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  • BSF arrests Pak woman in Samba District of Jammu and Kashmir

    Border Security Force (BSF) personnel have arrested a Pakistani woman who entered Indian territory along the Indo-Pak border in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district on Friday. Border Security Force personnel observed some suspicious movement along the International Border near the Kamore forward post in the Ramgarh area of Samba sector and arrested the woman. Nothing incriminating was recovered ...

  • Suicide blast leaves 4 killed several injured in NW Pakistan

    Beijing, May 24 (Xinhua-ANI): At least four people were killed and several others injured when a suicide bomber hit a mosque in Pakistan's northwest Peshawar city Friday afternoon, local media reported. Urdu TV channel Dunya said that the blast happened at about 2: 00 p.m. (local time) when an unknown suicide bomber blew himself up at the main gate of the mosque located in a seminary in Hafiz ...

  • PCB to soon bring umpires under domain

    The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has said that it would soon introduce new rules to bring Pakistan umpires under its 'domain' so that they can keep a check on their behaviour. The PCB made this statement in the wake of the International Cricket Council's (ICC) decision to withdraw Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf from the ICC Champions Trophy following his questioning in connection with the ...

  • Pak releases 45 Indian fishermen as goodwill gesture

    Pakistan has freed 45 Indian fishermen on humanitarian grounds as a goodwill gesture, officials have said. Caretaker Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso decided last week to release the Indian fishermen who have already served their sentences, reports The News. The authorities released a group of 45 prisoners from Karachi, Malir prison who later boarded a bus that will take them to the eastern ...

  • Kashmir takes initiative for digitisation of indigenous manuscripts

    In an endeavour to preserve the region's cultural heritage and pass the baton to youth, authorities in Jammu and Kashmir have undertaken a digitisation drive of rare manuscripts The digitisation work had started in Srinagar, where the bulk of manuscripts and calligraphy specimen are stored. Mohammad Ashraf, in charge of the calligraphy wing, said that it would help future generations in ...

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  • Kashmir sericulturists reap profits by shifting to bivoltine for better yield

    In an effort to revamp the silk industry and reap good profits, the Department of Sericulture in Jammu and Kashmir has shifted to bivoltine sericulture technology. Kashmir silk industry was once holding a significant position in the world due to its superior quality and lustre, but gradually, the industry witnessed a sharp decline. With the recent initiatives undertaken by the sericulture ...

  • Nawaz Sharifs govt. faces urgent calls to address violence against journalists

    The new government of Pakistan has faced urgent calls to address the country's appalling record of violence against journalists. The Committee to Protect Journalists has said in a major new report that a total of 23 journalists were murdered in the past decade, with not a single conviction, reports The Independent. The CPJ's Asia programme coordinator Bob Dietz said that the government, ...

  • Five suspected militants arrested in Jammu and Kashmir

    Five suspected militants have been arrested with heavy arms and ammunition in connection with a botched plot to kill security personnel near the Thathri Police Station in Doda District. According to reports, the ultras have been identified as Abdul Rashid, Akhter Hussain, Mohammad Rafi, Altaf Hussain and Mohammad Yaqoob. Police also confirmed the seizure of one AK-56 rifle, three magazines of ...

  • China takes over operational control of Pakistans Gwadar Port

    China has successfully taken over the operational control of Pakistan's Gwadar Port. After pull out by Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) of a 40-year port management and development contract signed in 2007, China will operate the port, which is strategically located close to the Pakistan-Iran border and the Strait of Hormuz in south-western Balochistan province, reports the Daily Times. The ...

  • Osama doc Afridi was denied asylum in US reveals report

    Jailed Pakistani doctor, Shakil Afridi, who helped the US track down Osama bin Laden, had applied for asylum in the US but was denied by authorities, according to a classified Pakistani government report. The 357-page Abbottobad Commission Report, which has yet to be made public, said also that Afridi was convicted by a tribal court on bogus charges, and that it has undermined Pakistan's ...

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