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NUST’s Science and Technology Park now open for business | Pakistan
NUST’s Science and Technology Park now open for business ISLAMABAD: Science and Technology Park, developed by National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) in Islamabad, has opened doors to its first resident companies. Fully university hosted and integrated across a 50-acre site, the park aims to enhance and increase research and development, promote linkages between …
Priyanka Chopra accused of ‘encouraging nuclear war’ with Pakistan | World news
Priyanka Chopra has been accused of “encouraging nuclear war” over comments she made amid worsening tensions between India and Pakistan. The Indian actor, who made her name in Bollywood before moving to the US, was confronted by an audience member at a cosmetics event in Los Angeles. The woman, who named herself on Twitter as …
Pakistan Runs Out of Options as India Tightens Grip on Kashmir
NEW DELHI — The dispute over Kashmir has long been a flash point for war between India and Pakistan, with each nuclear-armed country holding the threat of retaliation over the other. But when India stripped the Indian-controlled region of Kashmir of its autonomy this week, Pakistan’s reaction appeared to be limited to high-level hand-wringing. As …
India to try to revoke Kashmir’s special status | World news
India is to attempt to withdraw the special status of the disputed territory of Kashmir and split the state in two, in a move likely to face major resistance in the Muslim-majority state and escalate tensions with Pakistan. The proposal, which has been advocated by Hindu nationalists for decades, is the most radical change any …
India introduces plan to end Kashmir’s special status
Border villagers play cards as they sit near a Indian post at Chandu Chak village of Ranbir Singh Pura sector near the India-Pakistan international border, about 35km from Jammu on February 28, 2019 in Jammu, India. Nitin Kanotra | Hindustan Times | Getty Images India’s government on Monday revoked the special status of Kashmir in a bid …
Heightened security and anxiety in Kashmir amid fears of unrest | World news
People across the Indian-administered side of Kashmir queued for hours outside petrol stations and cash machines on Sunday following a heightening of security measures that has prompted fears of unrest. Thousands of tourists and Hindu pilgrims have been evacuated since Friday, after the Indian government cancelled the annual Amarnath Yatra, a 45-day pilgrimage to a …
Thousands of tourists flee Kashmir after security alert | World news
Tens of thousands of tourists, pilgrims and workers have begun leaving the disputed region of Kashmir after local officials issued a security alert and India said it had killed at least five militants who were trying to attack its forces. The Foreign Office yesterday issued new advice to avoid all travel to Jammu and Kashmir, …
Pakistan military plane crash kills 17 in Rawalpindi suburb | World news
Seventeen people were killed when a small military plane crashed into a residential area in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi, officials have said. The crash created a fireball that lit up the night sky and terrified residents after the plane came down in a poor village in the garrison city that is home to the …
Trump Afghanistan remarks suggesting US military could end war in 10 days draws Afghan call for explanation today
Kabul, Afghanistan — The Afghan government asked Tuesday for clarification of President Donald Trump’s statement that the U.S. military could end the war in Afghanistan in 10 days, but that the country would be wiped out in the process. Mr. Trump suggested on Monday, in a seemingly off-hand remark, that he could order such a …
Pakistan Imran Khan meets Trump to talk economy, terror, Afghanistan
President Donald Trump and the Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Imran Khan, speak to the media in the Oval Office at the White House on July 22, 2019 in Washington, DC. Mark Wilson | Getty Images Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s three-day visit to the U.S. is not likely going to do …
