Nawaz Sharif re-elected PML-N president
Islamabad, Oct 3 (Agencies) Pakistan’s ruling PML-N on Tuesday re-elected ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif as its chief months after the country’s top court disqualified him from holding any public office, party officials said. Sharif’s election came hours after after the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s central working committee approved an amendment to the party’s constitution, paving […]
Pakistan army chief in Kabul, offers military training
Srinagar: (VoV Monitoring Desk) Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa visited Afghan capital Kabul on Sunday afternoon and held a meeting with President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani to discuss issues of mutual interests, said a statement of the presidential palace on Monday. He has offered military training to Afghan soldiers in Pakistan and […]
Pakistan planning to lay 135 km-long optic fibre cable to evade Indian surveillance?
October 1, 2017 Pakistan and China are expected to lay a 135 kilometre-long cross-border optical fibre network as part of the Long Term Plan (KTP) for the China Pakistan Economic Corridor project, Dawn reported on Sunday. The project, costing $44 million, is also driven by Pakistan’s fears of surveillance by Indian authorities in its communications network as […]
India opens two border crossing points with Myanmar, B’desh
New Delhi, Oct 1 (Agencies) India has opened two immigration check posts along the borders with Myanmar and Bangladesh, a reflection of its growing closeness with the two eastern neighbours In a gazette notification, the home ministry said the central government has designated Zorinpui land check post in Lawngtlai district of Mizoram as an authorised immigration […]
Syrian war monitor: 28 civilians killed in ‘safe zone’
At least 28 civilians were killed in air attacks in the opposition stronghold of Idlib province in northwestern Syria, a war-monitor group said on Saturday. Four children were among the dead in the overnight air strikes on the town of Amanaz, a few kilometres from the Turkish border, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. […]
UN warns of humanitarian ‘nightmare’ in camps hosting Rohingya refugees
Sat Sep 30, 2017(Agencies) The United Nations has warned of a humanitarian “nightmare” in the refugee camps on the Bangladeshi border, which are sheltering over half-a-million Rohingya Muslims fleeing horrifying state-backed violence at home in Myanmar. With more refugee arrivals in the already overcrowded camps that lack clean water and toilets, aid workers insist that […]
Iraq ‘to take control of Kurdistan borders’
Sat Sep 30, 2017(Agencies) Iraq says it will be taking control of the borders of its northern Kurdistan region — which has voted controversially to break away from the country — in coordination with Iran and Turkey. The Iraqi Defense Ministry said on Friday that the implementation of the central government’s decisions to take over […]
Bomb kills six near Shia mosque in Afghan capital
Fri Sep 29, 2017 An assailant has detonated an explosive device outside a Shia mosque in the Afghan capital, Kabul, killing at least six people. General Salim Almas, the criminal investigative director of Kabul city, said on Friday that the assailant, who was posing as a shepherd, detonated the explosives some 140 meters from the mosque while worshipers […]
60 Rohingya presumed dead as boat capsizes off Bangladesh
Fri Sep 29, 2017(Agencies) At least 60 people, among them women and children, are likely to have lost their lives following an incident in which a boat carrying Rohingya Muslim refugees fleeing violence in Myanmar capsized in rough waters off Bangladesh. Witnesses and survivors said the incident took place on Thursday, when the vessel […]
China beefs up security on border with India
Beijing, Sep 29 (IANS) China has stepped up security on its border with India, North Korea and Myanmar ahead of the key Communist Party Congress next month. The once-in-a-five-year meet is China’s most important political event. The authorities would not like to risk any event which disrupts the meeting where Chinese President Xi Jinping will […]
