Mush wants Pak army chief’s tenure extended
Karachi: Amid reports that Pakistan’s powerful army chief Gen Raheel Sharif is spearheading an anti-corruption drive, former military ruler General Pervez Musharraf has called for extending his tenure, warning that a change would mean all “good work done so far go waste.”
Pak summons India envoy over civilian killing
Islamabad: For the second time this week, Pakistan on Friday summoned India’s Deputy High Commissioner here and lodged a protest over killing of three Pakistani civilians in alleged firing by Indian troops across the loC.
S Sudan oil tanker blast deaths top 150
Juba: At least 150 people died in South Sudan when a crashed oil tanker exploded as a crowd scooped up spilled fuel, reports said.
Indian-origin Uber driver rapes canada passenger
Toronto: An Indian-origin Uber driver has allegedly raped a 25-year-old in Canada, prompting police to seek public’s help in tracing him. The driver is known only as Amritpal, the name under which he was listed in the Uber app.
Muslims flock to hajj despite crane collapse
Mecca: Pilgrims from around the world have begun massing in Saudi Arabia for the hajj, one of the biggest gatherings on the planet, undeterred by a crane collapse that killed 108 people, including 11 Indians, at Islam’s holiest site.
Air strike kills 14 Yemen fighters by ‘mistake’
Marib: At least 14 pro-government troops were killed when a Saudi-led coalition air raid targeted them “by mistake”, military sources said.
‘US plans military talks with Russia over Syria’
london: The Obama administration is planning direct talks between Russian and American military officials soon over Russia’s military buildup in Syria, a development that has flummoxed the US.