New Delhi: Australia on Saturday announced that its Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will attend the G20 summit in Delhi on September 9 and 10. The Australian prime minister’s visit to India will be part of his three-nation tour. The other two countries that he will be visiting are Indonesia and the Philippines. “From September 9-10, the…
Islamabad: Senator Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar was on Saturday picked as Pakistan’s caretaker Prime Minister to govern the cash-strapped country and oversee general elections later this year. Outgoing Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and the Leader of Opposition Raja Riaz finalised his name after two rounds of deliberations. Kakar, a lawmaker belonging to Balochistan Awami Party (BAP), will lead…
London: Disruptive technologies and innovations enhancing the capabilities of the instruments of war are making the present-day battlespace more complex and lethal, Army Chief General Manoj Pande said during his UK visit on Thursday. In his historic address as the first Indian to represent King Charles III at the Sovereign’s Parade at the Royal Military Academy,…
Islamabad: Pakistan President Arif Alvi dissolved the National Assembly on Wednesday at outgoing Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s advice, marking an end to the current government’s tenure and paving the way for the next general elections. The notification for the dissolution of the assembly was issued by the Aiwan-i-Sadr, which said the National Assembly was dissolved…
Islamabad: Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s bid to get his conviction suspended in a corruption case did not succeed on Wednesday as the Islamabad High Court adjourned the hearing but assured him that his case would be decided in four to five days. Khan, 70, was sentenced to three years in prison by an…
Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is likely to step down on Wednesday as the coalition government led by him is all set to dissolve Pakistan’s National Assembly prematurely to get extra time for holding the general elections scheduled for later this year. The five-year tenure of the lower house of the Parliament is ending on August…
Colombo: Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Tuesday briefed the Cabinet on intelligence reports warning of attempts by certain groups to create public unrest of the type that had happened on May 9 last year. The Cabinet spokesman and minister Bandula Gunawardena said the water crisis for cultivation caused by the ongoing drought was used…
Washington: A bipartisan group of US lawmakers are travelling to India to participate in the Red Ford address of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 15 among other things, according to an official statement. The bi-partisan Congressional delegation is led by Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna and Congressman Michael Waltz. The two are co-chairs of the bipartisan…
Islamabad: Imran Khan awoke on Sunday as an inmate in the high-security Attock prison in Attock city but should have been in Adiala jail in Rawalpindi, according to the order issued by an Islamabad trial court that found the former Pakistan prime minister guilty in a corruption case. Khan, 70, was arrested from his home in…
Karachi: At least 15 people were killed and scores others injured after five bogies of a Rawalpindi-bound train derailed in Pakistan on Sunday, police said. The Hazara Exprewas was headed to Rawalpindi from Karachi and the accident took place near the Sarhari Railway Station in Nawabshah area. According to reports, more injuries and casualties are feared….
