NA speaker chairs security meeting for Turkish PM’s address
ISLAMABAD:?National Assembly Speaker Dr Fehmida Mirza chaired a meeting to discuss security arrangements for the Joint Session of Parliament for Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s address to More...
Mob hurls urine at Indonesian Christians
JAKARTA:?A mob of 600 Muslims threw plastic bags filled with urine at an Indonesian church congregation celebrating the ascension of Christ, a lawyer said on Friday. The attack, during which stones and dirt More...
Amnesty International calls for protection of Sindh MPA
Human Rights organisation, Amnesty International took notice of life threats to Member of Sindh Assembly, Saleem Khursheed Khokhar for his vocal stance on the Rinkle Kumari case, and his call for Hindu women More...
Police catch Multan’s 70-year-old car thief
GUJRANWALA:?His gray hair and frail figure had tricked the Gujranwala police several times, but on Friday 70-year-old car thief Ghulam Qadir was finally arrested. The police received a tip-off of a car theft on More...
No credible threat to NATO summit: FBI
CHICAGO:?There is no credible terror threat to the Nato summit set to get underway Sunday in Chicago but security forces will nonetheless be on high alert, a spokesman for the FBI said Thursday. “Obviously More...
After Pakistan issues LeT alert, India beefs up security at border posts
AMRITSAR:?India on Thursday beefed up security at the Integrated Check Post (ICP) at the India-Pakistan border following a threat issued by Pakistan-based terrorist outfit Lashker-e-Taiba (LeT) and the Taliban More...
Pakistani air force planes crash, 4 pilots killed
Author:? Associated Press Wed, 2012-05-16 21:00 PESHAWAR, Pakistan: Police say two Pakistani air force planes have crashed on a training mission in the country’s northwest, killing all four pilots. Pakistani More...
India’s shunned transgenders struggle to survive
NEW DEHLI:?Seema, a husband and father of two, gets ready for another night of work on the streets of the Indian capital, placing two halves of a yellow sponge ball into empty bra cups. The 33-year-old then More...
US capital to allow turbaned Sikh police
WASHINGTON:?Washington’s police chief on Wednesday gave the green light for turbaned Sikhs to serve as officers, making the capital the first major US city to accommodate the religion’s articles More...
‘Ghost busters’ arrested for drug use during ritual
MULTAN:?Tasked with removing ‘evil spirits’ from a house where fire kept erupting without explanation, a gang of malangs were arrested by the police after neighbours said they were using drugs during More...