Pakistan to skip WTO meet in New Delhi
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has decided to stay away from the World Trade Organisation meet in New Delhi next week in protest against alleged harassment of its diplomats in India. India last month invited Pakistan Commerce Minister Pervez Malik to participate in the informal WTO ministerial meeting scheduled to be held in New Delhi on March 19-20 and Islamabad had initially […]
9 dead as small plane slams into house in Philippines
Philippines — A small passenger plane carrying five people crashed into a house shortly after takeoff north of Manila on Saturday and killed all those onboard and four people on the ground, officials said. The Piper-23 Apache plane took off from the airport in Plaridel town in Bulacan province then crash-landed Saturday for a still-unknown […]
Car bomber kills three in Kabul
At least three people were and four others injured in a suicide bombing here on Saturday, Afghanistan’s Interior Ministry said. A ministry spokesman has confirmed the attack but did not provide details, saying investigation was underway, reports Xinhua news agency. Zabihullah Mujahid, Taliban spokesman, claimed responsibility for the attack in a text message, saying the […]
Syrian Kurds: Turkish attacks on Afrin kill 20
BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on developments in Syria’s seven-year civil war (all times local): Syrian Kurdish forces say that Turkish shelling and airstrikes in the northern Syrian town of Afrin have killed at least 20 civilians. Redur Khalil, a spokesman for the Syrian Democratic Forces, also says 30 people have been wounded as Turkish […]
Philippines formally withdraws from International Criminal Court
Manilla, March 16 : The Philippines on Friday informed the UN Secretary-General of its intention to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC). Teodoro Locsin, the permanent representative of the Philippines to the UN, tweeted that he had submitted the letter to the Chef de Cabinet of the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and shared a […]
Explain Hafiz’s JuD, charity wing ban: Court
March 16 : The Lahore High Court on Friday ordered the Pakistan government to explain why the Jamaat-ud Dawa (JuD) and its charity wing Falah-i-Insaniat Foundation (FIF) of 2008 Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed were banned and their accounts frozen. The order came during a petition filed by Saeed through his lawyer A.K. Dogar […]
Taliban suicide attack near Sharif’s residence kills 10
March 15, 2018 A teenage Taliban suicide bomber attacked a police check-post near the residence of Pakistan’s ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif in Lahore, killing 10 people, including six policemen, police said. According to rescue officials, the blast took place Wednesday night close to a police check post, a few kilometers from the palatial […]
Pakistan raises Kashmir at UN, attacks India
United Nations, March 15 : Using a two-pronged tactic in the Human Rights Council, Pakistan has raised the Kashmir issue while speaking on behalf of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and then for itself. In its reply during the debate on Wednesday at the UN in Geneva, India rejected the OIC statement saying the […]
Pakistan calls back envoy from India over ‘harassment incidents’
March 15 : Pakistan has called back its High Commissioner in New Delhi, Sohail Mahmood, for consultation to Islamabad over incidents of “harassing” of its Embassy’s staff in the Indian capital, the Foreign Office stated on Thursday. Speaking at his weekly press briefing, Pakistan’s Foreign Office spokesperson Mohammad Faisal said they will hold consultations with […]
UN’s World Happiness Report finds Pakistan happier than India
World Happiness Report 2018 released by UN on Thursday clearly shows that Indians are not so happy but, on the other hand, terror-ravaged neighbour Pakistan seems happier. According to the report, India has dropped from four places in 2017 and has even gone down by 11 places by the present year report. In a list […]
