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Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif said on Wednesday that Jamaatud Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed’s name was not on the list of 75 militants the US had handed over to Pakistan. “The Haqqani network is on the top of the list but none of the militants are Pakistanis,” Asif told senators during a session of the parliament’s upper …
October 25, 2017 | by RaheelSpeaking for the first time after the appointment of an interlocuter in the disputed Himalayan region, the Indian army chief said it would have “no effect on the operations” and the situation in occupied Kashmir has “improved”. “The appointment [of ex-IB chief Dineshwar Sharma] will not affect army operations. The government’s strategy on [held] Kashmir has …
October 25, 2017 | by RaheelPakistan has castigated the recent ceasefire violation by Indian army along the Line of Control (LoC), which resulted in the martyrdom of two civilians and injuries to six others on Wednesday. Islamabad lodged a strong protest to the Indian aggression in Leepa sector which took place on October 24, according to Radio Pakistan. India’s deputy high commissioner …
October 25, 2017 | by RaheelNEW DELHI: Voters in Narendra Modi’s home state Gujarat will go to the polls in December, the election commission announced Wednesday, in what will be a key test for India’s right-wing premier. Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has ruled the western state for more than two decades, and a win there would further …
October 25, 2017 | by RaheelDOHA: World Cup 2022 host Qatar, under global scrutiny over its alleged ill-treatment of migrant labourers, is to introduce a minimum wage for workers, official state media said Wednesday. Qatar News Agency also announced that the gas-rich emirate has signed bilateral accords with 36 countries from which it draws most of its two-million-strong foreign workforce, to …
October 25, 2017 | by RaheelANKARA: A prominent Turkish nationalist politician and former minister announced on Wednesday she was forming a new party which could pose a significant challenge to President Tayyip Erdogan in elections due within two years. Former interior minister Meral Aksener, who unsuccessfully opposed Erdogan’s drive for greater presidential powers in a referendum last April, said Turkey needed …
October 25, 2017 | by RaheelKARACHI: FIFA’s suspension of the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) continues to hurt the country as the world governing body’s spokesperson has confirmed that Pakistan may no longer be a stop for the World Cup trophy’s world tour. PFF’s suspension has led to rumours that the trophy will be going to India instead of Pakistan, with former …
October 25, 2017 | by RaheelWARSAW: Polish doctors on Wednesday doubled down on their call for a health budget increase by striking in the southern city of Krakow after finding the government’s promises insufficient. Trainee medical staff and specialists took the day off from work under the banner of “a day without doctors”, with some joining a hunger strike at a …
October 25, 2017 | by RaheelNEW DELHI: Police have arrested a pastor in eastern India accused of raping two women on the pretext of driving out evil spirits, an official said Wednesday. Chandrama Raj, the pastor with the Indian Mission Church in Bihar state, was arrested after one of the victims filed a complaint in September. “We conducted a preliminary inquiry …
October 25, 2017 | by RaheelLAHORE: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi met with Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif during a whirlwind trip to the Punjab capital on Tuesday night as calls for a leadership change in the ruling PML-N rise to a crescendo. The meeting at the chief minister’s Model Town residence lasted for around 90 minutes. Rumour has it that …
October 24, 2017 | by Raheel