Day: October 7, 2019

Sharif undergoes PET, CT scan in London: reports

Pak court set to hear Sharif’s appeal against his conviction

2:39 pm October 7, 2019

Islamabad: A Pakistani court will hear on Monday the appeal of jailed former prime minister Nawaz Sharif against his conviction in a corruption case. Sharif, 69, has been serving a seven-year prison term at the Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore since December 24, 2018 when the accountability court convicted him in the Al-Azizia Steel Mills […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Malawi’s public protector on crusade to clean up government

2:33 pm October 7, 2019

Blantyre: The battle against corruption in the poor southern African state of Malawi has turned a shy, diminutive omsbudswoman, Martha Chizuma, into a popular icon. The quietly confident former magistrate and registrar of the High Court, appointed public protector in December 2015 when she was only 36, is the youngest person and only the second […]

US’s most prolific serial killer has murdered at least 50: FBI

2:20 pm October 7, 2019

Washington: A 79-year-old man murdered at least 50 people, making him the most prolific serial killer in US history, the FBI said Sunday. Samuel Little confessed to 93 homicides — mostly of women — between 1970 and 2005, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said. Although investigators have only confirmed his involvement in 50 of them, […]

Afghan Taliban frees three Indian hostages: Reports

2:16 pm October 7, 2019

Islamabad: The Afghan Taliban said it has freed three Indian engineers held hostage for over a year in an exchange for securing the release of 11 of its members, including some high-ranking officials of the militant group, according to media reports on Monday. Speaking on condition of anonymity, two Taliban officials refused to say who […]

Maha BJP chief faces united opposition challenge in Kothrud

2:11 pm October 7, 2019

Pune: Maharashtra BJP chief Chandrakant Patil, who is fighting his maiden Assembly election, is up against a united opposition from Pune’s Kothrud seat, and it will be interesting to see how he takes up the challenge. The state minister, who is considered no. 2 in the Devendra Fadnavis Cabinet, is also facing the tag of […]