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New Delhi: Raj Kapoor's ancestral haveli in Pakistan's Peshawar suffered serious damage following heavy rains and a strong earthquake on Friday night. PTI quoted officials and local residents as saying that a portion of the iconic haveli collapsed overnight. Continuous rain caused structural damage and weakened the century-old building. The tremors further destabilised the already dilapidated structure, the report added. Shakeel Waheedullah, secretary of the Heritage Council in Khyber Pakhtun ...Read More >
LAHORE, Apr 04 (APP): Provincial Information Minister Punjab Azma Bokhari has said that praise to Allah, once again Punjab has surpassed all provinces in providing relief and whenever the turn comes to provide relief to the people, Punjab will be at the forefront. She said that Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif feels peace of mind by providing relief to the people and she has never left the people of Punjab alone but has stood with the people in every difficult time and Maryam Nawaz has ...Read More >
Gurdaspur, Punjab, India - Ramesh Kumar, 42, is anxiously doing the calculations for his crops this year. Standing at the edge of his wheat field in northwest Punjab's Gurdaspur, he runs through the numbers in his head, totting up fertiliser costs, expected yield, and market prices. Then he shifts to more personal concerns: School fees, household expenses, loan repayments and the money he has been saving for his daughter Varsha's wedding. "I don't know if we can afford it this year," he says. ...Read More >
Kokrajhar (Assam) [India], February 17 (ANI): A massive fire broke out on Tuesday in an oil tanker on NH-27 in the Gossaigaon area of Assam's Kokrajhar district. Fire tenders arrived at the site of the incident and all efforts are being made to douse the fire. A thick plume of smoke is emerging from the site of the incident. Further details are awaited. Also Read | Maruti Suzuki e Vitara Launched: Check Price, Specifications, Features and Battery Rental Plan. On Monday, at least seven people ...Read More >
Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], February 17 (ANI): Terming the visit of Bill Gates, Chairman of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, as a significant moment for Andhra Pradesh, TDP MP Kesineni Sivanath (Chinni) on Tuesday said the engagement would give a major boost to the state's development initiatives. Speaking to reporters in Vijayawada, Sivanath said that Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates and the Andhra Pradesh government are working in close coordination to promote g ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Indian cricket greats Sunil Gavaskar and Kapil Dev joined a dozen other former international captains on Tuesday in demanding better prison treatment for "one of the finest all-rounders" of the game Imran Khan, Pakistan's former prime minister. Cricketer-turned-politician Khan, 73, has been in jail since August 2023, convicted in a string of cases that he says were politically driven following his ouster in a 2022 parliamentary vote. Khan's lawyer told Pakistan's ...Read More >
BAHAWALPUR, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 26th Oct, 2025) Speakers at a seminar strongly condemned the Indian armed forces for committing atrocities and violence against innocent people in Indian Held Kashmir. According to an official press release, the seminar was organized by the Department of Pakistan Studies, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur (IUB), to denounce India's ongoing oppression in the region. The event included a detailed discussion on India's illegal and oppressive occupa ...Read More >
New Delhi: Pakistani security forces killed three terrorists allegedly involved in a suicide attack plot in the North Waziristan district of northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. A statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Saturday, October 25, said that security forces, in an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in the Jhallar area of the district, "foiled a major terrorist incident and averted a potentially devastating attack." The operation was based on credible int ...Read More >
New Delhi: In a key revelation, former CIA Officer John Kiriakou has said that Al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden, who was the most wanted terrorist for the United States after terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, had escaped from Tora Bora hills in the guise of a woman. In an exclusive interview with ANI, Kiriakou, who was in the CIA for 15 years and was the chief of CIA counterterrorism operations in Pakistan, also said they did not know that the translator for the commander of Central Comm ...Read More >
With just over a month to go before the opening match, Pakistan has withdrawn from the FIH Men's Junior World Cup hockey tournament, scheduled to be played from November 28 to December 10 in Chennai and Madurai, citing political tensions with India as the reason. According to a report in Telecom Asia Sport (www.telecomasia.net), the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF), after consulting their government, has sent an official intimation to FIH, which will in turn inform Hockey India. This is the seco ...Read More >
New Delhi: Millions of Afghans fled to Iran and Pakistan in search of a better life due to the civil war in Afghanistan. However, these Afghans did not find a better life; instead, Muslim countries have forced them into a miserable existence. First, Iran expelled thousands of Afghan refugees, and now, Pakistan is also expelling millions of Afghans from the country in several batches. Following the Pak-Afghanistan violence, the Pakistani government has adopted a tough stance towards Afghan refug ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Afghanistan cricket community was left in shock following a drone strike in Paktika province that claimed the lives of three promising cricket players. Three promising cricket players were killed in a drone strike in Paktika province, shocking the cricket community in Afghanistan. Speaking on Tuesday, ACB spokesperson Sayed Naseem Sadaat said they have video footage and other clear evidence linking Pakistan to the attack. The Afghanistan Cricket Board has withdrawn the national t ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 18 (ANI): The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) expressed its deep sorrow and condolences on the tragic loss of three young Afghan cricketers - Kabeer Agha, Sibghatullah, and Haroon - who lost their lives in the cross-border airstrikes in Afghanistan's southeastern Paktika province. "The BCCI stands in solidarity with the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB), the cricket fraternity, and the families of the departed players during this moment of profound grief an ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 18 (ANI): The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) expressed its deep sorrow and condolences on the tragic loss of three young Afghan cricketers - Kabeer Agha, Sibghatullah, and Haroon - who lost their lives in the cross-border airstrikes in Afghanistan's southeastern Paktika province. "The BCCI stands in solidarity with the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB), the cricket fraternity, and the families of the departed players during this moment of profound grief an ...Read More >
New Delhi: In a tragic development, eight Afghan club-level cricket players have been killed and four others injured in Pakistani airstrikes on Paktika province, credible sources within the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) confirmed to the media. According to officials, the players had returned to Argun district from Sharana, the provincial capital, after participating in a local tournament. They were attending a dinner gathering when the area was bombed by the Pakistani military regime. Source ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 16 (ANI): The Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday said that India stands with Afghanistan sovereignty on its tensions with Pakistan. Spokesperson of MEA, Randhir Jaiswal, while addressing the weekly press briefing here said that Pakistan is habituated in blaming its neighbours for its internal problems. On the developments that are happening on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, we are closely monitoring the situation three things are clear. One, Pakistan hosts te ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) The situation in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) is set to turn worse as the Pakistan Army continues with its atrocities, and the protesters do not relent. The PoK administration has ordered an indefinite lockdown amidst protests by Pakistan's Jammu and Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JKJAAC). The organisation has decided to take the issue international, with calls being made to Kashmiris globally to raise the issue. The JKJAAC has been flagging major is ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Pakistan Army is facing a major crisis in Balochistan due to a massive uprising by the locals. Pakistan has managed for a long time to give the perception that all is well in the country. The Balochistan issue has, however, exposed Pakistan's bluff, and the capability of its army is evident from the fact that it has suffered huge losses at the hands of its own people. With Balochistan becoming a tipping point, the Pakistan government is gearing up for anot ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) The political fallout of Team India's refusal to accept the Asia Cup 2025 trophy from Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Mohsin Naqvi has intensified, with the BJP hailing the move and the Congress calling it a misstep by the government. Following India's victory in the Asia Cup final, an unusual scene unfolded during the post-match ceremony. PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi, who was present on the presentation stage, was expected to hand over the trophy and medals t ...Read More >
Mumbai, September 29: Former Pakistan spinner Danish Kaneria weighed in on the Asia Cup trophy presentation controversy, stating that Team India would have accepted the trophy from Mohsin Naqvi had he been just the Asian Cricket Council president rather than being directly involved with the Pakistan government. After beating Pakistan by five wickets in the summit clash, the Indian team refused to accept the Asia Cup trophy during the presentation ceremony, following a 90 minute delay, from ACC c ...Read More >
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], September 27 (ANI): Former Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police (DGP) SP Vaid hit out at Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif over his address at the 80th United Nations General Assembly, saying Pakistan was a country that deserved a Nobel Prize for "speaking lies". Speaking to ANI, Vaid mocked Pakistan's armed forces and government for bombing their own citizens. "If there's one nation that deserves a Nobel Prize for speaking lies, it is Pakistan. ...Read More >
Chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday hit out at the BJP-led central government for refusing permission to Sikh jathas (groups of pilgrims) to visit Pakistan for the Sikhism founder, Guru Nanak's Parkash Gurpurab in November, accusing the government of "double standards." Questioning the Centre's advisory, Mann asked when a cricket match between India and Pakistan was allowed during the Asia Cup, why the Sikh jathas were being denied the opportunity to pay obeisance at their shrines. He said t ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Sep 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Badal on Monday urged Union Home Minister Amit Shah to review the advisory to various state governments not to process applications for the pilgrimage to Nankana Sahib in Pakistan on the pious occasion of Prakash Purb of Sri Guru Nanak Dev in November. In a statement here, the SAD President said Sikh pilgrims had undertaken visits to holy shrines in Pakistan under the framework of the Nehru-Liaquat Pact of 1950, whi ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Sep 15 (PTI) Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Monday urged Union Home Minister Amit Shah to review his ministry's advisory to various state governments to not process applications of Sikh jathas for pilgrimage to Sri Nankana Sahib in Pakistan on the occasion of 'Parkash Purb' of Guru Nanak Dev in November. Badal shared an advisory by the under secretary of the home affairs department to the chief secretaries of Punjab and other neighbouring states which rea ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 15 (PTI) Members of a delegation of the Korean National Defense University visited the National Defence College (NDC) here aiming to enhance interaction at senior leadership level and gain insights into training curriculum, officials said. The 18-member delegation is led by Lee Soojin, a professor at the university in South Korea. Members of the delegation visited the NDC today, a senior official of the Indian defence ministry said. "The visit's objective was to enhance interact ...Read More >
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], September 14 (ANI): Former Director General of Police (DGP) of Jammu and Kashmir, SP Vaid on Sunday sharply criticised Pakistan following reports that Islamabad is directly funding the terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba's headquarters' reconstruction. Speaking to ANI, the former J-K DGP expressed concern that donations meant for flood relief in Pakistan are being diverted to rebuild the Lashkar-e-Taiba's headquarters in Muridke. SP Vaid said, "I think it was 7th M ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) Former Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police S.P. Vaid has issued a blistering critique of Pakistan's governance and its use of public development funds to rebuild a terror headquarters rather than aid its poor, and strongly defended India's stance on sporting ties with Pakistan. "I think people of Pakistan must realise that the army rule in Pakistan should be used to build homes for the poor and to provide relief. They are giving that money to rebuild ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 13 (PTI) As a team of US Navy Seals dropped down on Osama bin Laden's hideout in Pakistan's Abbottabad in the early hours of May 2, 2011 - killing the terrorist after a decade-long pursuit - the leaders of the nation engaged in a meeting to reach a power-sharing consensus between the two coalition parties, unaware of the events that would put it in the "most embarrassing position" hours later. "The Zardari Presidency: Now It Must Be Told", a new book by Farhatullah Babar, a close ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) Pakistan have scored a diplomatic victory after the U.S. labelled the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) as a terrorist organisation. The Majeed Brigade, too, was added as an alias of the BLA's previous Specially Designated Global Terrorist classification. While Pakistan is upbeat about the move, analysts in India say that this could only go on to worsen the problem for Islamabad. While incidents of violence have gone up in Balochistan, the situation is no diff ...Read More >
PPP chairman describes 26th Amendment as a historic success that is permanent, not limited to any specific era He described the 26th Amendment as a historic success that is permanent, not limited to any specific era. Regarding the 27th Amendment, Bilawal dismissed it as mere talk and said he has not received any contact from the government on this matter so far. The PPP Chairman demanded the federal government immediately convene an NFC meeting and issue a new NFC Award, stating that while pro ...Read More >
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