Saudi executes Pak national for smuggling
Dubai: A Pakistani national was on Tuesday executed in Saudi Arabia's Mecca region for smuggling a quantity of narcotic heroin, the Saudi Interior Ministry said.
The ministry said that a court convicted Fadhal Hadi Qinus and the sentence was endorsed by Appeal and Supreme Courts, state-run Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.
French catcallers face new 90-euro fine
Paris: Sexual harassment on French streets or in public transport will be punished by a new on-the-spot fine of 90 euros, a government spokesman said on Tuesday, while admitting it would be hard to catch offenders in the act.
The #MeToo campaign against sexual harassment started in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein affair has led to soul-searching in France, where persistent male advances are sometimes passed off as harmless flirtation.
Pak FS set to hold talks in US this week
Washington: Pakistan’s Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua is set to hold talks here with senior officials of the Trump administration on a host of bilateral and regional issues, a US diplomat has said. Pakistan's Foreign Secretary would be meeting the Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan at the State Department, said Alice Wells, the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State.