‘No Compromise’ On Nuke Program, Says Pak’s Finance Minister Amid Impending Bankruptcy

Islamabad: Amid the hike in prices of commodities and cash crunch, Pakistan Finance Minister Ishaq Dar asserted that they won’t "compromise" on the nuclear and missile programs, Dawn reported.Speaking at the Senate session on Thursday, Dar said, "Let me assure you that […] nobody is going to compromise anything on the nuclear or the missile program of Pakistan — no way."In the Senate, Pakistan

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Prachanda To Visit India Next Month For His First Foreign Trip As Nepal Prime Minister: Report

The visit will take place in mid-April after Prachanda seeks a vote of confidence and expands his CabinetNepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ is likely to travel to India on an official visit next month, reported news agency PTI. This will be Prachanda’s first foreign trip after he assumed charge as PM for the third time in a row last year in December.His meeting with Indian

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Indian Navy’s Deploys P8I Aircraft For Anti-Submarine Drills Hosted By U.S. Navy

New Delhi: The Indian Navy’s P8I aircraft will participate in Sea Dragon 23, the third edition of the coordinated multilateral anti-submarine warfare (ASW) exercise for long-range maritime reconnaissance aircraft.The exercise scheduled from 15-30 March would stress on coordinated anti-submarine warfare among the participating countries, the Ministry of Defence said.The exercise would witness

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PFI Imparts Weapons Training In Specifically Organized Camps: Says NIA’s 2nd Chargesheet In Nizamabad Case

New Delhi: Popular Front of India (PFI) cadres were found involved in provoking and radicalizing impressionable Muslim youth, recruiting them in the banned outfit and imparting them weapons training in its specifically organized training camps, says the National Investigation Agency’s fresh charge-sheet in the Nizamabad case.The agency filed the supplementary charge sheet in a special NIA Court

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China-Argentina On Verge of Region-Rattling Fighter Deal

China may be close to clinching a huge weapons sale to Argentina involving fighter jets and armoured vehicles, a deal that would give Beijing military clout in a region traditionally seen as America’s sphere of influenceThis week, South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported that Argentina’s Ambassador to China Sabino Vaca Narvaja and Argentinian Defence Minister Jorge Taiana met in Buenos Aires

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NIA Files Chargesheet Against 68 PFI Cadres In Kerala, Tamil Nadu

New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday filed two chargesheet against a total of 68 Popular Front of India (PFI) leaders, cadres and members in two separate cases in Kochi (Kerala) and Chennai (Tamil Nadu).With these, the total number of chargesheets filed by NIA against PFI cadres this month has gone up to four. The first such chargesheet was filed in Jaipur on March 13 and

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Chinese Ships Enter Japan’s Territorial Waters Near Senkaku Islands

Tokyo: Two Chinese vessels entered Japan’s territorial water near the Senkaku Islands on Friday, pursuing two Japanese fishing boats in the East China Sea, Japan’s NHK World reported.The two Chinese ships reportedly entered Friday in territorial waters off Taisho Island between 4:20 and 4:50 a.m. (local time).The ships, along with two other Chinese ships, were previously cruising in the

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Sectarian, Ethnic Violence On Rise In Pakistan’s Baluchistan

Baluchistan: In Pakistan, Sectarian and ethnic violence has become a regular affair and is on a constant rise as security forces recovered arms and ammunition in the Chaman district of Baluchistan, according to Geo News.In an intelligence-based operation in Chaman, Baluchistan, security personnel recently found a sizable cache of weapons and ammunition, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR)

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International Forum For Secular Bangladesh, Switzerland Chapter Organises Poster Protest Against Pakistan

Geneva: The International Forum for Secular Bangladesh, Switzerland chapter on Friday (local time) held a poster disposition at the Broken Chair square in front of the UN building in Geneva against Pakistan for the 1971 Bangladesh genocide.Bangladeshis living in Switzerland gathered in front of the United Nations office in Geneva to seek justice against the 1971 genocide by Pakistan and for its

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