Benazir Bhutto assassination: Pervez Musharraf declared proclaimed offender
Islamabad:-Pakistan’s former military ruler Pervez Musharraf was on August 31 declared a proclaimed offender by a special anti-terrorism court which sentenced two senior police officers to 17 years in jail in the Benazir Bhutto murder case, nearly 10 years after her assassination. Bhutto, a two-time Prime Minister, was killed in a gun and bomb attack […]
Peace and tranquility on the China border remains a distant dream
Commentators are at a loss to choose the right Shakespearean title to describe the end of the Doklam standoff. The tempting ones are ‘Measure for Measure’, ‘Love’s Labour’s Lost’, ‘As You Like It’ and ‘Comedy of Errors’. But the most appropriate thing to say, particularly when the details of the deal are not known, is […]
Muslim countries need to do something about Myanmar’s Rohingya: Analyst
Muslim countries need to take action to stop the persecution of the Rohingya community in Myanmar, says the director of the Center for Muslims Affairs. We (the world Muslims) need to do all we can to put pressure on Muslim states to take some action to relieve the situation of the Rohingya Muslims; […]
Donald Trump on North Korea: ‘all options are on the table’
Donald Trump has said “all options are on the table” after North Korea launched a missile over Japan, and vowed the US and Tokyo were committed to increasing pressure on Pyongyang. The mid-range missile, which passed over Japan just after 6am local time, was one of the most provocative ever launches by North Korea and sent […]
Doklam standoff over: India, China agree to pull back troops
August 28, 2017 India and China have agreed to ‘expeditious disengagement’ of border personnel at Doklam, New Delhi said on Monday, a week before the Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa summit in China that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to attend. In a major diplomatic breakthrough, the ministry of external affairs said […]
Time to bid farewell to US aid: Shahbaz Sharif
Islamabad, Aug 26 (IANS) Shahbaz Sharif, the Chief Minister of Pakistan’s Punjab province, has said it’s time to bid farewell to US aid in the wake of “exaggerated statements” about the financial help both at local and international levels. “The exaggerated comments being made in the national and international discourse regarding the US aid to […]
Pakistan, US in backchannel contacts to resolve rifts
Washington, Aug 25 (IANS) Pakistan and the US have established back-channel contacts to resolve differences over key issues after US President Donald Trump singled out Islamabad for supporting terrorism. A group of diplomats, military officials and security experts from the two countries earlier this month held their third off-the-record meeting here to discuss thorny issues, […]
China to use all necessary means to defend interests against US trade probe
Thu Aug 24, 2017 China has warned that it will fully defend its interests and companies against a US trade investigation into Beijing’s alleged theft of American intellectual property. “We are strongly dissatisfied with this unilateral and protectionist practice and will take all necessary measures to resolutely defend the legitimate rights and interests of the […]
Trump to outline Afghan strategy in national TV address
August 21, 2017, WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will use a nationally televised address to outline for a war-weary nation the strategy he believes will best position the U.S. to eventually declare victory in Afghanistan after 16 years of combat and lives lost. The speech Monday night will also give Trump a chance for a reset after one of the most […]
Hotel in Mecca evacuated after fire
Monday Aug 21 2017 AFP RIYADH: A hotel in the Saudi Arabian city of Mecca, where two million Muslims will perform the annual hajj pilgrimage, was evacuated Monday after a fire broke out, the civil defence service said. Civil defence spokesman Nayef al-Sharif said no casualties were reported in the fire, which was sparked by […]
