Kharge, Rahul hold meeting with AICC secretaries, joint secys to strengthen organisation

    NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and former party chief Rahul Gandhi held a meeting with AICC secretaries and joint secretaries here on Tuesday during which ways to strengthen the party organisation were discussed.   Kharge and Gandhi met the leaders at the AICC headquarters and sought their feedback on strengthening the organisation […]

We were not prepared for red-ball cricket: Pakistan skipper Masood

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan’s Test captain Shan Masood remained unworried about his future despite a demoralising series defeat against Bangladesh, but admitted that the team was not really prepared for the grind of red-ball cricket. Bangladesh defeated Pakistan by six wickets in the second Test here on Tuesday to complete a 2-0 series victory – a first […]

Imran Khan says he will hold talks only with Pakistan’s powerful establishment

  ISLAMABAD: Jailed former prime minister Imran Khan Monday dismissed rumours about negotiations with the Pakistan government, saying he will hold talks only with the powerful establishment to end the political impasse in the country.   “Whenever the topic of negotiations arises, they start making noise about May 9 (violence). We are always ready for […]

UK declares partial suspension of arms exports to Israel

LONDON: The UK on Monday announced a partial suspension of some arms exports to Israel amid fears that they might be used to commit “a serious violation of international humanitarian law”.   UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy issued a statement in the House of Commons to declare that around 30 of 350 export licences will […]

Pak economy moving towards stability: Shehbaz Sharif

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Sunday that the economy was moving towards stability owing to the hard work of his financial team and inflation was coming down.   He expressed satisfaction over the nose-diving of the inflation rate in the country as indicated by the data of the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, according […]

PM Modi to visit Brunei, Singapore in first week of September

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Brunei on September 3-4, seeking to further strengthen the bilateral cooperation in all existing sectors, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Friday.   This will be the first bilateral visit of an Indian prime minister to Brunei, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said at […]