Jammu: A woman has been booked by Indian police in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district for allegedly using Virtual Private Network (VPN) services on her mobile phone. According to Kashmir Media Service, the woman identified as, Meena Sharma, faces charges under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) for allegedly defying the ban. Read…
Modi sacrificing Kashmir’s horticulture for destructive development: Growers Srinagar: Apple farmers in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama and Shopian districts have once again raised strong objections to a proposed railway line project, warning that it threatens to devastate their orchards and destroy their only means of livelihood. According to Beyond the Time News,…
Srinagar: In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, a houseboat was completely gutted in a fire incident at the Karpora area of Dal Lake near Dol Dam on Saturday. According to Beyond the Time News, officials said the houseboat, identified as “Cherry Stone” and owned by Ghulam Ahmad Dabloo, caught fire due to a suspected…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the United States on Saturday agreed to enhance collaboration in bilateral security and border management. The agreement was reached as Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi held a meeting with a high-level US delegation led by US Chargé d’Affaires Natalie Baker. The meeting featured in-depth deliberation on boosting relations between the two countries and…
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has summoned the Punjab Chief Secretary and the Local Government Secretary to appear in person before the commission on Jan 22 to explain delay in activities required to hold long-delayed local elections in the province, an informed source told Dawn on Friday. “This step is being taken to ensure urgent…
PTI senators slam ban on meetings with Imran Law minister says jail superintendent responsible for meetings, denies solitary confinement claim ISLAMABAD: Senators on Friday called for keeping tabs on the use of social media platforms by children under 18, with the chair proposing a special committee to develop safeguards in consultation with relevant ministries. The…
Washington: An American journal has strongly supported Pakistan’s position regarding India’s actions against the Indus Waters Treaty, warning that these steps could pose a serious humanitarian threat in South Asia. According to Betond the Time News, the US publication, The National Interest, in its report said India’s suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty has introduced…
Hate speech against minorities, including Muslims and Christians, in India rose by 13 per cent in 2025, with most incidents occurring in states governed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), a Washington-based research group said on Tuesday. India Hate Lab documented 1,318 instances of what it called hate speech in…
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday reaffirmed that pension is a vested constitutional right, not a bounty or a privilege granted at the discretion of the employer. Justice Muhammad Shafi Siddiqui, in a six-page judgment, emphasized that pension benefits are earned through long, continuous, faithful, and unblemished service, upholding the right of a former civil…
Military-to-military ties between Pakistan and the United States appear to be strengthening, marked by renewed joint training, major defence sales and unusually warm rhetoric from President Donald Trump towards Pakistan’s military leadership. According to a statement issued by the US Central Command (Centcom), American and Pakistani troops this week concluded joint training at Pakistan’s…