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Deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif was reelected on Tuesday as president of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N). According to Express News, Nawaz was elected as the party leader unopposed as no one filed nomination papers for the candidacy against him in the intra-party elections. The development came only a day after President Mamnoon Hussain …
October 3, 2017 | by RaheelA large-scale switch from tobacco to e-cigarettes would cut smoking-related deaths by a quarter in the United States by 2100, even assuming the gadgets are themselves not risk-free, researchers said Tuesday. Scientists are still unsure about the potential harms of ‘vaping’ as an alternative to traditional cigarettes, though most seem convinced it is at least …
October 3, 2017 | by RaheelSAN FRANSISCO: Facebook on Monday said it will hire more than 1,000 people to thwart deceptive ads crafted to knock elections off course. The announcement came as the leading social network turned over to Congress some 3,000 Russia-linked ads that appeared to use hot button issues to turn people against one another ahead of last year’s …
October 2, 2017 | by RaheelWhen Osama bin Laden was killed in 2011, he left three sons. One disowned him, the other died, and the third followed in his footsteps. His youngest son Hamza, now 28, has become the top propagandist and leader of al Qaida, the terror franchise founded by his father. Hamza is now the subject of “kill-or-capture” …
October 2, 2017 | by RaheelEvery Indian woman has faced sexual harassment at some stage, said woman lawmaker of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Poonam Mahajan as she opened up about her own trauma of being sexually harassed in the past. “I used to take a train to my classes in Versova from Worli,” said the member of the …
October 2, 2017 | by RaheelPRAGUE: Czech taxi drivers on Monday blocked traffic at Prague’s international airport to protest what they and many of their counterparts abroad call unfair competition from the controversial ride-sharing app Uber. Cab drivers have previously staged demonstrations against Uber in countries including Britain, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia, Indonesia, Italy, Poland, Spain and Taiwan. Around 1,200 cabs, …
October 2, 2017 | by RaheelISLAMABAD: Inflation increased to 3.9% last month due to sudden price shocks, contrary to expectations of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) that had anticipated no major disruption in food supply chain. Measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), the inflation indicator surged to 3.9% in September as against 3.4% a month earlier, the Pakistan Bureau …
October 2, 2017 | by RaheelLAS VEGAS: Stephen Craig Paddock was a retired accountant who lived on a desert golf course in Mesquite Nevada, with no known history of violence – until he shot dead 50 people in a hail of gunfire from his Las Vegas hotel window. Paddock’s family was in shock after the 64-year-old sowed terror on the Vegas …
October 2, 2017 | by RaheelWASHINGTON: After a gunman killed more than 50 people at a Las Vegas concert Sunday, here are some of the deadliest mass shootings in the United States in the past 25 years. A heavily-armed gunman opens fire inside a gay nightclub in the city of Orlando on June 12, 2016 and kills 49 people. The attacker …
October 2, 2017 | by RaheelDespite the opposition parties’ protests, the Election Reforms Bill 2017, as expected, was cleared by the National Assembly on Monday – removing the hurdle for deposed PM Nawaz Sharif in becoming the chief of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) again. Law Minister Zahid Hamid presented the electoral reforms bill in the assembly. The session was presided over …
October 2, 2017 | by Raheel