The Pakistan Parliament on Tuesday elected ruling Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) nominee Shahid Khaqan Abbasi as the interim Prime Minister. Mr. Abbasi secured 221 votes out of 341, while the three candidates fielded by the divided opposition collectively got 84 votes. Naveed Qamar of the Pakistan People’s Party got 47 votes, while the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s nominee secured 33 votes […]
» Read moreA suicide blast near the residence and office of Pakistan’s Punjab province Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif in Lahore on Monday killed at least 20 people, including policemen, and wounded 30. Lahore police chief Capt (R) Amin Wains said the “target of blast was police.” He also confirmed that it was a suicide blast. “Police and the Lahore Development Authority officials […]
» Read moreA powerful earthquake shook the Greek resort island of Kos early Friday morning, damaging older and historic buildings and the main port, killing at least two people and causing more than 120 injuries, authorities said. The 6.5-magnitude quake rattled other islands and Turkey’s Aegean coast as well, but Kos was nearest to the epicenter and appeared to be the worst-hit, […]
» Read moreCounter-terrorism cooperation between India and the U.S. deepened in 2016, the State Department’s annual ‘Country Reports on Terrorism’ released on Wednesday said. The report said the “Indian leadership expressed resolve to redouble efforts, in cooperation with the United States and other like-minded countries, to bring to justice the perpetrators of terrorism.” It said Pakistan remained “an important counter-terrorism partner” last […]
» Read moreAuthorities say a magnitude 6.4 earthquake has rattled the coast of southern Peru and was felt in the cities of Tacna, Moquegua and Arequipa, among others. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake’s epicenter was 61 miles (98 km) west of Camana in Arequipa province. It struck at 2-05 a.m. GMT on Monday evening local time and had a depth […]
» Read moreTen Indians were killed and six others injured in a fire that ripped through a windowless house in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said officials of the Indian consulate in Jeddah were rushing to Najran. “I am aware of the fire tragedy in Najran in which we have lost 10 Indian nationals and six injured are […]
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