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QUETTA: At least 11 people, including four women and a child, were killed and 30 others injured on Tuesday night after a passenger coach and a lorry had a head-on collision on the Quetta-Taftan National Highway near Dalbandin in Chagai district of Balochistan. Levies officials said that a speeding Quetta-bound trailer coming from Taftan hit a …
October 24, 2017 | by RaheelThe naming of a baby as ‘Jihad’ has stirred controversy in France. The country has suffered a string of militant attacks in recent years, as the war in Syria has caught Europe off-guard, and the baby’s name has naturally attracted a lot of attention. The parents of the baby have been reported to the authorities …
October 24, 2017 | by RaheelWASHINGTON DC: The United States is taking steps and considering a range of further actions over Myanmar’s treatment of its Rohingya Muslim minority, including targeted sanctions under its Global Magnitsky law, the State Department said on Monday. “We express our gravest concern with recent events in Myanmar’s Rakhine state and the violent, traumatic abuses Rohingya and …
October 24, 2017 | by RaheelLONDON: A British-based shipwreck hunter said Tuesday a navigation tool he found that guided Portuguese explorers on a perilous voyage to India in the 16th century has been confirmed as the world’s oldest astrolabe. David Mearns found the bronze disc during a dive on a shipwreck off the coast of Oman in 2014 but said Warwick …
October 24, 2017 | by RaheelKARACHI: The Pakistan Army has a long and distinguished history of serving peacekeeping operations under the banner of the United Nations in war-torn countries around the world. The very roots of Pakistani peacemakers’ commitment with the UN for promoting international peace and security stem from the vision of the country’s founding father, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah. …
October 24, 2017 | by RaheelISLAMABAD: The Senate on Tuesday summoned Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif to brief the House on Wednesday (today) about US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s recent statement in which he warned Pakistan to move against the Taliban and other groups inside the country or face consequences. Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani remarked that the tone and tenor of …
October 24, 2017 | by RaheelLAHORE: Soon after media reports claiming Maryam Nawaz burying the hatchet with the Khosa family, the daughter of the deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif took to Twitter, dubbing such reports “misleading”. While terming the news “unfounded”, Maryam at the same time made a request to media houses to verify before airing reports. “Who is feeding such misleading news to media …
October 24, 2017 | by RaheelTV personality, religious scholar and politician Dr Aamir Liaquat Hussain is all set to join the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), party officials have said. “Dr Aamir Liaquat to announce joining PTI at a press conference on 25th October 2017 in Karachi,” PTI’s Faisal Javed Khan tweeted on Tuesday. Dr. @AamirLiaquat to announce joining PTI at a press conference …
October 24, 2017 | by RaheelNEW DELHI: Indian police arrested a loan shark Tuesday after an impoverished labourer burdened with debt doused himself and his family in kerosene and set them alight, killing his wife and two daughters. The man remains in a critical condition with serious burns after self-immolating Monday at a government office in Tamil Nadu state in southern …
October 24, 2017 | by RaheelISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel has directed the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to launch a media campaign to create awareness on the perils of a suicide game that has claimed several lives around the world, especially in Russia. The directives came after media reported that some youths in Pakistan have been participating in ‘Blue Whale Challenge’, wherein …
October 24, 2017 | by Raheel