Tag Archives: Pakistan

Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Kikuube has preferred charges of criminal trespass against a Pakistan national who was arrested inside Hoima Sugar limited factory premises on Wednesday. Ali Asim, 23, allegedly gained entry into the sugar factory premises situated in Kiswaza village, Munteme parish, Kizirafumbi sub county …

Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Kikuube district are holding a 23-year-old Pakistan national who was arrested inside Hoima sugar factory premises under unclear circumstances. The suspect holding a Pakistan passport has been identified as Ali Asim, who was a student at Rise and Shine secondary school Ntinda …

Islamabad, Pakistan | XINHUA | Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has tested positive for COVID-19, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health Faisal Sultan said on social media Saturday. The Ministry of National Health Service, Regulations and Coordination said on social media that the prime minister was not fully …

Karachi, Pakistan | AFP | A Pakistan passenger plane with more than 100 people believed to be on board crashed in the southern city of Karachi on Friday, the country’s aviation authority said. Images shown on national television showed the Pakistan International Airlines flight had smashed into a residential area. “The …

Islamabad, Pakistan | AFP | With porous borders, creaking hospitals and large illiterate populations, Afghanistan and Pakistan face a potentially devastating health crisis after the new coronavirus erupted in neighbouring Iran. Islamabad has closed official border crossings while Kabul has suspended all travel to the Islamic republic, which has reported …

Islamabad, Pakistan | AFP | Exiled former Pakistan military leader Pervez Musharraf was sentenced to death Tuesday after being found guilty of treason, a verdict that drew swift condemnation from the country’s armed forces which have ruled the country for almost half its 72-year history. The court’s decision marks the …

United Nations, United States | AFP | Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said Tuesday Donald Trump had asked him to mediate with Iran to defuse tensions, though the US president later suggested it was Khan who approached him and nothing was final. Khan met Trump and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani …

New Delhi, India | AFP | As tempers cool after an alarming confrontation between India and Pakistan, analysts say their leaders have emerged stronger — with Narendra Modi burnishing his nationalist credentials and Imran Khan cast as a peacemaker. Some 400,000 people have signed petitions for Khan, the former playboy …

Mumbai, India | AFP | An Indian man released last week after being jailed for six years in Pakistan issued advice on Friday not to follow his example and fall in love on Facebook. Hamid Nehal Ansari illegally entered Pakistan from Afghanistan in 2012 to meet a woman he had …

Peshawar, Pakistan | AFP | At least 31 people were killed and 50 wounded when a suicide blast ripped through a crowded marketplace in Pakistan’s restive northwestern tribal region Friday, officials said. The attack took place during the regular Friday bazaar in Kalaya, a town in a Shiite-dominated area of …