Category: World

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s narcotics crackdown has become a “systematic” campaign of killing, Amnesty International alleged on Monday, urging the United Nations to launch a probe into thousands of deaths. The drug war is Duterte’s signature initiative and is heavily supported by many Filipinos, however the nightly slaying of suspects by police and masked gunmen […]

A complete shutdown, marked by curfew imposed by Indian forces, was observed across occupied Kashmir on Monday to commemorate the third martyrdom anniversary of Burhan Muzaffar Wani, an iconic young mujahid commander,  The shutdown call was issued by the Joint Resistance Leadership in order to pay tribute to Wani and his associates. Wani, who was […]

Iran remains open to diplomacy to save its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers but has “no hope” in the international community, the country’s Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Monday, as the Islamic Republic broke the limit the agreement put on its enrichment of uranium. Abbas Mousavi said he had no information on how far […]

At least 29 people were killed on Monday after a bus careered off one of India’s busiest roads which has become known as the “highway to hell” because of its poor safety record. The driver was suspected to have fallen asleep before the bus crashed into a railing and fell into a drain between two […]

British Airways has been fined more than £183 million after computer hackers last year stole bank details from hundreds of thousands of passengers, its parent group IAG said on Monday. In a statement, IAG said the United Kingdom Information Commissioner’s Office intends to issue the airline with a penalty notice under the UK Data Protection […]

LONDON: Britain’s ambassador to the United States described President Donald Trump’s administration as “dysfunctional”, “clumsy” and “inept”, the Mail on Sunday newspaper reported, citing a series of confidential memos. In memos to the British government which date from 2017 to the present, Kim Darroch said Trump “radiates insecurity” and advises officials in London that to deal with […]

LAHORE: Former Punjab information and culture minister Fayyazul Hassan Chohan has been appointed as the forestry, fisheries and wildlife minister. Punjab Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi administered the oath at the Governor House on Friday. The ministry was being held by Sibtain Khan who was facing corruption cases. He resigned from the post on June […]

LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Friday quizzed both Sharif brothers in different investigations. After grilling PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif in income beyond means case for about 90 minutes at the bureau’s provincial headquarters at Thokar Niaz Beg, the anti-graft body summoned him in the Lahore Waste Management scam for July 12. Shahbaz who […]

LAHORE: As the jail authorities have reportedly kept PML-N’s Punjab president MNA Rana Sanaullah in ‘inhumane’ conditions, Maryam Nawaz believes his leaked picture behind bars is the handiwork of those who had humiliated her brother Hussain Nawaz by releasing his picture during his appearance before a joint inv­e­sti­gation team in the Panama Papers case. Mr […]

PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz on Saturday came out with explosive claims regarding the trial that led to her father, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, being convicted and sentenced to prison, saying the entire judicial process was severely compromised. At a press conference in Lahore alongside the top leadership of the PML-N, Maryam played a secretly […]