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Islamabad, Mar 2: Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir will visit Pakistan on Saturday, carrying a ‘special message’ from Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, reported Samaa TV. Adel will hold discussions with his Pakistan counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi on the escalated tensions between India and Pakistan. The Saudi Foreign Minister was earlier expected to visit Pakistan on Thursday, but the

United Nations, Mar 22: The UN Security Council has designated Hamza bin Laden, the son of slain Al Qaida chief Osama bin Laden, under its sanctions list, subjecting him to a travel ban, assets freeze and an arms embargo as it described him as being seen as the “most probable successor” of the group’s current leader Aiman al-Zawahiri. The UN Security Council’s 1267 ISIS and Al Qaida Sanctions

Kuala Lumpur, Mar 2: Five years ago, their loved ones boarded a plane and vanished. The group of Malaysians meet about once a month - usually at a coffee shop or a home in Kuala Lumpur - to support each other and try to keep missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 in the public eye. Their relatives were among the 239 people onboard the Boeing 777 when it vanished enroute from Kuala Lumpur to

Pakistani citizens on Friday begun a campaign to confer the Nobel peace prize on their Prime Minister Imran Khan for his 'gesture of peace' as he announced on Thursday that his government plans to release captured Indian Air Force Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman. An online petition has already gathered more than 50 thousand signatures and on Friday, even before the captured Indian pilot has

New Delhi, Mar 1: akistan Prime Minister Imran Khan alleged on Thursday that all the "war hysteria" in India is because of the upcoming general elections. Imran Khan further alleged that he tried to speak to PM Narendra Modi yesterday (Wednesday) as well, but could not succeed in his bid to de-escalate the rising tension between India and Pakistan. Speaking at the Pakistan National Assembly, Imran

New Delhi, Mar 1: Hours after Pakistan announced its decision to release Indian Air Force pilot Abhinandan Varthaman, India conveyed to Islamabad that it wants him to be sent back via aerial route and not through the Wagah land border, official sources said. However, late in the night, Pakistan communicated to India that he will be returned through the Attari-Wagah border. The Indian defence

Jaba/Pakistan, Mar 1: The only confirmed victim of India's air strike against Pakistan is still unsure why he was shaken awake in the early hours of Tuesday by an explosion that rocked his mud brick house and left him with a cut above his right eye. “They say they wanted to hit some terrorists. What terrorists can you see here?” said 62-year-old Nooran Shah, a resident of Jaba village, near the

Washington, Mar 1: The United States on Thursday offered a USD 1 million reward for information on a son of late Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, seeing him as an emerging face of extremism. The location of Hamza bin Laden, sometimes dubbed the "crown prince of jihad," has been the subject of speculation for years with reports of him living in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Syria or under house arrest in

Islamabad, Mar 1: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has admitted that Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar is in Pakistan and is "unwell", but said the government can act against him only if India presents "solid" and "inalienable" evidence that can stand in a court of law. Qureshi's remarks came amid heightened tensions between India and Pakistan after the February 14 terror attack by

Washington, Mar 1: The US on Thursday welcomed Pakistan's decision to release captured Indian Air Force pilot, Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, from their custody. In a surprise announcement during a joint session of Parliament, Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Thursday that the captured IAF pilot Varthaman will be released on Friday as a gesture of peace. Pakistan detained Varthaman on