Russia vetoes UN resolution on Crimea; China abstains
UNITED NATIONS: Russia vetoed a Western-backed resolution condemning the Crimea referendum at a UN Security Council emergency vote Saturday, but China abstained, isolating Moscow further on the Ukraine...
View ArticleShahbaz suspends police officials in Muzaffargarh rape case
MUZAFFARGARH: Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif on Saturday suspended regional police officials and directed to arrest the DSP, SHO and investigation officer concerned over negligence in the gang...
View ArticleDar terms $1.5bn donation a ‘gift from friends’
ISLAMABAD: Without taking any names, Federal Minister for Finance Ishaq Dar on Saturday said the donation of 1.5 billion dollars by ‘friendly countries’ was a “gift for the people of Pakistan.”Chairing...
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Pakistan dismisses reports of Malaysian jet in its territory
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's top aviation official on Saturday dismissed Western media reports that missing Malaysian airliner might be hidden somewhere in the country.“It’s wrong, plane never came towards...
View ArticleEgypt pledges 'decisive' action after militants kill six soldiers
CAIRO: Egypt's interim government pledged “decisive”action and ordered heightened security on Sunday after gunmen killed six soldiers at a Cairo checkpoint, as the countdown began to presidential...
View ArticleIndia suspends search for missing plane
PORT BLAIR: India on Sunday put on hold its search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, at the request of the government in Kuala Lumpur, which wants to reassess the week-old hunt for the Boeing...
View ArticleKarzai says Afghanistan doesn't need US troops
KABUL: In his final address to Afghanistan's parliament Saturday, President Hamid Karzai told the United States its soldiers can leave at the end of the year because his military, which already...
View ArticleBillions lost in bogus sales tax refunds
ISLAMABAD: In connivance with tax officials, bogus companies owned by influential fraudsters have received more than Rs9 billion in sales tax refunds against bogus documents in the current fiscal...
View ArticleIndia's top court stays execution of two Delhi gang-rapists
NEW DELHI: India's Supreme Court on Saturday stayed the death sentence of two of the four men convicted of the fatal gang-rape of a student in New Delhi, an attack that horrified the country and...
View ArticleNato websites targeted in attack claimed by Ukrainian hackers
PARIS: Nato said several of its websites were targeted in a “significant” cyber attack on Saturday that was claimed by Ukrainian hackers in what appeared to be the latest bout of virtual warfare linked...
View ArticleKP health initiative faces transparency issues
PESHAWAR: Serious questions have been raised over the source and spending of a still unspecified amount in the much publicised Sehat Ka Insaf (Health for all) programme in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, according...
View ArticleTreason trial may involve Musharraf’s ‘abettors’
ISLAMABAD: The recent application, filed by former military ruler retired General Pervez Musharraf in the special court, points fingers at the alleged co-conspirators behind the November 3 actions.If...
View ArticleToll in Syria-linked clashes in Lebanon rises to 11
TRIPOLI: Eleven people have been killed in three days of clashes in the northern Lebanese town of Tripoli linked to the conflict in Syria, security sources and the Lebanese army said Sunday.Overnight,...
View ArticleHerdsmen kill 100 in attacks on Nigerian villages
KADUNA: Gunmen killed more than 100 people in an attack on three villages in central Nigeria, an area where longstanding disputes over land, religion and ethnicity often erupt into violence, two local...
View ArticleBalochistan coalition govt has differences: Zehri
QUETTA: Chief of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Balochistan, Nawab Sanaullah Zehri has said that his party's ministers had reservations and complaints from National Party (NP) led nationalists'...
View ArticleOm Puri meets Chaudhry Shujaat, appreciates culture of Lahore
LAHORE: Veteran Indian film artiste Om Puri met Chaudhry Shujaat, the president of Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid on Sunday and stated that artistes of both India and Pakistan are playing a major role in...
View ArticleCrimea votes to join Russia amid Western outrage
SIMFEROPOL: Crimeans voted overwhelmingly Sunday in favour of joining former political master Russia as tensions soared in the east of the splintered ex-Soviet nation amid the worst East-West crisis...
View ArticleSuitable place for peace-talks being decided: Prof Ibrahim
PESHAWAR: Taliban Committee member Professor Ibrahim Khan said that a suitable place was being selected for peace negotiations, DawnNews reported on Sunday evening.Talking to the TV channel, Prof...
View ArticleMuzaffargarh rape case: policeman arrested, three others flee
MUZAFFARGARH: Chief Minister Punjab Mian Shahbaz Sharif has ordered the police to register case against police officials accused of negligence in the Muzaffargarh rape case under section 7 of the...
View ArticleBangladesh opposition leader sent to jail as protests loom
DHAKA: A Bangladesh court sent the country's second most senior opposition leader to jail on Sunday, a prosecutor said, a move set to trigger renewed protests in the politically volatile nation.The...
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