocations” and the firing was not conducive to normalising relations between…

  • No exchange of sweets at Wagah & Attari on Eid

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    In an unprecedented move, border guards of India and Pakistan Monday did not exchange greetings and sweets at the Attari-Wagah joint check post (JCP) on the occasion of Eid. This is the first time that the goodwill gesture has been dumped by both sides in recent years. Border Security Force (BSF) sources said the Indian…

  • Border firing shows Pakistan’s frustration: Omar

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    Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said Pakistan’s indiscriminate cross-border firing, which left five people dead , only shows the neighbouring country’s frustration over its failure to rake up the Kashmir issue. The chief minister rushed here from Srinagar despite the Eid-ul-Adha festival to attend the cremation of five civilians killed in mortar shelling…

  • US mum on joint military ops inside Pakistan

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    The US would not say whether India-US cooperation against Pakistan-based terrorist groups could involve coordination on drone strikes, but was open to talk with all its partners how they could help Washington’s own efforts. “Those are not conversations that I’m going to get into here,” Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Nisha…