Asian Lite News Archive

Category: PAKISTAN

  • Pak voting to go electronic

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    The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has decided to introduce electronic voting machines and use them in the 2018 polls, media reported Tuesday. ECP secretary Ishtiak Ahmad Khan said the commission would call for an immediate amendment to the Constitution to remove legal barriers in the way of introducing the technology, after which the pilot…

  • Dawood, Shakeel offenders in IPL spot fixing

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    A court here  declared underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and his aide Chhota Shakeel proclaimed offenders in the IPL spot-fixing case. Additional Sessions Judge Neena Bansal Krishna declared the duo proclaimed offenders in the case after police completed the proceedings of their property attachment. Earlier, the court had issued non-bailable warrants against them. Delhi Police Tuesday…

  • Imran Vows to continue protest

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    Cricketer turned politician Imran Khan said the protest in Islamabad will continue until the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif resigns. “We will celebrate Eid at ‘Azadi Chowk’ in style and will continue our protest,” he said while talking to media in Islamabad. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf chief said the Election Commission had itself admitted that there was…

  • Deepak Perwani wants to design for Deepika

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    By Natalia Ningthoujam   Like most Pakistanis, Karachi-based designer Deepak Perwani too is a fan of Bollywood celebrities. After styling Indian stars like veteran actress Shabana Azmi and her husband, renowned lyricist-writer Javed Akhtar, he now seeks to design for the younger lot like Deepika Padukone and Ranbir Kapoor. Perwani admits that he and fellow Pakistani…

  • Modi overshadowed Sharif at UN

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      Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech at the UN was everything his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif’s was not, said a Pakistani daily . An editorial “Modi at the UN” in the Daily Times said: “Modi continued his charm offensive in the west with a speech to the UN General Assembly that was everything Nawaz…

  • India rejects Sharif’s Kashmir remarks

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    India has strongly rebutted as “untenable” the remarks on Kashmir by Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in the UN General Assembly. India exercised its right of reply on the floor of the UNGA to rebut Pakistan’s statement. “I would like to bring to the notice of this august House that the people of Jammu and…

  • Pakistan rakes up Kashmir issue at UN

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      Pakistan expectedly raked up the Kashmir issue in the UN General Assembly with its Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif saying the “core issue” of Jammu and Kashmir has to be resolved and pushed for a plebiscite in the state. He also blamed India for the calling off of bilateral foreign secretary level talks last month.…

  • Pakistan spoilt dialogue by talking to Hurriyat: Sushma

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    Pakistan “spoilt” the Indo-Pak dialogue by talking to Hurriyat leaders just four days ahead of the scheduled foreign secretary level talks, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said Friday. “There was an initiative from our side. The prime minister called Pakistan premier Nawaz Sharif at the swearing in,” Sushma Swaraj told the media here. She said…

  • Pakistan tight lipped on Karzai allegations

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    The Pakistan Foreign Office has declined to react to allegations levelled by the outgoing Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai over a peace settlement with the Taliban, media reported Friday. “There will be a new government in Afghanistan shortly and we look forward to working with them closely,” spokesperson Tasnim Aslam said at weekly Foreign Office news…

  • No Modi-Sharif meeting in New York

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    India  virtually ruled out a bilateral meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pakistani Premier Nawaz Sharif on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, saying there are “no plans for a meeting”. External affairs ministry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin at a briefing here also said in answer to a question that India has conveyed to…

  • Pakistan appoints new ISI chief

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      Lt. Gen. Rizwan Akhtar was Monday appointed the new chief of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence in commander-level promotions announced Monday in the country’s powerful army. The announcement was made on Twitter by Maj Gen Asim Bajwa, director general of Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), Dawn online reported. In other promotions, Maj Gen Hilal Hussain has…

  • Imran Khan asks ethnic communities to unite

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     Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan during a speech in Karachi has asked the country’s ethnic comunities to unite, media reported Monday. Imran Khan said he had come to Karachi to unite its people divided on ethnic lines, the Dawn online reported “We want to make a new Pakistan, to end injustices, where those who…

  • Ghulam Ali in Delhi

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    Legendary ghazal singer Ghulam Ali left music aficianados mesmerised with his rendition of his classic numbers at a concert held here for a cause. He has urged the public to banish female foeticide from the society. The ‘Ek Ehsaas’ concert was held at the Siri Fort Auditorium  in aid of Arise’s social awareness program Sangam’s…

  • Afridi targets World Cup 2015

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    Afridi urges team-mates to rally for World Cup Veteran Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi urged his team-mates to back one another if they were to win the 2015 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand and end the country’s 23-year long wait for the coveted trophy for the second time. Afridi, who has been re-appointed the…

  • Sharif compares protests to mutiny

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    Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Friday accused two protesting parties of “inciting people to opt for mutiny” but made it clear that a few thousand people would never succeed in their “sinister designs” to derail the system. Several thousand supporters of Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) and religious leader Tahirul Qadri’s Pakistan Awami Tehrik (PAT)…

  • Sharif: Imran, Qadri incite mutiny  

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    Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif accused two protesting parties of “inciting people to opt for mutiny” but made it clear that a few thousand people would never succeed in their “sinister designs” to derail the system. Several thousand supporters of Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) and religious leader Tahirul Qadri’s Pakistan Awami Tehrik (PAT) have…

  • INTERVIEW: Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

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    Waadi Animations pushes Pak films into animation space   After unearthing the horrors of acid attacks and recruitment of child terrorists, Pakistan’s Oscar and Emmy Award winning filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy has put her creative forces behind “3 Bahadur”, said to be the country’s first animated feature film in Urdu. She says her homeland has a pool…

  • Pakistan court to try Sharif, Zardari & others

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    The Lahore High Court (LHC) Friday decided to start ex-parte proceedings against 61 politicians, including Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and former president Asif Ali Zardari, in a case against alleged illegal transfer of assets to foreign countries. A petition filed said that prominent politicians, including Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, Pakistan…

  • Pakistan heading towards civil war: Imran Khan

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    Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan Tuesday appealed to Pakistan’s Chief Justice Nasirul Mulk to save the country from anarchy, as he feels the country is heading towards a civil war. Addressing the participants of his sit-in, the cricketer-turned-politician also warned that a bloody revolution would take place in case the peaceful protest was hindered,…

  • Pakistan targets 6% growth

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    Pakistan is eyeing an economic growth rate of 6 percent by 2017-18 as it is believed the country’s geo-political and strategic location can open up new vistas to make it a trade hub, a Pakistan minister said . Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal was talking to a delegation of Asian Development Bank here,…

  • Mumbai, Karachi fashion adventures

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     Karachi-based fashion designer Huma Adnan says her “dramatic and quirky” creations are apt for the Mumbai market as women here are as daring as those in her homeland. For the past eight years, she has been offering women in Pakistan, popular for long length kurtas with salwars, outfits that are far from “regular”. Be it…

  • Imran Khan to address rally in Karachi

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    The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has decided that party leader Imran Khan should go to Karachi and address protesters Sunday, media reported Thursday. “After having sustained our sit-in in Islamabad for more than a month, the party leadership believes now the time has come to spread this movement all over the country,” a PTI official said…

  • Pakistan air-strikes kills 40 militants

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    The Pakistan army Wednesday said fighter jets bombed positions of militants in the North Waziristan tribal region and killed 40 local and foreign militants. “Today in precise aerial strikes five terrorists hideouts and ammunition dumps were destroyed and 40 terrorists, including foreigners, were killed in villages Nawae Killi and Zaram Asar in area north of…

  • Stop police brutality: Imran Khan

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    Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan Tuesday appealed to the Supreme Court to play its role in stopping police brutality in Islamabad where protestors are engaged in sit-ins against the government. Addressing participants at the ongoing protest, Khan highlighted the sacrifices rendered by people for the supremacy of the judiciary, adding that it was the…

  • India, Pak compete in “chaotic relief”

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    Authorities in Pakistan and India are struggling to cope with raging monsoon floods which have killed more than 460 people, displaced nearly a million people, and still threaten many more, according to Guardian. Pakistani military specialists blew up dykes with explosives to divert water from rivers running close to three cities, while Indian authorities admitted…

  • Taliban hand in Sept 6 Pak dockyard attack

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    A preliminary probe into the attack on a naval dockyard in Karachi last week has revealed that the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan’s (TTP) militants from Sindh province were involved in it, media reported Monday. The militants mounted attack on the naval dockyard Sep 6, but it was thwarted, Dawn online reported. One sailor and two attackers were…

  • Pak court orders release of protesters

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    The Islamabad High Court Sunday ordered the release of all arrested Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) protesters. Chief Justice Mohammad Anwar Khan Kasi earlier issued a notice to the government seeking its reply by Sep 17 on the decision to arrest protesters, Dawn online reported. On Saturday, a court in Islamabad sent around 100 PTI activists to…

  • Hundreds killed in Pak floods

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    Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Saturday said that at least 280 people have been killed due to the heavy rain and floods in various parts of the country. NDMA spokesman Ahmad Kamal said that more than two million people have been affected in the ongoing crisis, Dawn online reported. The statement comes as military…

  • Imran, Qadri end talks with govt.

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    Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Imran Khan and Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Tahir-ul-Qadri Saturday announced an end to negotiations with the government. This announcement came after nearly 300 PTI and PAT protesters were arrested from across Islamabad Friday, Dawn online reported. “I suggest to halt the ongoing dialogue with the government,” Imran Khan said. “We…

  • GALLERY: Floods in Lahore

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    Pakistani troops used helicopters and boats to evacuate thousands of displaced people from the country’s plains where raging monsoon floods inundated more villages on Thursday

  • Pak courts asks Why the sit-ins

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    The Lahore High Court (LHC) Friday asked the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and the Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) to submit written responses during the Sep 22 hearing of a petition against sit-ins in Islamabad. The petition was filed by citizen Mohammad Kamran, saying PTI and PAT leaders had violated the court’s orders by continuing their sit-ins…

  • Pakistan arrests Malala’s attackers

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    A group of Taliban terrorists who attacked Malala Yousafzai, the teenaged Pakistani girl education activist, and her friends in the country’s Swat district in 2012 has been arrested, the Pakistan Army announced . Since surviving the Taliban assassination attempt, Malala has become a global figure for the struggle of all children to study in school.…

  • Pak denies presence of ISIS supporters

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    Pakistan Thursday denied any presence of supporters of the Islamic State (IS) Sunni extremist group in the country and reiterated that it is against terrorism in all its forms and manifestations. No government source has confirmed presence of the IS supporters in the country, said foreign ministry spokesperson Tasnim Aslam, reported Xinhua. Aslam was responding…

  • Aalishan Pakistan’in Delhi

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    ‘Aalishan Pakistan’ inaugurated in Delhi despite protests ‘Aalishan Pakistan’, a lifestyle exposition, was inaugurated here Thursday despite protest by a group of men outside the venue. The delegation from the neighbouring nation is upbeat and says that protest doesn’t “affect” them. Rabiya Javeri Agha, secretary, Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDPA), said they are unperturbed…

  • Rajnath warns Pakistan

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    Threats from “across the border” will be dealt with firmly, said Home Minister Rajnath Singh whose two-day visit to Gujarat ends Thursday. “No stone will left unturned to provide tight security to India’s western coast,” the minister said late Wednesday at a meeting with BSF officials in the border town of Koteshwar. Koteshwar is the…

  • Some facts on Kashmir

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    Jas Uppal writes on some facts related to Kashmir in the backdrop of David Ward MP’s move to table a motion at British parliament David Ward the Member of Parliament for Bradford East recently tabled a motion to “debate” the political and humanitarian situation in Kashmir. This is scheduled to place in the British Parliament on Thursday…

  • Pakistan mosque roof collapse kills 24

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      The toll in the mosque roof collapse in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore rose to 24 Wednesday even as rescue work continued in the area, media reported. The collapse happened Tuesday afternoon when around 30 to 40 people were praying inside the mosque located in the suburban Daroghawala area of Lahore, the capital of…

  • Eight infants die in Pak hospital

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     At least eight infants were found dead Tuesday in the intensive care unit of a public hospital in Pakistan. According to sources, the infants were on ventilators which stopped working due to lack of oxygen in the cylinders at the District Headquarters Hospital of Vehari, Punjab province, Xinhua reported. As the families of the children…

  • Modi-Sharif meeting possible in New York

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    India Monday did not rule out a meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pakistani premier Nawaz Sharif on the sidelines of UN General Assembly session later this month, with External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj saying the government will respond according to the situation that develops. Talking to media persons here on 100 days’ work…

  • Search on for Pak sailor

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    The search for a Pakistani sailor, who was aboard a navy vessel and is believed to have jumped off in Australia’s Darwin Harbour, continued Monday. The sailor went missing from Pakistan Navy ship PNS Nasr Sunday morning, ABC reported. According to officials, police were alerted about the incident by the Australia Navy Sunday evening. “A backpack…

  • Modi offers help to Pakistan

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      Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday offered Indian assistance to Pakistan for flood relief operations in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, but Islamabad said its relief and rescue operations were proceeding effectively. “It is a matter of great distress that the retreating monsoon rains have played havoc in many parts of our two countries,” Modi said in a…

  • ‘ISI targeting India, Pak PM’

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     Suggesting that Pakistani army and its spy agency ISI were targeting India and their own Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in a dangerous game, a former CIA analyst has advocated greater US-India intelligence cooperation.Release of a new Al Qaeda videotape of its leader, Ayman Zawahiri, announcing the creation of an Al Qaeda franchise in India had…

  • UK concern over Pak situation

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    Britain asks citizens to review travel plans to Pakistan The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has advised its citizens to review their planned trips to Pakistan in view of the volatile security situation in the country. “There is a high threat of terrorism, kidnapping and sectarian violence throughout Pakistan,” Dawn online quoted an FCO…

  • Imran Khan booked under anti-terror act

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      Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan and fiery Qadri have been booked under the anti-terrorist act for attempting to attack Pakistan’s parliament. The police registered a First Information Report (FIR) against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Khan and Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Qadri on behalf of the government reports Gulf News. On Saturday night, supporters of Khan…

  • Stalemate in Pakistan

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    PTI president says political crisis in Pakistan scripted  In a clear sign of a revolt brewing within, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) president Javed Hashmi Monday claimed that the ongoing political crisis in the country was scripted amidst more clashes between anti-government protesters and police in the highly secured area of the capital Islamabad. “Imran Khan said…

  • Protersters break into PTV office

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    Protesters Monday took over the Pakistan Television (PTV) network office here, as a result of which transmission has disrupted in Islamabad.The protesters, who seemed to have faced no security obstacles, also barged into PTV’s control room, Dawn online reported.However, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Imran Khan said PTI protesters had not broken into the PTV building,…

  • Pak protesters closes in

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    Protestors in this Pakistan capital Monday moved beyond the Secretariat area and headed towards the Prime Minister’s House.At least five people were injured as the police fired tear gas, rubber bullets and resorted to baton-charge to prevent the protestors from moving any further, ARY News reported.A large number of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Awami…

  • Pak fashion lures Delhi

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    Wedding wear in India gets new offerings from Pakistan If you’re shopping for your wedding trousseau, don’t miss ‘Wedding Collection: A journey of Pakistan from Pret to Couture’, a range of innovative and detailed ensembles from across the border, available at PFDC – The Boulevard, a high-end store located in New Delhi. PFDC stands for…

  • Pak protester killed in police fire

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      At least one women protester was killed and over 50 were injured when police fired teargas and baton charged Saturday night as the protesters moved towards the prime minister’s house in Pakistan.Police started tear gas shelling when protesters of the Pakistan Awami Tehrik (PAT) and the Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) tried to enter into the…

  • Show is normal on cultural front

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    Shilpa Raina analyses the Indo-Pak ties in the backdrop of strained diplomatic level relations India may have called off the Aug 25 foreign secretary-level talks with Pakistan, but this hasn’t dampened the enthusiasm of trade associations and businessmen who are bridging the dented relationship through exhibitions and cultural exchanges to promote bilateral trade between the two…