India summons US ambassador over diplomat detention
NEW DELHI: India on Friday summoned the US ambassador to New Delhi to protest the detention of one of its senior diplomats in New York, the foreign ministry said.“She (Ambassador Nancy Powell) has...
View ArticleNorth Korea announces execution of leader's 'traitor' uncle
SEOUL: North Korea said Friday it has executed the uncle of leader Kim Jong-Un, branding veteran fixer Jang Song-Thaek a “traitor for all ages”, as the US and South Korea voiced concern at the shock...
View ArticleEnd of the road for Hrithik-Sussanne marriage
Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan and his wife of 13 years, Sussanne Roshan, are ending their marriage, the Hindustan Times reported on Friday. In a statement requesting the media to respect his privacy,...
View ArticlePM, COAS meet, discuss security
ISLAMABAD: Chief of the Army Staff General Raheel Sharif called on Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif at the PM House on Friday. The two discussed matters related to security and other issues pertaining to...
View ArticleSindh govt asks SHC to move nine murder cases outside province
KARACHI: The Sindh Home department has approached the chief justice of the Sindh High Court to transfer nine murder cases from Karachi to other provinces, DawnNews reported.In a letter addressed to...
View ArticleAirport worker arrested for car bomb plot in US
WASHINGTON: US authorities arrested an aviation worker Friday in an apparent sting operation after he tried to explode what he thought was a car bomb at an airport in the state of Kansas.Terry Lee...
View ArticleMusharraf summoned to face treason charges on Dec 24
ISLAMABAD: A special court, formed by Pakistan government to try former military ruler General (retd) Pervez Musharraf in a high treason case, on Friday summoned him to appear before it on December 24...
View ArticleJamaat leader’s hanging in Bangladesh ‘saddens’ Nisar
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Interior Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan Friday expressed ‘deep grief’ and concern over the execution of imprisoned political and religious leader Abdul Quader Molla of...
View ArticleSuspected shooter dead after injuring two at Colorado school
LOS ANGELES: Two students were injured in a shooting incident at a school in the US state of Colorado on Friday, before the suspected gunman apparently killed himself, the local sheriff said.The...
View ArticleAttacks on polio teams kill three in northwest Pakistan
SWABI: Gunmen attacked two separate polio teams in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, killing one polio worker and two police guards.The first incident took place in Swabi in northwestern Khyber...
View ArticleNepra to issue show-cause notice to KESC
ISLAMABAD, Dec 13: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Friday decided to issue a show-cause notice to the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) for not fully utilising its...
View ArticleMusharraf wants case against Talal
ISLAMABAD, Dec 13: After the retirement of Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry as chief justice of the Supreme Court, former military ruler retired Gen Pervez Musharraf appears to be in a mood to hit back at...
View ArticleHanging of JI leader in Bangladesh condemned
PESHAWAR, Dec 13: The Jamaat-i-Islami leaders and activists gathered at Al-Markaz-i-Islami here on Friday and offered ghaibana namaz-i-janaza (funeral prayer in absentia) of Jamaat leader Abdul Qader...
View ArticleUN chief says Syria chemical attackers should be sanctioned
UNITED NATIONS: UN chief Ban Ki-moon called on the international community Friday to sanction those responsible for Syrian chemical weapons attacks documented in a newly released report.The UN report,...
View ArticleAltaf says UK police have made his life miserable
LAHORE, Dec 13: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain said on Friday that British police had made his life miserable, but he would never bow before any ‘international establishment’.Addressing...
View ArticleMove for longer preventive detention period
ISLAMABAD, Dec 13: A new law to deal with the emotive issue of enforced disappearances is on the anvil and is likely to reach the Prime Minister’s office in a week or two. A source privy to the...
View ArticleStaggering increase in foreign debt due to rupee decline
ISLAMABAD, Dec 13: A continuous decline in the value of the rupee since June has caused a staggering increase of Rs403 billion in foreign debt of the country. “The public and publicly guaranteed...
View ArticleGDP growth has increased to 5.1pc, says Sharif
ISLAMABAD, Dec 13: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said the country’s economic growth had increased to 5.1 per cent from last year’s 2.9pc. “We want to take the GDP growth rate to 7pc over the next...
View ArticleIran cancels Pakistan gas pipeline loan
TEHRAN: Iran says it has canceled a planned $500 million loan to Pakistan to build part of a pipeline to bring natural gas from Iran.Deputy Oil Minister Ali Majedi says Iran has no obligation to...
View ArticleCID police arrest key Taliban commander in Karachi
KARACHI: The Crime Investigation Department (CID) of police claim to have arrested a key Pakistani Taliban commander, Abu Hamza, during a raid in Karachi’s West Wharf area on Saturday.Chief of CID’s...
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