Ottawa

OTTAWA: Pakistan’s high commission (HC) in Ottawa observed Kashmir Black Day in support of the struggle of the people of Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir. According to a statement released from the ministry, the event was largely attended by the locals, Kashmiris and Pakistan-origin Canadians. While speaking on the occasion, Pakistan’s High Commissioner to Canada Tariq Azim Khan underlined the importance of the documented report of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights about the…

OTTAWA, CANADA: A Pakistani-Canadian woman has been recognised as one of the top five educators across Canada by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Ms. Sabrina Rehman, from Little Scholars Montessori in Ottawa, has received the 2017 Prime Minister’s Awards (PMA) for Excellence in Education. Governor General of Canada David Johnston and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also attended the a weeklong event ceremony in Ottawa. The Prime Minister’s Awards for Excellence in Education honours outstanding and innovative educators for…

TORONTO: The office of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced on Wednesday that the ceremony to bestow honorary Canadian citizenship on Pakistani Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousufzai was rescheduled after an attack in Ottawa.

OTTAWA: A gunman whose name was on a terror watch list killed a soldier and attempted to storm Canada's parliament Wednesday before the assembly's sergeant-at-arms shot him dead.

OTTAWA: A gunman shot and wounded a soldier in Ottawa and then entered the country's parliament buildings chased by police, with at least 30 shots fired, according to media and eyewitness reports on Wednesday.