UNSC must press Myanmar on refugee return process: EX-UN chief
Sat Oct 14, 2017 The former UN chief, Kofi Annan, has called on the Security Council (UNSC) to press Myanmar to facilitate the return of over 500,000 Rohingya Muslims, who were forced out of their homeland into Bangladesh amid a government-backed military crackdown. Annan, who leads a fact-finding commission on Myanmar, told an informal UNSC […]
US drone attack leaves 14 Afghan civilians in Kunar Province: Lawmaker
Sat Oct 14, 2017 An Afghan lawmaker says more than a dozen civilians have been killed in a recent US drone strike, which was said to be aimed at a militant targets in the country’s eastern province of Kunar. On Friday, residents from the Chawki district of Kunar Province held a gathering to pay tribute to the […]
US, Pak ‘starting to have a real’ relationship: Trump
Washington, Oct 14 (PTI) Pakistan took “tremendous advantage” of the US over the years, but the two countries are now “starting to have a real” relationship, President Donald Trump has said, a day after Pakistani forces rescued an American-Canadian family from the Haqqani terror group. American citizen Caitlan Coleman and her Canadian husband Joshua Boyle along […]
North Korea preparing to launch ballistic missile: Report
October 14, 2017 Ahead of joint naval drill by the United States and South Korea, North Korea is believed to be preparing to launch a ballistic missile, a Korean daily reported. The Donga Ilbo daily, quoting a government source, said satellite pictures show ballistic missiles mounted on launchers being transported out of hangars near Pyongyang […]
Rohingya not native, Myanmar army chief says
Oct 12 2017 Rohingya are not native to Myanmar and were brought by British colonialists, the country’s powerful army chief told the US ambassador. Senior General Min Aung Hlaing gave his most extensive account of the Rohingya refugee crisis in the meeting with American Ambassador Scot Marciel, according to a report posted on his […]
Pak wants peaceful relations with ‘belligerent’ India: Bajwa
Karachi, Oct 12: Pakistan genuinely wants to have peaceful ties with its neighbours, including a “belligerent” India, the country’s Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa has said, underlining that it takes “two to tango”. Speaking at a seminar here yesterday on ‘Interplay of Economy and Security’, Gen Bajwa also said that the region surrounding Pakistan […]
In Absence Of Evidence, Hafiz Saeed House Arrest May End: Lahore HC
October 11 , 2017 Hearing a plea against Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed, Lahore High Court has told the Pakistani government that if evidence is not submitted against him, they will have to set aside his house arrest. Chief of Jamaat-ud-Dawa, which is a front for terrorist group Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), Hafiz Saeed was put […]
UN: Myanmar attacks a deliberate strategy to expel Rohingya
GENEVA (AP) — A report by the U.N. human rights office says attacks against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar point to a strategy to instill “widespread fear and trauma” and prevent them from ever returning to their homes. The report released Wednesday is based on 65 interviews conducted in mid-September with Rohingya, individually and in groups, […]
‘Congress, Trump not seeing eye-to-eye on Iran nuclear deal’
Tue Oct 10, 2017 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has once again confirmed that Iran is sticking with the terms of its nuclear deal with the P5+1 group that has recently become the subject of much controversy on the world stage. IAEA Chief Yukiya Amano has told a nuclear conference in the Italian capital […]
NAB team to collect evidence of Sharif properties from London
Islamabad, Oct 10 (IANS) A National Accountability Bureau (NAB) team is likely to leave for London to collect evidence of properties belonging to ousted Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s family, the media reported on Tuesday. An official source told Dawn news that the bureau was sending its team in pursuance of the letters it had […]
