Pakistan's caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar on Thursday announced that all New Year celebrations will be banned across the country in an expression of solidarity with Palestinians facing the brunt of Israeli operations in the Gaza Strip in the 11-week-long conflict since October 7, reported Geo News. "Pakistani nation is in a sad state so keeping in mind the situation, …
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Pakistani foreign minister says Islamabad looking at all ‘diplomatic and legal options’ to pressure India. Pakistan has suspended its main train service to India and banned Indian films as it kept up the diplomatic pressure on New Delhi for revoking the special status of Indian-administered Kashmir. The statement came as Minister of Railways Sheikh Rasheed announced the government’s decision “to …
Meanwhile, the All India Cine Workers Association issued a letter to prime minister Modi demanding a complete ban on the issuance of visas to members of the Pakistan film industry The decision of Indian film fraternity to not release their movies in Pakistan following Pulwama attack will have a fleeting effect on the box office collections, believe experts. Bollywood trade …
The US Department of the Treasury has designated its chief Saeed as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist. Islamabad: Pakistan on Thursday banned the 2008 Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed-led Jamat-ud-Dawa and its charity wing Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation, amid intense global pressure to rein in the militant groups following the Pulwama terror attack that killed 40 CRPF soldiers. A spokesman of the …
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