Jakarta – Arriving on a rickety boat in western Indonesia from squalid Bangladesh camps after weeks at sea late last year, hundreds of Rohingya refugees came to shore only to be turned around and pushed back. The persecuted Myanmar minority were previously welcomed in the ultra-conservative Aceh province, with many locals sympathetic because of their […]
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SHANGHAI – China said on Saturday a small civilian vessel from the Philippines had “illegally placed itself on the beach” of an atoll in the South China Sea that both countries claim. The vessel, which landed on the Spratly Islands atoll on Friday, was there for supply purposes, the China Coast Guard posted on the […]
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ISLAMABAD – The PTI founder and his wife Bushra Bibi were sentenced for seven years each in the illegal marriage case as a local court found them guilty of matrimony before the end of the four-month period subscribed in Islam after getting divorce. The verdict was announced by Senior Civil Judge Qudratullah Niazi, who heard […]
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ISLAMABAD – A trial court is likely to announce its reserved verdict on the ‘un-Islamic Nikah’ of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder with Bushra Bibi at the Adiala Jail today (Saturday). The verdict will be announced by Senior Civil Judge Qudratullah at 1pm. On Friday, the court had conducted 14-hour long hearing of the case at […]
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SLAMABAD – Caretaker Information Minister Murtaza Solangi on Saturday rubbished the claims about the PTI facing political victimisation, saying Pakistan is a free country and everyone has a right to criticise. “The courts are independent. We do not control them,” said Solangi when asked about a series of verdicts announced the PTI founding chairman and […]
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LAHORE – The pneumonia outbreak has claimed 11 more lives in Punjab during last 24 hours. According to details, the pneumonia cases are on a continuous rise due to smog, dry and cold weather. As many as 415 cases were reported from Punjab during last 24 hours and 11 children succumbed to the deadly virus. […]
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RAWALPINDI – The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder, former interior minister Sheikh Rashid and Sheikh Rashid Shafiq have been summoned in May 9 violence case on Feb 6. An anti-terrorism court in Rawalpindi heard the case against the PTI founder and Sheikh Rashid in May 9 riots. PTI candidate Ajmal Sabir from NA-53, former National Assembly […]
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday condemned an attack against a mosque in the city of Mississauga in Ontario province, which is being probed as a hate crime and which rights advocates described as being part of a rise in Islamophobia. Police said someone threw two rocks through the window of a Mississauga mosque […]
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HANOI – All flights to and from the international airport in Vietnam’s capital Hanoi have been delayed or diverted to other cities on Friday due to heavy fog and worsening air pollution, said an airport official. Air Visual, an independent online air quality index monitor, said Hanoi’s levels of hazardous small particles known as PM2.5 […]
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BRUSSELS – Farmers have blocked several border crossings between Belgium and the Netherlands, Belgian and Dutch traffic centres said on Friday, as they protest against grievances including taxes, rising costs, cheap imports and bureaucracy. The border crossing in the direction of Antwerp, Belgium’s second-biggest city and home to Europe’s second-biggest port, is one of the […]
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