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Article 370: Pak suspends Delhi-Lahore bus service, two cross-border trains

Pakistan has suspended the Lahore-Delhi friendship bus service, after suspending two cross-border trains, in the wake of India's decision revoking Jammu and Kashmir's special status and bifurcating the state into two Union Territories, a senior Pakistani minister has said. The bus service was first started in February 1999 but suspended after the 2001 Parliament attack. It was restarted in July 2003. The move is in line with the decisions taken during a meeting of the National Security Committee (NSC) held on Wednesday, Pakistan Minister for Communications and Postal Services Murad Saeed said. "In line with the decisions of NSC Pak-India bus service is suspended," Saeed tweeted on Friday. The Lahore-Delhi bus service is operated from Ambedkar Stadium terminal near Delhi Gate. DTC buses ply every Monday, Wednesday and Friday and Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) buses every Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday, from Delhi to Lahore. For the return trip, DTC buses leave Lahore

Nawaz Sharif's daughter Maryam arrested by Pakistan's anti-graft body

The National Accountability Bureau arrested Maryam from the Kot Lakhpat jail in Lahore where her father is serving a seven-year prison term since December 24, 2018

Pak counter-terrorism dept holds Hafiz Saeed guilty of 'terror financing'

The CTD on July 3 registered 23 FIRs against 13 JuD leaders including Saeed on the charges of terror financing in different cities of Punjab province

Pakistan 'rejects' India's move to scrap Article 370, says will counter it

The Indian government on Monday abolished Article 370 and moved a separate bill to bifurcate the state into two separate union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh

We're under house arrest, says Omar and Mehbooba; Cabinet meet today

Sources said the BAT attempt was made on the intervening night of July 31 and August 1

At least 19 killed as Pakistan army plane crashes into residential area

The cause of the crash is yet to be ascertained and the rescue operation was completed by the morning

Imran Khan's 'Trump card', says Pak has not been represented properly in US

I feel that it is time to have a different sort of relationship with the US, said Imran Khan

We have lost over Rs 8 bn due to airspace closure: Pak aviation minister

Federal Minister for Aviation Ghulam Sarwar Khan said that the CAA suffered a loss of Rs 8.5 billion because of the airspace restrictions

Fares to US, Europe set to drop as Pak opens airspace for civilian aircraft

Airlines return to shorter routes soon after the announcement

Pak court grants pre-arrest bail to Hafiz Saeed, three aides till August 3

Earlier, Dawn newspaper reported that the ATC granted interim bail to the JuD leaders until August 31

World Bank orders Pakistan pay $5.8 bn damages to Chilean-Canadian miner

The company said it had invested more than $220 million by the time Pakistan's government unexpectedly refused to grant them the mining lease needed to keep operating

Journalist heckles Pak foreign minister in London over press censorship

Qureshi was attending a press conference on 'Defend Media Freedom' in London on Thursday when the incident took place

Tour de Impossible? Pakistan hosts 'world's toughest cycle race'

Starting at 2,800 metres -- higher than the Iseran Pass, the summit of the Tour de France -- it ends at 4,700 metres, just over 100 metres short of Mont Blanc, Europe's highest mountain

'Cosmetic steps', says India after Pakistan books Hafiz Saeed and 12 aides

The MEA's response came after Pakistan claimed that it had "booked" Mumbai attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed and 12 of his close associates for "terrorism financing" in 23 cases

Pakistan cracks down on Hafiz Saeed amid growing international pressure

Pakistan's counter-terrorism department said it had launched 23 cases against Saeed and 12 aides for using five trusts to collect funds and donations for Lashkar-e-Taiba

Pakistan raises gas tariffs to meet its IMF bailout commitments

Prime Minister Imran Khan's adminsitration reached an accord for a bailout package with the IMF in May, in which it committed to curtail energy-sector losses

Pakistan, terror funds and Kashmir

Global sanctions against Pakistan for not doing enough to curb terror financing will not deliver any relief to India

Cash-strapped Pakistan gets $3-billion bailout package from Qatar

Qatar's financial assistance was announced by its foreign minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani

Pakistani blogger and journalist known for criticising army hacked to death

Muhammad Bilal Khan, having over 16,000 followers on Twitter, 48,000 on his YouTube channel and 22,000 on Facebook, was with a friend when the incident took place

Pak fails to fulfill 25 of 27 FATF points; downgrading by IMF, WB to stay

This will add to the financial problems of Pakistan, which is seeking aid from all possible international avenues