Author Archives: Dunya

India’s claim of surgical strikes far from reality

  Pakistani ambassador to United States Jalil Abbas Jilani on Sunday said that India’s claim of surgical strikes on Pakistan territory is far from reality.   In an interview to a US broadcaster, Jalil Abbas Jilani said India is calling the incident of firing on Line of Control (LoC) as surgical strikes in order to satisfy its people.   The ...

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Box Office: “Miss Peregrine” Tops With $28.5 Million

  LOS ANGELES, Tim Burton’s “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” topped a feeble crop of new releases to pick up first place at the weekend box office, opening to $28.5 million. “Miss Peregrine’s” is in a better position than “Deep Water Horizon,” after the expensive adventure drama from the “Lone Star” team of Mark Wahlberg and Peter Berg collapsed ...

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Militants fire on Indian army base in Kashmir

SRINAGAR, Militants opened fire on an Indian army camp in north Kashmir on Sunday night, the army said, two weeks after a similar attack killed 19 soldiers and ratcheted up tensions between India and Pakistan. It was not clear whether the attackers had breached the army camp perimeter, nor how many casualties there were.  

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US Continues To Follow LOC Situation

United States has said it is continuing to follow the situation at the line of control and urged calm and restraint by Pakistan and India. During a daily news briefing in Washington, Spokesperson of U.S. State Department, mark toner said Pakistani and Indian militaries have been in communication. The Spokesperson said United State believed that continued communication between both militaries ...

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China defend Azhar at UN

China extended its technical hold on India’s move to ban Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar at the United Nations (UN). The move will hold for at least three months, and comes two days before China’s hold was set to expire.   China’s foreign ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang said in Beijing, “The technical hold on India’s listing application submitted to the ...

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Formal Process To Begin By End Of March 2017

British Prime Minister Theresa May has said that she will formally begin the Brexit process by the end of March 2017. The PM’S Announcement on triggering article 50 of the Lisbon treaty – which begins the formal negotiation process – means the UK looks set to leave the EU by the summer of 2019. May also promised a bill to ...

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Hamilton retires while leading in Malaysia

World champion Lewis Hamilton retired with a blown engine while leading Sunday’s Formula One Malaysian Grand Prix, severely damaging his chances of claiming a fourth driver’s title. Hamilton, who started on pole, had been leading comfortably from Red Bull pair Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen when his engine burst into flames with 16 circuits of the 56-lap race remaining.

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DG ISPR Briefs Media Near LOC

Director General ISPR Lieutenant General Asim Saleem Bajwa has said the Pakistan armed forces are fully prepared to respond any aggression. Briefing the media persons in Baghsar he said Pakistani troops have given befitting response to Indian firing on the line of control. He said that the Indian side would have suffered causalities but it is hiding details in this ...

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President Summons Joint Session Of Parliament On Wednesday

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Dr. Maleeha Lodhi Meets U.N. Secy General

UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon has called for urgent de escalation of tension between Pakistan and India and an end to violence in the region. The UN chief made that call during a meeting with Pakistan’s UN ambassador Maleeha Lodhi, at un headquarters in New York. The secretary general said he was saddened by the loss of life of ...

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