ISLAMABAD: The Senate was informed on Thursday that Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani neuroscientist convicted by a US court on the charge of shooting at army and FBI officers while in custody in Afghanistan, has finally signed a mercy petition. Adviser to the Prime Minister on Parliamentary Affairs Babar Awan said during the question hour […]
An Islamabad anti-terrorism court on Thursday acquitted Prime Minister Imran Khan in the 2014 Parliament House attack case. The verdict was announced by ATC Judge Raja Jawad Abbas Hassan. The court also decided that Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Defence Minister Pervez Khattak, Education Minister Shafqat Mehmood, and Planning Minister Asad Umar, who have been […]
Police said three people were confirmed to have died and several injured in the knife attack at French church. A police source said a woman was decapitated. French politician Marine Le Pen also spoke of a decapitation having occurred in the attack. A source at the scene said police armed with automatic weapons had put […]
Saudi Arabia plans to cancel a foreign worker sponsorship system, known as kafala, and replace it with a new form of contract between employers and employees. According to sources, the kafala system — that generally binds an expatriate worker to one employer — had been in place for seven decades in the kingdom. Rights groups […]
The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Wednesday, after continuous warnings of rising Covid-19 cases across the country, made it compulsory for all citizens to wear a face mask when stepping out of their homes. The directive comes a day after Pakistan’s active cases surpassed the 11,000 marks and Special Assistant to the Prime […]
ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday wrote to Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, asking for the firm to place a similar ban on Islamophobia and hate against Islam that has been put in place for the Holocaust. The letter has been sent amid an anti-Islam campaign launched by France as state as its […]
Several Arab food companies withdraw French products from supermarkets in response to Macron’s statements on Islam. Several Arab trade associations have announced the boycott of French products, protesting the recent comments made by President Emmanuel Macron on Islam. Earlier this month, Macron pledged to fight “Islamist separatism”, which he said was threatening to take control […]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has launched a fresh attack on Emmanuel Macron, saying the French president needed treatment and “mental checks” over his attitude towards Muslims and Islam, leading Paris to recall its ambassador in Ankara.Earlier this month, Macron pledged to fight “Islamist separatism”, which he said was threatening to take control in some […]
Fifteen men have been accused of gang-raping and filming two teenage sisters, according to reports. A complaint has been filed on behalf of the victims’ mother. She states that her two daughters, one aged 17 years old and the other 15, were kidnapped on September 11 by a group of persons. She said that her […]
More than 85,000 new cases of the virus were reported across the country on Friday, shattering an earlier single-day record and stirring new fears about the months ahead. A testing site in The Villages, Fla., on July 16, when the United States set a record of 75,687 new coronavirus cases in a single day. That […]
