Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday called for a solution to the decades-old Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan on the basis of the United Nations resolutions. Addressing the 76th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), he said in a wide-ranging speech to the 193-member assembly: “We maintain our stance in favour of solving the ongoing problem in Kashmir …

New Zealand’s cricket squad arrived home on Wednesday after abandoning their tour of Pakistan, with their stand-in captain Tom Latham praising the “brilliant” authorities for keeping Kiwi players safe during their stay. New Zealand’s withdrawal last week dealt a massive blow to Pakistan’s hopes of staging regular international cricket, with England subsequently calling off their men’s and women’s tours. Latham, New Zealand’s …

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly for the third consecutive day on Tuesday failed to complete its business due to lack of quorum, following a verbal clash between members of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) as both sides accused each other of rendering a large number of people jobless during their respective terms in the government. …

Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry said on Wednesday that the device used to send a threat to the New Zealand cricket team belonged to India. Addressing a press conference in Islamabad alongside Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, the minister said that the entire situation started due to a fake post by someone claiming to be Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan …

Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Wednesday that only those elements who were benefitting from a corrupt system were opposed to the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs) and had vested interests in resisting change in Pakistan. The premier made these remarks at a ceremony held in Islamabad to mark the signing of performance agreements between him and federal ministers. …

A small trainer aircraft of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) crashed near Mardan on Wednesday during a routine training mission, according to a PAF spokesperson. It was not clear whether any casualty occurred in the incident. “A board of Inquiry has been ordered to investigate the cause of the accident,” said the spokesperson. In a similar incident in August, a …

KHYBER: Over 300 Afghan students studying in various Pakistani educational institutions arrived through the Torkham border here on Tuesday. Officials of the Khyber district administration received 332 Afghan students at the border, who were then sent in tight security to Peshawar, Abbotabad and Rawalpindi, where they are enrolled in different colleges and universities. The officials said that another batch of …

ISLAMABAD: In a significant development, the government and the opposition on Tuesday agreed on the formation of a parliamentary panel on electoral reforms. The decision was taken at a meeting of parliamentary representatives from treasury and opposition benches with National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser at the Parliament House. The development came amid a raging controversy over the government’s plan to …

ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet on Tuesday approved a 44 per cent increase in the house rent allowance ceiling of government employees in view of high rents of residences in major cities, especially Islamabad. It also decided to remove legislators from parliamentary committees who have any conflict of interest with the panels. The meeting, which was presided over by Prime Minister …

PESHAWAR: The National Data­base and Registration Authority (Nadra) has updated details of over half million registered Afghan refugees as part of the countrywide campaign to issue renewed Proof of Registration (PoR) cards. The United Nations High Commis­sioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said in a statement here on Tuesday that some 1.4 million registered Afghan re­­­fugees were being verified and is­sued with …