Thursday, September 24th, 2015
General Raheel Sharif visits LOC
General Raheel Sharif, COAS visited forward locations on LOC and met with soldiers deployed on the front lines.Wishing Eid Mubarak in advance to officers and troops, COAS appreciated their high state of morale, professionalism and valiance while defending motherland and giving a befitting response to Indian unprovoked firing.COAS said Indian continuous ceasefire violations on LOC and working boundary is an unsuccessful attempt to distract Pakistan from fight against terrorism. He said Pakistan Army is a battle hardened Army which has successfully handled two different kinds of war and is capableRead More
Over 750 Hujjaj killed in Mina
MAKKAH, SEPT 24: As many as 750 Hujjaj were killed during a stampede in the process of throwing stones at Satan. Over 900 people were seriously injured in this process. The stampede took place at the ground floor. There are three floor dedicated for this purpose. This is very strange that every year this process takes place and every year people are killed in this process. No steps seem to have taken to overcome this problem. Earlier this month over 140 people were killed in crane incident.
No meeting scheduled for Nawaz and Modi at UNGA
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and India have no plan to meet at the upcoming United Nations (UN) General Assembly, the Pakistani foreign office said on Thursday, scotching speculation that the leaders of the two nations might seek the opportunity to improve rocky ties.Both Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi are due to stay at the same hotel in New York during the meeting of world leaders this month, leading some media to speculate the two would meet.But Foreign Ministry spokesman Qazi Khalilullah denied those reports. “No proposal is onRead More
At least 25 killed in Yemen during Eid prayers
SANAA: Two suicide bombers blew themselves up at a mosque run by Houthi rebels in Sanaa on Thursday during Eidul Azha prayers, witnesses said.The Houthis Ansarullah group’s website said at least 10 people were killed in the attack. Medics, however, claim the attack killed at least 25 people and wounded dozens more.The blast happened in the Balili mosque where Houthi rebels go to pray, witnesses say.