Archives for March 27, 2016
Obama: US ramps up intelligence cooperation, to review Islamic State fight at summit
WASHINGTON: The United States has ramped up intelligence cooperation and will review international efforts to combat Islamic State militants after the Brussels attacks during a nuclear summit with world leaders…
Trump would consider halting US oil purchases from Saudis: NYT
WASHINGTON: Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump told the New York Times he would consider stopping US oil purchases from Saudi Arabia unless the Saudi government provide troops to fight Islamic…
UK tabloid censured over story of Muslims’ Islamic State support
LONDON: Britain’s press regulator on Saturday censured Rupert Murdoch’s The Sun tabloid for a “significantly misleading” story claiming one in five British Muslims sympathise with militant fighters. The ruling on…
Belgium charges attacks suspect, ‘March Against Fear’ called off
BRUSSELS: Belgium charged a suspect thought to be the fugitive third Brussels airport bomber with terrorist murder, as a Sunday peace march for the victims was cancelled for security reasons…
Chinese flags defaced in Prague ahead of president’s visit
PRAGUE: Dozens of Chinese flags that had been hung up in the streets of Prague ahead of a landmark visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping were defaced overnight, police said…
Rahim Yar Khan rally: PPP chairman hits out at PML-N for ‘anti-farmer’ policies
BAHAWALPUR:PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has hit out at the government for its ‘anti-farmer policies’ as he accused Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of focusing on development of upper Punjab at…
Iran’s help sought to stop RAW-backed terror
ISLAMABAD:Pakistan’s military said on Saturday that the involvement of India’s top spy agency in stoking violence in Balochistan was discussed in a meeting between Chief of Army Staff General Raheel…
Interior ministers’ meeting: Pakistan, Iran to boost security cooperation
ISLAMABAD:Vowing to further strengthen their security cooperation, Pakistan and Iran on Saturday decided to constitute a high level task force for ‘identification of areas of mutual concern’ and to recommend…
‘Conflict of interests’: Abbasi pulls out of PIA sell-off committee
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Petroleum Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has withdrawn from a committee set up by the government to fine-tune the controversial Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Bill, citing ‘conflict of interest’.…
Junaid Jamshed assaulted at Islamabad airport for alleged blasphemy
Singer-turned-evangelist Junaid Jamshed was assaulted by a group of men at Islamabad airport late Saturday night. A video that has gone viral on social media, shows a charged crowd taking…