No confidence motion against CM Balochistan failed

QUETTA, May 26 (APP): No- trust motion submitted by the members of various political parties against the Chief Minister Balochistan Abdul Quddus Bizjinjo failed on Thursday in the very early stage of the constitutional process. Former Chief Minister Balochistan Jam Kamal Khan Alyani led parliamentary […]

Is Ukraine the attack helicopter’s grave?

Paris, May 26 (AFP/APP):Is the war in Ukraine sounding the death knell for attack helicopters? The large number destroyed has sparked a debate among experts over whether the aircraft are under-performing or being used poorly by Russian forces. Saturated with anti-aircraft defences, both long-range systems […]

Western powers sound alarm on China plan for South Pacific

Honiara, May 26 (AFP/APP): Western powers sounded the alarm Thursday over leaked plans to dramatically expand China’s security and economic reach in the South Pacific, in what one regional leader called a thinly veiled effort to lock island states into “Beijing’s orbit”. If approved by […]

Shutdown, shelling, arrests in IIOJK

ISLAMABAD, May 26 (APP): In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), shutdown is being observed for the second consecutive day (Thursday) against the Indian court’s unjust verdict of sentencing pro-freedom fighter Yasin Malik to life imprisonment. According to Kashmir Media Service, shops and other […]

Another mass shooting, another US gun control debate

Washington, May 25 (AFP/APP):A mass shooting that left 19 schoolchildren and two teachers dead in the deeply pro-gun state of Texas on Tuesday increased pressure on US politicians to take action over the ubiquity of firearms — but also brought the grim expectation of little […]

UK authorises sale of Chelsea FC

London, May 25 (AFP/APP): The UK government announced Wednesday it had given the green light to Todd Boehly’s proposed takeover of Chelsea football club from the sanctioned Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich. Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Nadine Dorries said she had […]