Taliban set terms for all-Afghan peace summit set for July
No official Afghan government representation in the meeting
Islamabad: A surprise announcement by President Donald Trump seemed to accelerate the expected time frame for US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan ahead of an all-Afghan peace summit planned for July 7-8 in Qatar. The gathering apparently will be held on Taliban terms as there will be no official Afghan government representation. Trump told Fox News […]
No ‘naswar’ on Pak flights
Islamabad: The Pakistan aviation authorities on Monday banned carrying of naswar, a powered tobacco snuff, in all domestic and international flights. The act has been deemed a punishable offence by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). The move came after almost all Middle East countries banned naswar by including it in the list of narcotics. According […]
Rebuff: Media organization asks Pak Army chief not to ‘invade’ on political realm
Islamabad: Unfazed by Pakistan’s powerful military, a leading newspaper has criticised army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa for “encroaching on the political realm” by taking sides, after he blamed “fiscal mismanagement” by the previous governments for the country’s financial woes. “We are going through difficult economic situation due to fiscal mismanagement. We have been shying […]
Ex-Pak Prez Zardari arrested in another corruption case
Islamabad: Pakistan’s anti-corruption body on Monday arrested jailed former president Asif Ali Zardari in another corruption case. He is already in the custody of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) till July 2 in a multi-million dollar money laundering case along with his sister Faryal Talpur. According to the NAB, the duo made transactions of Rs […]
Maha Legislator seeks law to curb mob lynching
Mumbai: A demand for a separate law to punish those involved in mob lynching was raised Monday in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. Raising the issue, Congress MLA Mohammed Arif Naseem Khan cited recent incidents of violence against Dalits and Muslims in Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh over various issues. “Maharashtra is a progressive […]
Father can’t avoid maintaining children just because mother is earning: HC
New Delhi: A man cannot avoid the responsibility of maintaining his children on the ground that his estranged wife is earning because a lot of time and effort also go into the upbringing, the Delhi High Court said Monday while upholding the interim maintenance awarded to a woman. Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva said it would be […]
2,100 officers left armed forces voluntarily in 2016-18: Govt
New Delhi: As many as 1,148 officers left the Army voluntarily from 2016 to 2018, followed by 575 officers from the Air Force and 377 from Navy, the government informed the Rajya Sabha on Monday. In a written response to a question on attrition in the three armed forces, Shripad Naik, Minister of State in […]
Join global coalition on disaster resilience, PM Modi tells G20 countries
OSAKA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday invited the G20 countries to join a global coalition on disaster resilience, saying disasters require quick and effective remedial measures as they invariably affect the poor the most. Modi, who is in Osaka, Japan for the two-day G20 Summit, laid special emphasis on building a disaster resilient future. […]
US, Taliban resume talks on ending war: Taliban
Doha: The United States and the Taliban opened fresh negotiations in Doha on Saturday, a Taliban spokesman said, as Washington eyes a breakthrough before Afghanistan’s September presidential election. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid tweeted that the “seventh round of talks between US representatives and the negotiation team of the Islamic Emirate have begun in Doha”. The […]