18-11-2020 By SJA Jafri KARACHI/ RIYADH/ NEW DELHI: An Indian plane flying from Saudi Arabia made an emergency landing here in Pakistan’s port city as a passenger aboard the flight died of a heart attack, sources said. Sources at the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA) informed PMI that the private Indian …

18-11-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies + Bureau Report KARACHI/ WASHINGTON: In his recently-released memoirs, former US president Barack Obama has revealed that he deliberately kept Pakistan out of the attack launched on Osama bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad. According to report published in Dawn,  the book titled “A Promised …

18-11-2020 DAMASCUS/ TEHRAN/ JERUSALEM/ WASHINGTON: Israel has launched air raids on Syria, killing and injuring dozens more soldiers and civilians, in what the Israeli army called a retaliatory attack after it found explosive devices along its northern border. The air strikes were against what it called a wide range of …

17-11-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies PENTAGON/ WASHINGTON/ ARLINGTON COUNTY (VIRGINIA): Now, the American Army will monitor Muslims systematically, properly and officially and all Muslims of the world will remain under observation by US Army while the private information with movements of Muslims would have also saved through famous apps …

17-11-2020 WASHINGTON: US President-elect Joe Biden has warned that “people may die” if his incoming administration continues to be impeded by incumbent Donald Trump. Biden said co-ordination was needed to tackle the coronavirus outbreak. He called President Trump’s refusal to acknowledge he lost the election, despite calls to do so …

17-11-2020 BEIJING: A Chinese citizen journalist who covered Wuhan’s virus outbreak is facing up to five years in jail, according to newly released documents. Zhang Zhan, a 37-year-old former lawyer, has been held in detention since she was arrested in May. She is accused of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” …

17-11-2020 WASHINGTON/ NEW YORK: US President Donald Trump had considered attacking Iran to stop its growing nuclear program but was advised against any such move during his last weeks in office, the New York Times (NYT) has reported. During a meeting with the US president on Thursday, his top advisers …

17-11-2020 By SJA Jafri WASHINGTON/ NEW YORK/ HOUSTON: Hate crimes in the United States of America (USA) rose to the highest level in more than a decade as federal officials also recorded the highest number of hate-motivated killings since the FBI began collecting that data in the early 1990s, according …

16-11-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD: More than 1,000 protesters have blocked a major highway in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, demanding the expulsion of the French ambassador and end of diplomatic ties with the European country over perceived Islamophobia. Protesters from the far-right Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), …

16-11-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies + Bureau Report TEHRAN/ RIYADH/ ISLAMABAD: The Iranian foreign ministry has responded to Saudi Arabia’s call for global action against Iran, calling in turn on the kingdom to refrain from “baseless allegations and hate-mongering”. The remarks came a day after Saudi Arabia’s King Salman …