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Main accused in Asma murder case has fled to Saudi Arabia: police

January 29, 2018January 29, 2018 News Desk

A special team was formed on Monday to investigate the killing of Asma Rani, a third-year medical student who was reportedly shot dead in Kohat on Saturday for refusing a marriage proposal. District Police Officer (DPO) Abbas Majeed Marwat formed a team comprising six senior police officials to resolve the case. The DPO also said the Federal Investigation Agency had been approached for the issuance of red warrants against the accused. According to police, Asma had been visiting her family in Kohat during a session break when the prime accused, Mujahid…

Trump urges ‘all nations’ to fight Taliban

January 29, 2018 News Desk

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has urged all nations to crack down on the Taliban group that orchestrated Saturday’s terrorist attack in Kabul, killing 95 people. In a similar message, also released on Saturday afternoon, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson warned that those who support terrorists or offer sanctuaries to them will no longer be tolerated. As he often does, President Trump used a social media outlet, Twitter, to give his initial reaction, declaring: “We will not allow the Taliban to win!” Later, the White House issued another statement from…

Qadri shelves protest policy, seeks legal solution to Model Town incident

January 28, 2018 News Desk

Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Tahirul Qadri on Sunday announced that his party has shelved its strategy of protests on the Model Town incident and indicated that he will now seek a “legal and political” solution to the problem. On June 17, 2014, 14 people had been killed and 100 others injured when police launched an assault on supporters gathered outside the residence of Qadri in Model Town, Lahore. Following a judicial inquiry, a report compiled by Justice Baqar Najafi had pointed fingers at Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah and Punjab Police…

Pakistan clinch T20I series, end New Zealand tour on a high

January 28, 2018 News Desk

Pakistan Wins T20 from New Zealand on 28 January 2018

Pakistan on Sunday defeated New Zealand by 18 runs in the third and final T20I at the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui. The victory means the tourists clinched the T20 series 2-1 and end their tour Down Under on a high after being whitewashed in the ODI series. The Green Shirts won the toss and elected to bat first. Opener Fakhar Zaman was Pakistan’s top-scorer with 46 runs off just 36 balls laced with five boundaries and a six before being dismissed by Mitchell Santner. With seven of Pakistan’s top…

Pakistani peacekeeper killed ‘by members of an armed group’ in Congo

January 28, 2018 News Desk

A Pakistani UN peacekeeper, Naik Naeem Raza, was killed and another was injured when their covoy was ambushed by “members of an armed group” in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday, a statement published on the United Nations website said. Raza’s murder was confirmed by Pakistan’s Ambassador to the UN Maleeha Lodhi. “One of our UN peacekeepers Naik Naeem Raza embraced [martyrdom] today in Congo. May Allah rest his soul in peace. And we pray that another of our soldiers who was injured fully recovers,” the ambassador said in a tweet…

‘Give us proof of bank accounts’: SC forms new JIT to investigate anchor’s claims about suspect in Zainab case

January 28, 2018 News Desk

Zainab's Father arrived at SC's Lahore Registry - Dawn

The Supreme Court on Sunday formed a new joint investigation team (JIT) to probe the claims made by television anchor Dr Shahid Masood about the suspect in Zainab Amin’s rape and murder case. Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar gave the order for the JIT while presiding over the three-member apex bench conducting a suo motu hearing into the Zainab case at the SC’s Lahore registry. The chief justice ordered Masood, who was present in court, to appear before the newly formed JIT — which will be led by director general…

Man arrested for sexually assaulting 10-year-old girl in Taxila

January 28, 2018January 28, 2018 News Desk

TAXILA: Attock police on Saturday claimed to have arrested a man who allegedly sexually assaulted a girl in Targar village in the Bassal police area recently. District Police Officer Ibadat Nisar said the accused took the 10-year-old girl to an under-construction house and assaulted her. Medical examination of the girl had confirmed the assault. The accused is stated to be the cousin of the girl. An FIR against the accused has been registered by the Bassal police after a on the complaint of the victim’s mother. Separately, a man was…

Kashmir Council EU holds a protest on Indian Republic Day in Brussels

January 26, 2018January 26, 2018 News Desk

Kashmir Council EU protest on Indian Republic Day in front of Indian Embassy Brussels

A protest demonstration was organized by Kashmir Council EU on the occasion of Indian Republic Day (26th January) in front of Indian Embassy in Brussels, the capital of Belgium Friday. It is important to mention that Kashmiris observe the Indian Republic Day falling on 26th January as black day every year. Protest in Brussels was attended by a large number of the people from different walks of life. Holding placards and banner with a number of slogans against India, the protesters called for immediate end of Indian atrocities in Indian Held Kashmir…

Google, Tencent eye collaboration on new technologies

January 26, 2018 News Desk

Internet titans Google and Tencent on Friday signalled possible future collaboration on developing new technologies as the US and Chinese firms announced a long-term patent-sharing agreement. The companies gave no details on the scope or nature of the potential cooperation but said in a joint statement that they “are open to deeper collaboration in the future on innovative new technologies”. “By working together on agreements such as this, tech companies can focus on building better products and services for their users,” Google’s head of patents, Mike Lee, was quoted saying.…

‘Your days are numbered’: Billionaire investor George Soros to Google and Facebook

January 26, 2018 News Desk

Billionaire investor George Soros launched a scathing attack on tech giants at the Davos summit on Thursday, calling them monopolies that could be manipulated by authoritarians to subvert democracy. During an annual dinner he hosts at the World Economic Forum, held this week in the Swiss alpine resort, Soros turned his sights on a host of subjects including US President Donald Trump and the speculation frenzy surrounding the bitcoin cryptocurrency. But much of the Hungarian-born financier’s ire was reserved for the tech giants of Silicon Valley who, he argued, needed…

Trump proposes amnesty for ‘Dreamers’, ending of green card lottery

January 26, 2018 News Desk

US President Donald Trump’s administration on Thursday unveiled a sweeping new immigration plan to Congress that offers 1.8 million young unauthorized immigrants known as “Dreamers” a path to citizenship over 10-12 years. In a comprehensive reform that will be formally presented next week, Trump has also asked Congress to eliminate the popular “green card lottery” program and severely restrict family immigration, steps analysts say could cut in half the more than one million foreign-born people moving to the country annually. And in the name of halting illegal immigration, he has…

Myanmar pillories US diplomat who called out Suu Kyi over ‘absence of moral leadership’

January 25, 2018January 25, 2018 News Desk

Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi

US diplomat Bill Richardson was accused on Thursday of a “personal attack” on Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi after an excoriating take down of the former darling of the global rights community as he resigned from a panel on the Rohingya crisis. Richardson, a one-time Suu Kyi ally, was one of five foreign members hand picked by Myanmar’s civilian leader to serve on the committee. But after a three-day visit to Myanmar, Richardson struck out at his hosts, saying he could not in “good conscience” sit on a panel he…

US drone strike targeted terrorists hiding in refugee complex, ISPR says, pushing for repatriation

January 25, 2018January 25, 2018 News Desk

As the United States (US) on Thursday rejected Foreign Office (FO) claims that a Jan 24 drone strike targeted an Afghan refugee camp in Kurram Agency, the army’s media wing explained that the drone targeted a terrorist hiding in an Afghan refugee complex in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata). The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement said: “The drone strike on Jan 24 in Speen Tal, Hangu district, was on an individual target who had morphed into Afghan refugees and not [on] any organised terrorists sanctuary, which have been eliminated.”…

Pir Sialvi takes back protest call after meeting Shehbaz Sharif

January 25, 2018 News Desk

Peer Sialvi and Shehbaz Sharif 25 January 2018

SARGODHA: Spiritual leader and custodian of Sial Sharif Shrine of Sargodha Pir Khawaja Hameeduddin Sialvi has taken back his call of protest after meeting Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday. While speaking to media after the meeting, the chief minister said that a committee has been constituted to resolve differences between the government and Pir Sialvi, adding that political rivals tried to create acrimony between them. Punjab Auqaf Minister Zaeem Qadri, Pir Riazud Din from Rawalpindi, Pir Mudassir Taunsvi of Taunsa Sharif and Speaker of Data Darbar shrine Ramzan…

Forbidden from appearing on TV, Amir Liaquat launches news website

January 23, 2018January 23, 2018 News Desk

A little over a month after he was barred from making any appearanceon electronic media by a court, televangelist and TV host Amir Liaquat Hussain has launched an eponymous news website. Called Amir Liaquat Hussain news (alhnews.com), the Urdu-language website, launched on January 14, features a wide array of news categories, including local and international, business, health, sports and entertainment news. Also highlighted on the website are columns penned by and video commentaries featuring Hussain, and even childhood and family photos of the controversial anchor. “If the voice is banned a 100,000 times, the picture is forbidden…