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By Special CorrespondentIslamabad: The United States has updated its travel advisory to Pakistan, moving it down to Level 3 ‘reconsider travel’ category from the previous Level 4 ‘do not fly’ category.India, which was put in category 4 on 6 August due to increased cases of the novel Coronavirus, continues to be in the State Department’s “do not travel” advisory. “Reconsider travel to Pakistan due to COVID-19 and terrorism,” the State Department said in its latest travel advisory on Tuesday, replacing the August 10 travel advisory that had placed Pakistan in the highest Level 4 category. It urged US citizens not…

By Kaswar Klasra Lahore: Bringing shame to Pakistan, a nuclear-armed Muslim country of 210 million majority Sunni Muslim population, two unidentified people raped a woman , mother of two children, in the wee hours of Tuesday on Lahore motorway in front of her children. The incident has not only brought shame to entire country but also raised questions about how safe is Pakistan for women and girls. It was around 1:30 AM on Tuesday when the young woman’s cars ran out of petrol at one of Pakistan’s most busy and safe Motorway. She made desperate calls to police for help…

News DeskIslamabad: The Government of Pakistan has decided to hold a new session of the National Assembly and the Senate on 14 and 15 September respectively to adopt important bills, including one related to money laundering and terrorist financing, which was previously rejected by the Upper House of Parliament. The decision to call the new sessions was taken during a meeting between Prime Minister Imran Khan and his Parliamentary Affairs Advisor Babar Awan on Monday, according to a media report. After the postponement of the sessions of the Senate and National Assembly (NA) scheduled for Monday, Awan called on the…

By Special CorrespondentDoha – On the first International Day to Protect Education from Attack on 9 September 2020, Education Above All (EAA) Foundation and its global partners are calling for an end to attacks on education and for world leaders to safeguard this fundamental human right. The call comes amid the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on education globally, particularly in conflict zones and fragile states. This is not just another day on the UN calendar. Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Chairperson of EAA and UN Sustainable Development Goals Advocate, is calling today on world leaders to place…

ISLAMABAD TELEGRAPH REPORTRawalpindi: General Qamar Javed Bajwa, chief of army staff of Pakistan’s armed forces cautioned India to remain in its limits. He said India will have to face unprecedented consequences if it dare to Challenge Pakistan. “Pakistan Army is always ready to thwart nefarious designs of enemies just like it defeated a much bigger enemy in the 1965 war with India,” Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa said on Sunday. He made these remarks while addressing an investiture ceremony held at the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi to commemorate the Defence and Martyrs Day. The day of…

By Our Staff Reporter Karachi: A minor girl was raped, murdered and her body set ablaze in Pakistan. Cold blooded murder of five years old girl in Pakistan’s biggest city of Karachi has sent shocking waves across country of 210 million Sunni majority population. Minor girl was raped and murdered, police says.Police teams founded torched body of a minor girl Yesterday on on Sunday from Karachi’s Old Sabzi Mandi area, two days after she went missing. Five-year-old victim, Marwah, had been kidnapped and raped before being murdered. Her body was set on fire. She was reported missing from the Old…

By Special CorrespondentQuetta: A woman journalist and human rights activist was shot dead at her home in Turbat area of Balochistan’s Kech district on Saturday evening allegedly by her husband, police said.Deceased was identified as Shaheena Shaheena Shaheen who was working with state-run Pakistan Television. According to deceased’s colleagues, she was a local anchorperson at PTV and editor of a local magazine. She was also a student of fine arts at the University Of Balochistan. Police is investigating the case on priority. Investigators say, it can be a case of honor killing as preliminary investigation point revealed her husband may…

Islamabad : China rubished media reports that Taiwan shot down one of its fighter jets. Beijing on Friday clarified that report claiming that Taiwan shot down one of its Sukhoi-35 aircraft is completely “untrue and false information.”  “In response to the internet spread of “Taiwan shot down a CCP SU-35 aircraft?” Air Force Command solemnly refuted today that this is false information, and completely untrue,” the Ministry of National Defense of the Republic of China said in a statement. Western media reports earlier claimed that Taiwan shot down China’s fighter jet. An official statement from the Ministry of Defence, Taiwan…

By Special CorrespondentIslamabad: Lt Gen (R) Asim Saleem Bajwa has announced to resign from post of ‘Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information’.Speaking to a local news channel, Bajwa said he will continue to serve as the chairman of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Authority.Media reports quoted him as saying that he will present his resignation to Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday morning and request him to relieve him of the portfolio, which he was assigned on April 27.The announcement by the former chief of the Pakistan Army’s media wing came hours after he issued a four-page rebuttal to…

News DeskIslamabad: Pakistan on Wednesday refused controversial American blogger Cynthia Ritchie ‘s application for visa extension and ordered her to leave the country within 15 days. The Ministry of the Interior took the decision after the Islamabad High Court ( IHC) asked the authorities to make a final decision on the status of her stay in the country. Radio Pakistan reported that the ministry asked Ritchie to leave the country in 15 days as her visa was not extended. In June, IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah asked the Ministry for an explanation of the status and terms and conditions of…