BY BENJAMIN OMOIKE WITH AGENCY REPORTS Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was arrested on Tuesday by paramilitary troops who smashed their way into a courthouse in Islamabad to detain him on multiple corruption charges. The dramatic and sudden arrest former cricket star turned leader is the latest chapter in months of ongoing political turmoil […]
Pakistan confirmed two more cases of coronavirus on Saturday, bringing the total number of positive cases to four since Wednesday when the first two cases were reported in the country. READ ALSO: Fake News: The uber driver who drove the Italian demands 100million “We have received reports of two more positive cases of coronavirus, one […]
Pakistani Authorities have targeted 40 million children in the first nationwide polio vaccination drive of the year that began on Monday amid fears of a resurgence. “Over 250,000 health workers would be on the streets throughout the week to vaccinate children under the age of five,’’ Pakistan’s health chief Zafar Mirza said. READ ALSO: Cruise […]
Pakistan’s parliament on Friday voted in favour of a non-binding resolution calling for the public hanging of criminals convicted of the sexual abuse of children. “Those who commit crimes against children deserve no mercy they should be hanged in the middle of the cities,’’ Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Mohamed Khan said after presenting the […]
Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Zarif, and his visiting Pakistani counterpart, Shah Qureshi, on Monday urged closer cooperation between the two neighbours. According to Iran’s state television, Zarif and Qureshi in a meeting in Iran, discussed bilateral ties as well as the latest regional and international developments. Protests in Tehran ‘world is watching’, Trump says They […]
Officials on Monday said a Pakistan court has approved the remand of three suspects including the parents of a 10-year-old girl, who was stoned to death in an incident of honour killing. Local police chief Farrukh Raza said the court in the Dadu district of the southern province of Sindh ordered the police to interrogate […]
An Abuja-based Neurologist, Dr Ahmed Ibrahim, says a large number of polio survivors are likely to experience Post Polio Syndrome (PPS). He made the disclosure on Tuesday in Abuja. Polio, an infectious disease caused by the poliovirus, is a contagious viral illness that causes nerve injury, leading to paralysis, difficulty breathing and sometimes death. The […]
A Pakistani court will on Wednesday, hear Shakil Afridi’s case, the doctor accused of helping the US track down al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden. The Peshawar High Court is due to hear an appeal, the first time it will be heard in an open court in Pakistan Shakil Afridi. His imprisonment caused outrage and saw […]
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan ordered authorities to prepare a mobile phone app to help parents report child sex abuse after a series of crimes shocked the nation. Khan announced the initiative after police arrested a man for the alleged sexual abuse and murder of four young boys in Punjab province’s Kasur district. The abduction, […]
Mathew Dadiya – Abuja The World Bank has said that the net benefit on average of investing in more resilient infrastructure in low- and middle-income countries would be $4.2 trillion with $4 in benefit for each $1 invested. This was disclosed on Tuesday in a new report from the World Bank and the Global Facility […]
Below is John Bolton’s speech on Monday to the Federalist Society in Washington, DC: I am here to make a major announcement on US policy toward the International Criminal Court, or ICC. After years of effort by self-styled “global governance” advocates, the ICC, a supranational tribunal that could supersede national sovereignties and directly prosecute individuals […]
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Sunday took delivery of five Super Mushsak aircraft from Pakistan meant to enhance its training and operational efficiency. The Chief of Logistics, NAF headquarters, AVM Garba Bello said while taking delivery of the aircraft in Kaduna that the total Super Mushsak aircraft received from Pakistan now stood at 10. […]
Pakistan has begun the importation of Nigeria’s Liquefied Natural Gas as part of efforts to deepen the economic relationship between the two nations. Pakistan Head of Chancery, Asim Khan, said on Tuesday in Abuja that the first consignment of 70,000 metric tonnes of the gas had arrived at Pakistan’s Port Qasim in Karachi. Khan said […]
When Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai pensively declared in his speech at the ongoing summit on security in Abuja that “Insurgency remains one difficult form of asymmetric warfare. Nations must explore new frontiers of knowledge to understand this world threat,” it struck my heart thunderously. His words vibrated and […]
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday pledged support to Afghanistan in its fight against the Taliban during a visit to Kabul, the latest sign of a thaw in their once-frosty relationship. Sharif’s visit to Kabul, his first since President Ashraf Ghani came to power in September, comes as concerns grow over an upsurge in […]
The US government has said it is “tremendously sorry” for killing two hostages held by al-Qaeda during a counterterrorism operation in the border region of Afghanistan and Pakistan earlier this year. The White House said on Thursday that American Warren Weinstein and Italian Giovanni Lo Porto were killed in a drone strike in January in […]
Pakistan sought to alleviate China’s concerns on terrorism as President Xi Jinping wrapped up his two-day trip to the South Asian country. While the two countries focused on China’s projected $46 billion of investment and loans to develop an economic corridor through Pakistan, terrorism and militancy also featured heavily in their discussions. Addressing the Pakistani […]
Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Muhammas Asif said Monday that Saudi Arabia has asked that his military provide ground troops, planes and warships to help a coalition battling rebels in Yemen. He spoke at the start of a parliamentary debate on whether to join the Saudi-led effort against the Houthis that began nearly two weeks ago […]
Authorities in Pakistan say military jets pounded suspected terrorist hideouts near the Afghan border Wednesday, killing at least 30 militants. An army statement says that “two arms and ammunition dumps” were also destroyed in the air strikes in a remote part of the insurgency-hit Khyber tribal district. Meanwhile, suspected U.S. drone strikes early Wednesday in […]
Pakistan’s military said it has killed at least 80 Islamist militants and lost seven soldiers in fierce fighting near the mountainous Afghan border. The clashes have been taking place in the remote Tirah Valley in the insurgency-plagued northwestern Khyber tribal district. Army spokesman Major General Asim Bajwa reported “steady progress” in the counter-terrorism operation with […]