‘Peanuts': Ex-Pak interior min on US aid
New Delhi: The US has given Pakistan "peanuts", "not billions of dollars" in aid, said ruling party politician Chaudhry Nisar on Wednesday in Pakistan's national assembly. Nisar also said the Government must conduct an audit of US aid received in last 10 years.
Pak court dismisses Bugti murder case plea
Karachi: In a relief to Pakistan's former dictator Pervez Musharraf, the Balochistan High Court on Wednesday dismissed an application challenging his acquittal in the killing of Baloch nationalist Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti in an army operation in 2006.
Sl defends war crimes accused General
Colombo: The Sri lankan Government today came out in defence of a former Army Commander accused of committing war crimes during the brutal civil war against the lTTE, saying every death in the three-decade long conflict cannot be treated as a human rights abuse case.
UN chief calls to lift Gaza blockade
Jabalia: UN chief Antonio Guterres called for the blockade of the Gaza Strip to be lifted on Wednesday as he visited the Palestinian enclave enduring "one of the most dramatic humanitarian crises" he had seen. "I am deeply moved to be in Gaza today, unfortunately to witness one of the most dramatic humanitarian crises that I've seen in many years working as a humanitarian in the United Nations," Guterres said.