Bugti murder: Ex-Pak PM declared fugitive
Islamabad: Former Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz was on Tuesday declared a fugitive along with two others by an anti-terrorism court in Quetta in connection with the 2006 murder of Baloch nationalist leader Akbar Khan Bugti. The court also rejected former president General Pervez Musharraf’s request for exemption from attendance in the case in which he is also an accused.
Pak to build n-power plant in Karachi
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will lay the foundation stone of a 2,117 megawatt civil nuclear power project on Tuesday which is being built with the assistance of China in the port city of Karachi, Geo News reported.
Obama cites PIO to push for immigration reform
Washington: US President Barack Obama has cited an Indian-American woman entrepreneur in the Silicon Valley after she got a green card following over 12 years of agonising wait to push for a comprehensive immigration reform that would attract best talents from across the globe.
India provides Rs 33.4m for nepal school
Kathmandu: India on Tuesday said it will provide 33.39 million Nepali rupees for the construction of a three-storeyed school building in western Nepal. A memorandum of understanding was signed between the Embassy of India, Kathmandu, District Development Committee, Dailekh and Shri Malika Higher Secondary School for providing the Indian grant assistance.
death Toll from spate of Iraq attacks rises to 46
Baghdad: A spate of Iraq attacks, including twin bombings at a market and the assassination of a former MP, killed at least 46 people, officials said on Tuesday. The shootings and bombings yesterday marked the latest in a sharp rise in violence that has seen more than 500 people killed already this month, fuelling fears Iraq is on the brink of plunging back into the brutal Sunni-Shiite sectarian war that plagued it years ago.
Monica Gill crowned Miss India USA 2013
New York: Monica Gill, a 24-year-old clinical affairs associate, has won the Miss India USA 2013 crown, an annual pageant where young Indian-American beauties compete for the grand Miss India Worldwide crown.