Author: Blake Morgan

All eyes are on Vijay Varma, who has had a great year so far. After the success of his last few releases – Dahaad, Lust Stories 2, and Kaalkoot, Vijay Varma will be seen in Jaane Jaan next. The actor will be sharing screen space with Kareena Kapoor and  Jaideep Ahlawat in the Sujoy Ghosh film. Now, Vijay Varma has shared a bunch of images with his co-stars that have the internet excited. Dressed in a  grey suit, Vijay Varma looks dapper as she stands alongside Kareena Kapoor in red and  Jaideep Ahlawat in a dusty pink ensemble. In the caption, he wrote, “Hello Jaane Jaan.”Several fans of the…

Talking to reporters at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of South Asia here, Sharma also said presently no “serious discussion” is taking place on the issue between the two governments The recruitment of Gorkhas from Nepal to the Indian Army under the Agnipath scheme has been put on “pause”, but the matter has not been closed, Nepal’s Ambassador to India Shankar Prasad Sharma said on Monday. Talking to reporters at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of South Asia here, Sharma also said presently no “serious discussion” is taking place on the issue between the two governments. “I don’t think this is a…

Pakistan is celebrating a win at World Junior Squash Championship after a long wait of 37 years. Hamza Khan, 17, on Sunday won the title after defeating Egypt’s Mohamed Zakaria 3-1 in a thrilling match in Melbourne, Australia. The last time a Pakistani won the championship was in 1986 when the legendary Jansher Khan lifted the trophy. Since then, only two Pakistanis have managed to make it to the final, the last in 2008. Hamza belongs to Nawa Killi village in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which has produced some of the legends of squash – a game Pakistan once…

The Embassy of Pakistan organized, July 02, 2023, an Alumni gathering for Nepali Army officers who have been trained in various institutions of Pakistan Armed Forces. General Prabhu Ram Sharma, Chief of Army Staff Nepali Army was the chief guest on the occasion. A good number of serving and retired Nepali Army officers attended the event. In his welcoming remarks, Col Muhammad Ali Alvi, Defence Attaché Embassy of Pakistan highlighted the vibrant bilateral relations between the two-Armed Forces of Nepal and Pakistan especially in the training domain. The Defense Attaché Alvi underscored commitment by Pakistan Armed Forces for capacity building of Nepali Army.COAS General Prabhu Ram Sharma…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The international rights group Amnesty International called on Pakistan’s government Tuesday to stop what it described as random arrests of Afghan refugees, including those with Pakistani visas. Millions of Afghans fled to Pakistan during the 1979-1989 Soviet occupation of their country, creating one of the world’s largest refugee populations. More than 100,000 Afghans crossed the border to avoid persecution at home after the Taliban seized power in August 2021. The Taliban have announced a pardon and urged Afghans not to leave the country. The majority of Afghan refugees living in Pakistan say they are facing delays in…

Turkmenistan and Tajikistan plan to collaborate on creating a new transport corridor that will allow both countries to access Europe via the Caspian Sea. On May 10, in Dushanbe, with the participation of both heads of state, Emomali Rahmon and Serdar Berdimuhamedov, 24 new documents on cooperation were signed between the two countries (Aiatt.tj, May 13). Special attention was paid to the prospects of developing international transport corridors passing through the territory of both countries, including infrastructure development within the purview of the China-dominated Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Program (Carecprogram.org, accessed June 14). Two of the signed documents relate…

ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Rear Admiral Shahram Irani, Commander of Islamic Republic of Iran Navy called on Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Baber Sidhu, Chief of the Air Staff, Pakistan Air Force (PAF) on Monday and lauded the professionalism of PAF personnel. The meeting was focused on areas of mutual interest and regional developments, a PAF news release said. During the meeting, the Chief of the Air Staff highlighted that the advancement in space, electronic warfare, cyber and niche technologies coupled with artificial intelligence had profoundly affected the traditional environment of national security. He briefed the visiting dignitary about various…

KARACHI: Inventory shortage continues to trouble the auto industry as Pak Suzuki Motor Co. Ltd (PSMC) announced another shutdown for two weeks at both its car and bike plants. The company made the announcement in a statement released to the Pakistan Stock Exchange. “Due to shortage of inventory level, the management of the company has decided to shut down motorcycle and automobile plant from June 22, 2023 to July 8, 2023,” the notice read. Auto is one of the sectors affected by current economic conditions in Pakistan as the importers have been struggling to get their letters of credit (LCs)…

LAHORE: The “key smuggler” involved in the unfortunate incident of a boat capsizing off the Greek coast has been arrested, the police said Tuesday, as families of the deceased seek justice from authorities. “Prime suspect in Greek shipwreck and human smuggling arrested in Vehari police operation,” Punjab Inspector General Usman Anwar said in a statement released from the Punjab Police’s account on Twitter. As per the details shared by the police, the suspect was arrested after 24-hour long action by Vehari police. It said that the provincial police department was fully cooperating with the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to arrest more suspects…

KARACHI: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Monday denied the impression that there was any “political difference” between his party and the PML-N, hoping that politics of both the parties would be carried forward according to the Charter of Democracy. The differences between the two parties emerged after the scion of the Bhutto dynasty in a public gathering in Swat on Saturday accused the ruling coalition government of ignoring the provinces that bore the brunt of last year’s devastating floods in the proposed budget. “The budget for fiscal 2023-24 contains little of the PPP’s input,” he said, adding that “If…