Nawaz Sharif’s name should be placed on ECL: Aitzaz Ahsan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Senator Aitzaz Ahsan has called for the name of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif to be placed on the Exit Control List (ECL). Aitzaz said if Sharif’s name is not placed on the ECL, then this would be a double-standard. According to Aitzaz, this would be a major test […]
Bangladesh seeks global support for UN Resolution on Rohingyas
Dhaka , Oct.31 : Bangladesh has sought global support for the passing of a special United Nations resolution against what it calls ongoing “ethnic cleansing” of Rohingyas by Myanmar. The Daily Star quoted diplomatic sources, as saying that Dhaka has initiated fresh moves in this regard, including convening a special session of the UN Human […]
Is ICRC still operating in kashmir?
Is ICRC still operating in kashmir is the question being asked by the family members of those undertrails who are getting no response on the plight of their wards presently lodged in different jails in and outside the state. The dormant role of ICRC in kashmir has been matter of discussion in media and human […]
Pakistan politician, brother killed in bomb blast
KARACHI, OCT 28: A leader of a key opposition party in Pakistan was killed along with his brother when a bomb blast ripped through their vehcile in the restive Balochistan province, according to the police. Awami National Party (ANP) leader Abdul Razzaq and his brother Abdul Khaliq were on their way to Pishin to attend […]
Spain takes control of ‘independent’ Catalonia
Madrid, Oct 28 (AFP) Spain today moved to seize direct control of Catalonia, sacking its police chief a day after the Catalan regional parliament’s independence declaration sent shock waves through Europe. The firing of Josep Lluis Trapero, the highest-ranking officer of the Mossos d’Esquadra regional police, follows yesterday’s dismissal of Catalonia’s president, his deputy, all ministers, […]
Myanmar corrects state media report on U.N. ‘agreement’ to help house refugees
NAYPYITAW (Reuters) – A Myanmar state-run newspaper on Saturday corrected a report that a U.N. settlement program, UN-Habitat, had agreed to help build housing for people fleeing violence in the west of the country, where an army operation has displaced hundreds of thousands. The development underscores tension between Myanmar and the United Nations, which in […]
India and the US ask Pak to dismantle terror infrastructure
New Delhi, Oct 25 (PTI) In a blunt message, India and the United States today asked Pakistan to dismantle the terrorist infrastructure operating from its soil, asserting that terror havens inside that country would not be tolerated. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, after holding wide-ranging talks here, said Islamabad […]
‘World is a dangerous place’: US prepares to put B-52 nuclear bombers on high alert
23 Oct, 2017 The US Air Force is renovating Cold War-era launch pads as it prepares to put its strategic bombers on constant 24-hour alert to engage in potential nuclear conflict for the first time since the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991. “The world is a dangerous place and we’ve got folks that are talking […]
Iraqi PM slams Tillerson’s remarks on Hashd al-Sha’abi
Mon Oct 23, 2017 Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’s media office has criticized meddlesome comments made by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson regarding the country’s Popular Mobilization Units or Hashd al-Sha’abi. “No party has the right to interfere in Iraqi matters,” Abadi’s media office said in a statement on Monday, citing a source close to […]
Israel sold arms to Myanmar during violence against Rohingya: Israeli report
Mon Oct 23, 2017 The Israeli regime has continued to sell advanced weaponry worth tens of millions of dollars to Myanmar even after a deadly government-sanctioned military campaign against Rohingya civilians in the Southeast Asian country came to light, an Israeli report has revealed. Israeli daily Haaretz reported on Monday that Tel Aviv supplied “Super-Dvora MK III” […]
