Social media fumes as official buys burqas for school girls

Peshawar, Oct 8 . Pakistanis expressed their anger on social media as pictures of an official distributing burqas to girl students of a secondary government school went viral, Pakistani media reports said. A district counsellor in Cheena village purchased burqas worth Rs 90,000 from the government fund and distributed them to the school girls. The … Read more

Kuwait, US sign deal on aviation security cooperation

Kuwait City, Oct 8 . Kuwait and the United States on Tuesday signed a deal to bolster cooperation on aviation security. The deal was inked by Kuwait Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Xinhua news agency reported. After signing the agreement, DGCA’s President Sheikh Salman Al-Humoud Al-Sabah said … Read more

Trump defends his Syria decision amid broad criticism

Washington, Oct 8 . US President Donald Trump on Tuesday highlighted US-Turkey relations amid broad criticism against his decision to withdraw US troops from northern Syria where Turkish offensive has been underway. “So many people conveniently forget that Turkey is a big trading partner of the United States, in fact they make the structural steel … Read more

Preparations complete for Syria operation: Turkey

Ankara, Oct 8 . Turkey’s Ministry of Defence said all preparations for a military operation against the Syrian Kurdish PYG/YPG forces in northern Syria were complete and the Armed Forces would not tolerate a terror corridor along its border. “Establishment of a safe zone/a peace corridor is necessary for giving a safe life to Syrians … Read more

Imran Khan govt breaks record in borrowing money

Islamabad, Oct 9 . Pakistan’s ruling Imran Khan government has broken all previous records in borrowing money merely in the first year of its tenure. According to the official data, during the one-year regime of the present government Rs 7,509 billion (Pakistani currency) increase was recorded in the total debt of the country. A report … Read more

Trump takes knife to prison yard

Washington DC, Oct 9 . Washington resembles a bullpen where a verbal shell game is on. This evening Donald Trump fighting his accusers in what has become a brutal cage match took the knife to the fight in the prison yard. His counter attack vicious and determined and monotypical of his style and mien. His … Read more

Johnson to hold talks with Irish leader to avoid no-deal Brexit

London, Oct 9 . British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will hold talks with his Irish counterpart Leo Varadkar later this week in a last ditch attempt to avoid a no-deal Brexit, a Downing Street spokesman said here on Tuesday. Johnson and the Irish prime minister spoke by telephone for about 40 minutes, the Xinhua news … Read more

Washington beatdown gets intense (IANS Exclusive)

Washington DC, Oct 8 . War it is said is a policy practised by a sovereign state to outflank its enemy. However, in the ongoing Washington DC beatdown, President Donald Trump is the player who everyone is watching for his policy interventions, a flurry of counter punches, invasive and pollyannaish, with many here reckoning that … Read more

Imran launches food scheme

Islamabad, Oct 7 . Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday launched a food scheme that aims to combat hunger throughout the country. The Ehsaas-Saylani Langar Scheme, which has been launched in coordination with the Saylani Trust, one of the country’s biggest welfare organisations, aims to provide hygienic food to the poor, reports Dawn news. … Read more

Thai officials try to retrieve elephant carcasses

Bangkok, Oct 7 . Thai officials were on Monday trying to retrieve the bodies of six elephants that fell to their deaths while trying to save each other from a waterfall, warning that they pose a water contamination risk. The Khao Yai National Park officers have set up a net downstream from the bodies to … Read more

21 arrested in UK as part of global environment protests

London, Oct 7 . Twenty-one people were arrested on Monday in the UK at the start of two weeks of protests by environmental campaigners, the media reported on Monday. Extinction Rebellion activists will demonstrate in cities around the world, including Berlin, New York and Sydney, reports the BBC. Activists barricaded themselves inside cars in Westminster … Read more