Pak special court rejects Mush pleas
Islamabad: A special court hearing treason case against former Pakistani military dictator Pervez Musharraf on Friday dismissed his pleas accusing judges of being biased and challenging the three-member bench. In the short order delivered by Justice Faisal Arab, all pleas filed by Musharraf have been dismissed and the hearing has been adjourned till March 11.
Motorcycle bomb kills 5 in Afghanistan
Kandahar: An Afghan provincial official says a motorcycle bomb was remotely detonated in a crowded market in the country’s south, killing five people and wounding eight. No one immediately took responsibility for the bombing.
Militant camp named after lal Masjid cleric
Islamabad: An Iraqi militant group — Ansar al-Islam — has named its new training camp after a radical cleric of Pakistan’s lal Masjid, a media report said on Friday. The group has also named one of its sub-divisions after slain cleric Abdul Rasheed Ghazi, who was killed in the 2007 military operation, the report said.
PIO faces life term for killing husband in texas
Houston: US prosecutors have rested their case against a 27-year-old Indian-origin woman, who faces life sentence for allegedly killing her husband by setting him afire two years ago. Shriya Patel’s trial began on March 4 in Austin,Texas, with prosecutors accusing her of luring her husband into the bathtub for a massage, dousing him with gasoline and then setting him ablaze.
Israel fabricated Gaza weapons claim: Iran
Jakarta: Iran’s Foreign Minister on Friday sharply rejected an Israeli allegation that Tehran tried to ship missiles to the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, calling it a “lie”. Israel has said it captured a Gaza-bound ship on Wednesday carrying dozens of Syrian-made rockets “capable of striking anywhere in Israel”.
Venezuelan prez blames ‘minority’ for violence
Washington: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro blamed the month-old unrest shaking his country on a “minority” that has left the opposition in a difficult situation. In an interview with CNN, Maduro also renewed his call for establishing a new level of relations with the United States after years of frosty relations.
Pak warns Taliban of military operation
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Defence Minister on Friday warned the Pakistani Taliban that the Government would be compelled to launch a full-scale military operation if the banned militant group violates the ceasefire.