738 missing persons recovered: Pak Minister
Karachi: Days after Pakistan’s Supreme Court warned it could act against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif over the detention of people without charge by security agencies, new Defence Minister Khwaja Asif on Thursday claimed 738 “missing persons” from Balochistan had been found.
B’desh polls could be postponed, says EC
Dhaka: Amidst fresh political violence that has claimed 19 lives and created uncertainty about the upcoming general election, Bangladesh’s Election Commission said the January 5 polls could be postponed if consensus is forged by the country’s feuding political parties.
Singapore President’s website hacked, 2 held
Singapore: Two Singaporean men have been arrested for allegedly defacing the President’s website during a recent rash of cyber attacks in the city-state, police said on Thursday.
Roadside bombs kill 6 Afghan civilians
Kabul: Afghan officials say two roadside bombs have killed six civilians in the country’s eastern Nangarhar province. The chief of the province’s Achin district, Rahman Momand, said the explosions took place on Thursday.
Turkey’s envoy to Cairo returns home
Istanbul: Turkey’s ambassador to Cairo has returned home after being expelled in a diplomatic spat over Ankara’s support for Egypt’s ousted Islamist President, the Foreign Ministry said.
Malala tops list of most powerful Asians london: Malala Yousafzai has been named as Britain’s most influential Asian by a weekly publication here. She was ranked Number 1 in the latest edition of ‘GG2 Power 101’ list.
bombings, attacks across Iraq kill 29
Baghdad: Three car bombs exploded at markets and on a street full of shops near Iraq's capital, the deadliest of a series of attacks across the country that killed at least 29 people, officials said.
56 women killed in Pak for giving birth to girls
lahore: A total of 56 women have been killed in Pakistan this year for giving birth to a girl, a rights body has said. “A country where mothers are killed for giving birth to baby girls can’t be called an ethical society,” said IA Rehman, human rights activist.