Imran appeals to SC to probe rigging in polls
Islamabad: Opposition leader Imran Khan has appealed to Pakistan's Supreme Court to probe the rigging allegations in the last year's elections won by Nawaz Sharif's PMl-N party.
protesters, police clash in Hong Kong
Hong Kong: Pro-democracy protesters clashed with police in Hong Kong early on Thursday for the first time in more than two weeks as pressure grows on demonstrators to abandon more than a month and a half of street occupations.
US-led airstrikes hit Qaeda branch in Syria
Beirut: US-led coalition air strikes hit Al-Qaeda's Syrian branch overnight, expanding the raids to jihadists outside the Islamic State group for only the second time, a monitoring group said on Thursday.
Dhaka calls Pak envoy over Min's remarks
Dhaka: Bangladesh on Thursday summoned Pakistan's acting high commissioner and strongly protested the remarks made by the country's Interior Minister over the death sentence given to the Jamaat-e-Islami chief, saying the comments amounted to interference in its internal affairs.
Ghani to visit Pak to discuss bilateral ties
Islamabad: Pakistan on Thursday said Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani will visit the country soon to discuss various aspects of bilateral ties.
‘Sunday Mirror' ex-scribe admits hacking
london: A former investigations editor for the Sunday Mirror has admitted hacking into phone messages dating back to 2001, becoming the first employee of the UK newspaper to confess to the crime.
Russia ready to sell weapons to Thailand
Bangkok: Russia is ready to sell weapons to Thailand as it wants to see a new era of military and security cooperation between the two countries for combating transnational crime and terrorism.
Top Bangla Islamist ‘may hang next week'
Dhaka: Bangladesh may hang a senior Islamist leader as early as next week after the Supreme Court upheld his death sentence for war crimes, the law minister said on Thursday. Mohammad Kamaruzzaman of the Jamaat-e-Islami would be the second senior Islamist to be hanged.