Pak’s election commission issues warrant against Imran Khan
Islamabad, Sep 14 (PTI) Pakistan’s election commission has issued a bailable arrest warrant against cricketer- turned-politician Imran Khan for repeatedly failing to appear before it in a contempt case. The Election Commission of Pakistan was hearing a case against 64-year-old Khan filed by a dissident from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and one of the founding members Akbar S […]
ICJ to resume hearing in Kulbhushan Jadhav case
Islamabad, Sep 13 (IANS) The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is set to resume on Wednesday hearing in the case of alleged Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav sentenced to death by Pakistan. The judicial body of the United Nations had earlier fixed time limits for the filing of the initial pleadings in the case. The court […]
OIC urges Myanmar to allow in UN investigators
Wed Sep 13, 2017 The world’s largest Muslim organization has called on Myanmar to allow United Nations investigators into a violence-stricken state in the country where the military and Buddhist mobs are conducting “systematic brutality” against minority Muslims. The 57-member Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) made the call after an emergency meeting on the sidelines […]
Rohingya Issue: Illegal Migrants Could Pose Threat To Security …
12 September 2017 A day after the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights castigated the Indian government’s plan to deport Rohingya refugees, Syed Akbaruddin, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, on Tuesday stated that “enforcing laws should not be mistaken for lack of compassion” and expressed regret that the UN body had overlooked the […]
Bangladesh leader visits Rohingya refugees, assures help
September 12, 2017 The Bangladeshi prime minister on Tuesday visited a struggling refugee camp that has absorbed some of the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya who fled recent violence in Myanmar _ a crisis she said left her speechless. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina demanded that Myanmar “take steps to take their nationals back,” and […]
Clinton says Putin has ‘personal vendetta’ against her
Tue Sep 12, 2017 Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has once again blamed Russia for losing the 2016 US presidential vote to her Republican rival Donald Trump, saying Russian President Vladimir Putin helped Trump’s team win because of a “personal vendetta” against her. “There certainly was communication and there certainly was an understanding of […]
Pakistan Supreme Court accepts Nawaz Sharif family’s plea against disqualification
Islamabad [Pakistan], Sept 12 (ANI): A three member bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan has recommended formation of a five-member bench to hear review petitions filed by family of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif against the apex court’s July 28 verdict over Panama Leaks decision. Sharif’s lawyer Salman Akram Raja during the case which […]
How has North Korea’s nuclear programme advanced in 2017?
Monday 11 September Dramatic missile progress in 2017 North Korea’s efforts to develop a nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missile capable of hitting the US mainland have accelerated during the first year of Donald Trump’s presidency. The country’s leader, Kim Jong-un, has presided over a series of successful missile tests, including North Korea’s first launch of an ICBM on […]
BRICS declaration: China’s Pakistan policy intact, says Islamabad
Islamabad, Sep 11 (IANS) Referring to the recently-adopted BRICS declaration against terrorist groups, Pakistan’s Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal on Monday said the declaration contained “nothing new”. China’s policy towards Pakistan has not changed, the minister said as he addressed a press conference after visiting Quaid-i-Azam’s mausoleum in Karachi to pay respect to the country’s founder […]
Rohingya violence in Myanmar: Religious tensions rise after mob stones Muslim butcher’s home
AFP September 2017 Yangon: Police fired rubber bullets to break up a mob which stoned the home of a Muslim butcher in central Myanmar, authorities said on Monday, as religious tensions rise amid a surge of violence in the west. The mob attack on Sunday night in the Magway region of the mainly Buddhist nation […]
