Day: August 28, 2017

Indian army chief wants troops to remain on guard in case of another standoff with China

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Indian Amry Cheif Bipin Rawat

Indian Army Chief General Bipin Rawat said on Sunday that situations similar to the ongoing standoff over Doklam Plateau between Indian and Chinese troops could recur in the future, adding that Indian troops should remain on guard, Times of India reported. According to the Indian daily, the army chief said that even if Beijing and New Delhi arrive at a resolution regarding the current standoff, “our troops on the border should not feel it cannot happen again”. “My message to the troops is to not let down [their] guard,” TOI quoted the army chief as saying.…

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Suicide bomber kills 13 in Helmand: Afghan official

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Suicide attack in helmand

A Taliban suicide bomber killed at least 13 people and wounded several more in an attack on a convoy of Afghan soldiers in Helmand province late Sunday, an official said. “A suicide bomber detonated an explosive-filled car as the Afghan National Army convoy passed a small market in Nawa District of Helmand,” Omar Zwak, a spokesman for the provincial governor, told AFP. He added that civilians and forces personnel were among the dead while more than a dozen others had been wounded. A source working at a nearby hospital told…

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LNG is the only solution to Pakistan’s energy crisis: PM Abbasi

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Shahid Khaqan Abbasi

Inaugurating the second Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal at Karachi’s Port Qasim on Sunday, Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said that LNG was the only solution to Pakistan’s energy crisis. “If you don’t add more gas into the system, you cannot fight the energy crisis,” he insisted, adding that other methods to produce energy are either too expensive or too slow. Talking about the challenges faced during the project, the prime minister said that many people had questioned it [the project] when it started but “Port Qasim came through” and…

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US aware of Afghan Taliban’s presence in Peshawar and Quetta: Gen John Nicholson

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John Nicholson

Gen John Nicholson, the top United States commander in Afghanistan, claimed on Saturday that the US was aware of Afghan Taliban leadership’s presence in Peshawar and Quetta, adding that the military would continue to put pressure on Taliban sanctuaries inside and outside Afghanistan. In an exclusive interview with Tolo News, the top commander John Nicholson, discussed US President Donald Trump’s recent speech in which he revealed his long-awaited policy on the Afghan war. Trump, in his first address as the commander-in-chief, called for greater troop deployment and Indian involvement in Afghanistan while lambasting…

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مردم شماری نتائج مسترد، متحدہ پاکستان کا احتجاجی ریلی کا اعلان

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Farooq Sattar

ایم کیو ایم پاکستان نے مردم شماری 2017ء کو مسترد کردیا اور 72 گھنٹوں میں احتجاجی ریلی نکالنے کا اعلان کیا ہے۔ پی آئی بی کالونی فٹبال گرائونڈ میں جنرل ورکرزاجلاس سے خطاب میں متحدہ پاکستان کے سربراہ فاروق ستار نے کہا کہ کراچی کی آبادی کم دکھاکر یہاں کی رہنے والی تمام قومیتوں کے ساتھ زیادتی کی گئی ہے۔ انہوں نے مزید کہا کہ حالیہ مردم شماری کو اس لئے مسترد کرتے ہیں کہ شہر کی آبادی 1کروڑ 60 لاکھ دکھائی گئی ہے جبکہ کراچی میں 3کروڑ کے قریب…

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افغان طالبان امریکا اور افغانستان کا مسئلہ ہیں،وزیر خارجہ

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khawaja asif

وزیر خارجہ خواجہ محمد آصف نے امریکی الزامات کو بے بنیاد قرار دے کر مسترد کردیا ،ان کاکہناتھاکہ امریکا نےکئی بار پاکستان کو استعمال کیا اور مصیبت ہمارے گلے میں ڈال کر چھوڑ چکا ہے۔ امریکی صدر ٹرمپ اور افغانستان میں امریکی فوج کے کمانڈر جنرل جان نکلسن کے بیان پر ردعمل میں خواجہ محمد آصف نے کہا کہ امریکا افغانستان میں 16 سالہ ناکامیوں کی ذمے داری پاکستان پر نہ ڈالے، افغانستان کا 40 فیصد حصہ اب بھی طالبان کے زیر اثر ہے۔ ان کا مزید کہناتھاکہ افغان طالبان…

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