India is set to take its drive to isolate Pakistan and rally the international community against ‘cross-border terrorism’ to a summit of emerging market powers this weekend, when it hosts BRICS nations in the western state of Goa. For Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the gathering of leaders from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa offers an opportunity to highlight the threat he sees to Indian security from recent border clashes with Pakistan. But across the summit table at a resort hotel, Chinese President Xi Jinping is unlikely toRead More

  ISLAMABAD, October 14 (DNA): The Supreme Court on Friday has set pleas of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) for hearing on October 20 among those of others that call for probe of Panama leak against premier.   An esteemed three-member bench of the Supreme Court headed by the Chief Justice of Pakistan, Anwar Zaheer Jamali will hear the petitions nearly a week from today.   Political parties besides Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and Jamaat-e-Islami whose petitions are going to be heard are Awami Muslim League (AML) , Qaumi Watan PartyRead More

ISLAMABAD (DNA) – After more than a year of distress, BOL News Television Friday made its first hiring in Islamabad in preparation for a launch before the end of the year. Mazhar Tufail was serving in DNA news agency Islamabad as Deputy Editor. Senior journalist Mazhar Tufail was taken on board as executive correspondent and anchorperson in what is a fresh signing by BOL. He was not part of the original team.   According to sources, the hiring in Islamabad is now on as it is in Karachi and Lahore where someRead More