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One of the wonders of the world, the Taj Mahal, has seen receding attendance figures of late because of air pollution that is turning its ethereal white marble yellow, The Washington Post reported. Some in India feel that a staunch Hindu nationalist government recently elected in the Taj’s home state of Uttar Pradesh is starving the world …
October 3, 2017 | by RaheelA Pakistan Army soldier was martyred on Tuesday when terrorists opened fire on the Mustil Pass border post with neighbouring Afghanistan, according to the Inter-services Public Relations (ISPR). The recently cleared post is an important passage from Afghanistan into the Khyber Agency. The soldier has been identified as Naib Subedar Azhar Ali who succumbed to …
October 3, 2017 | by RaheelThe country’s top media watchdog has slapped a fine of Rs1 million on Geo News for airing comments against the Pakistan Army. The decision was taken during the 134th meeting of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) held at its headquarters in Islamabad on Tuesday. According to a statement, the regulatory authority approved Councils …
October 3, 2017 | by RaheelBEIRUT: The Islamic State group is under attack across the remaining parts of its self-proclaimed caliphate, but what happens to its thousands of fighters as their group loses grip on territory? Facing multiple offensives, the militant group has lost the Libyan city of Sirte, Iraq’s Mosul and Ramadi, and is now on the verge of being …
October 3, 2017 | by RaheelKARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) restrained on Tuesday the federal authorities concerned from deporting former employees of the Pak-Turk International Schools in the province till October 10. A two-judge bench, headed by Justice Munib Akhtar, also issued notices to the federal and provincial authorities concerned to file their comments in this regard by the next …
October 3, 2017 | by RaheelLAHORE: Former Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Punjab president Farooq Amjad Meer announced on Tuesday that he had left the party. Speaking to The Express Tribune, Meer said he was unhappy over the party’s politics. “Despite repeated attempts, I failed to get even a single appointment to meet the party chairman [Imran Khan] in the last two years,” he …
October 3, 2017 | by RaheelISLAMABAD: Rights activists and colleagues have demanded the release of a four-member Turkish family allegedly abducted by ‘law-enforcement officials’ in Lahore last week. Activists also demanded that Turkish teachers of the Pak-Turk schools system and their families be allowed to live in Pakistan instead of forcing them out on the behest of the Turkish government. Mesut Kacmez, …
October 3, 2017 | by RaheelJERUSALEM: Israel’s defense minister said on Tuesday President Bashar al-Assad was winning Syria’s civil war and urged the United States to weigh in as Damascus’s Iranian and Hezbollah allies gain ground. Avigdor Lieberman’s comments marked a reversal for Israel, where top officials had from the outset of fighting in 2011 until mid-2015 regularly predicted Assad would …
October 3, 2017 | by RaheelISLAMABAD: The ruling party on Tuesday re-elected ousted premier Nawaz Sharif as its leader, who said he was “back with full force”, a day after using its parliamentary majority to amend a law to allow him to re-take the job. Jafar Iqbal, who headed a five-member election body, said Nawazx had been elected party president unopposed …
October 3, 2017 | by RaheelTOKYO: Japan accepted just three refugees in the first half of 2017 despite receiving a record 8,561 fresh asylum applications, the government said on Tuesday, highlighting the nation’s reluctance to accept foreigners. Only four refugees were accepted in the first half of 2016, when fresh asylum applications totaled 5,011, the Justice Ministry said. Japan princess to …
October 3, 2017 | by Raheel