Mush attack: death penalty of 2 revoked
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Supreme Court today set aside the death sentences given by a military court to two men who were convicted of involvement in a suicide attack on former President Pervez Musharraf in 2003.
2 Polish mountaineers missing in Himalayas
Warsaw: Officials say two Polish mountaineers have disappeared in the Himalayas after scaling a peak of more than 8,000 meters and then starting their descent. The two were part of a group of four Poles that completed what Polish media say is the first-ever winter ascent of Broad Peak located in Pakistan.
Normal life in Nepal disrupted by strike
Kathmandu: Normal life was today crippled across Nepal due to a general strike called by the fringe left parties to protest the major political parties’ efforts to form a Chief Justice-led election government.
Karzai calls on Afghan troops as clean up act
Kabul: Afghan President Hamid Karzai is calling on his own security forces to clean up their act and end incidents of torture and abuse of the Afghan people. The remarks are a shift in tone from Karzai’s speeches that have solely blamed foreign troops for abuse.
Bright comet streaks past Earth
Washington: A recently discovered comet made its closest-ever approach to Earth yesterday, as it buzzed past within 160 million kilometres of our planet, and it will now be visible to skywatchers in Northern Hemisphere.
Washingtonshuts down for snowstorm
Washington: The US Government shut down offices in the Washington DC and flights in the region were cancelled as a snowstorm hit on Wednesday.