Pakistani drug convict to be hanged on Friday as Indonesia rejects Intel pleas

CILACAP, INDONESIA (APP) – (Pakistani drug convict to be hanged on Friday as Indonesia rejects Intel pleas) Indonesia Thursday rejected appeals from the UN and EU to halt the execution of a Pakistani including 14 other drug convicts, as speculation mounted they could face the firing squad in a matter of hours.

WikiLeaks perfectly times leak of more embarrassing content from Democratic Party servers

WASHINGTON: (WikiLeaks perfectly times leak of more embarrassing content from Democratic Party servers) WikiLeaks on Wednesday released audio recordings apparently hacked from the Democratic National Committee’s servers, including a message from an angry Hillary Clinton supporter demanding the party to stop “bending over backwards” for Bernie Sanders.

India to make more expensive defense buys from US

INDIA (Web Desk) (India to make more expensive defense buys from US) – In a bid to overpower neighbours and strengthen the defence capabilities, India has signed agreements with the United States to buy  four more of the company’s P-8I maritime surveillance aircraft.

Turkey’s post-coup crackdown on army men, media persons continues at alarming rate

ANKARA: Turkish authorities have issued warrants on Wednesday calling for the detention of 47 former executives or senior journalists at the Zaman newspaper, which was associated with the US-based Muslim cleric who is allegedly behind Turkey’s failed July 15 coup.

Iran destroys 100,000 satellite dishes for causing “divorce, addiction and insecurity”

TEHRAN (Web Desk) – Iranian authorities destroyed 100,000 satellite dishes and receivers on Sunday as part of a widespread crackdown against the illegal devices owing to the fear that the devices cause divorce, addiction and insecurity among the nationals.

Fraudsters looting people in the name of “Jeeto Pakistan” show

LAHORE (Staff Report) – A Lahore based family has been swindled in the name of ARY’s most favourite show “Jeeto Pakistan” as a fraudulent gang managed to mint money from the family after misinforming them about a prize they won from the show.

Hillary Clinton’s upcoming nomination at Democratic Convention may split the party for good

PHILADELPHIA – The leak of more than 19000 Democratic National Committee (DNC) emails on Friday, which show party bosses blatantly favoring Hillary Clinton over Bernie Sanders in the Democratic presidential nominee race, has boosted disunity in the party and forced DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz to resign ahead of the four-day democratic convection starting today.

Case against Indian PM Narendra Modi likely to be filed in Pakistani court

LAHORE (Web Desk) – (Case against Indian PM Narendra Modi likely to be filed in Pakistani court) A Lahore-based  lawyer is gearing up to file a case against Indian premier Narendra Modi citing the role of Modi behind brutalities in occupied Kashmir.

Innovation in crime: UK man sentenced for using drone to sell drugs in prison

KENT: (Innovation in crime: UK man sentenced for using drone to sell drugs in prison)A man from the United Kingdom, Daniel Kelly, who has repeatedly violated laws on drone flights, has been arrested and sentenced to 14 months in prison for using a drone to deliver drugs and other contraband in four different prisons across the country.

Facebook, Instagram delete Qandeel Baloch’s accounts without explanation

Internet sensation Qandeel Baloch, who quickly rose to fame after stirring a number of controversies on social and mainstream media, will now no longer be present on Facebook and Instagram – which is owned by the former – after her accounts on both platforms were deleted without explanation.

PTI’s Naeemul Haq makes startling claims about PM Nawaz’s heart surgery

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf spokesperson, Naeemul Haq, on Sunday alleged that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had lied about undergoing open-heart surgery in London, casting further doubts on the premier’s nearly 6-week long in the United Kingdom’s capital last month.

Pakistan-England 2nd Test Day 3: Pakistan need miracle as England opt against follow-onhttp://i.imgur.com/7Zfakyg.jpg

MANCHESTER (Web Desk) – Fourth day of second test between Pakistan and England is about to commence in few hours and observers are of the view that only a miracle can save Pakistan against onslaught by English batting line up.

Sisters from Peshawar defy all odds to set up their ideal home-based business

PESHAWAR (Web Desk) – Defying the perception of fragile economy and challenging the norms of the society passionate siblings from Peshawar have set up their own home based business.

Aggrieved PTI law makers refuse to meet Pervez Khattak

PESHAWAR (Web Desk) – A faction of fed up legislators of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf reportedly refused to meet the Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pervaiz Khattak and decided to put forth their reservations before party chief Imran Khan.

Workshop held on digital safety for FATA journalist

ISLAMABAD (APP) – A day-long training programme regarding digital security has been arranged in Bannu for journalists from tribal areas.

Rescue officials recover dead body of “Indian national” from river Chenab

SIALKOT (Web Desk) – The Rescue 1122 officials have found a dead body of an Indian national from River Chenab near Head Marala (Sialkot tehsil) on Sunday.

British MPs slam ‘unacceptable’ BHS boss

LONDON (APP) – British MPs branded a billionaire tycoon the “unacceptable face of capitalism” in a report on Monday about the collapse of department store chain BHS which caused the loss of 11,000 jobs.

Eight dead, 20 missing in Malaysia boat accident

KUALA LUMPUR (APP) – Malaysia’s coast guard said Monday they had retrieved eight bodies after a boat capsized off the southern state of Johor at the weekend with another 20 people believed to be missing.

India beat West Indies by innings and 92 runs in first Testhttp://i.imgur.com/lMouKfN.jpg

NORTH SOUND, Antigua and Barbuda (APP) – India crushed the West Indies by an innings and 92 runs in the first Test at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium on Sunday.

BREAKING: Blast hits Germany

GERMANY: According to German media, an explosion has occurred in Ansbach, Germany, Sunday evening.

At least one person is dead and as many as 10 others are wounded, more causalities expected, German media is reporting.

Shocking facts about Munich attack revealed

GERMANY: The 18-year-old boy who carried out mass shooting in Munich on Friday reportedly began planning the attack one year ago after visiting the site of a 2009 school shooting in south-west Germany that killed 15 people, a Bavarian state official said.

Libyan forces regain ISIS stronghold

LIBYA: Forces’s affiliated with Libya’s Government of National Accord (GNA) on Sunday claimed that they had edged further into the centre of Sirte in their long and arduous battle to recapture the city from ISIS, following heavy battles that left dozens dead.
The forces have also seized a building used by the ISIS group to manufacture explosives in its coastal stronghold.

PPP announces to change Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah, several provincial ministers

KARACHI (Staff Report) – The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Sunday announced to change Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah and some other members of the provincial cabinet.

Pakistan off to good start in implementing anti-poverty SDGs: Maleeha Lodhi

NEW YORK – Pakistan has told a gathering of diplomats and experts at the United Nations that progress was being made in implementing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the global development agenda but will require all parts of the UN family and its partners to work together to meet all the targets set by the ambitious 15-year undertaking.

ECP to include new voters in electoral rolls from August 1

ISLAMABAD – The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will start campaign to include the names of new Computerized National Identity Card (CNIC) holders in electoral rolls from August 1 across the country.

Extension of Rangers’ powers after consultation: CM Sindh

KARACHI (Web Desk) – Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah says a decision about giving the extension to Rangers’ power in Sindh would be reached after consultation with the PPP leadership in Dubai.

Turkey asks Islamabad to shut down Gulen-run institutions in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) – After the failed coup in Turkey, President Tayyip Erdogan’s government has cried on all friendly nations to prevent the activities of Fethullah Gulen’s network.

President, PM strongly condemn bomb blasts in Kabul

ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) – President Mamnoon Hussain and Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif have strongly condemned the bomb blasts in Kabul in which fifty people have been wiped out and many others wounded.

In his message, the Prime Minister said that Terrorism is the mutual foe of mankind.

Hands off Kashmir, Pakistan: India’s Sushma Swaraj tells Nawaz after his fiery call for freedom

NEW DELHI (Web Desk) – Indian Minister for External Affairs Sushma Swaraj said Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif must know that “Kashmir can never turn a part of Pakistan” on Saturday.

During a press conference, Swaraj said that “Whole India wants to tell Pakistani premier in one voice that his and Pakistan’s dream (of making Kashmir its part) will never come true.”

Self-driving cars may become the new security risks of the future

DETROIT (Web Desk) – The chiefs, security experts and government officials warned that hackers can threaten to do everything against cars that they do to other computers.

In an Industry conference here on Friday, they said that hackers can remotely steal owner information, or hijack them and render them more dangerous than the truck that killed 84 people in Nice, France on July 14.

First drone delivery on US soil includes a chicken sandwich and donuts

WASHINGTON (Web Desk) – Chicken sandwich, hot coffee and donuts were among the items in the first drone delivery on US soil on Friday.

This was approved by aviation officials aviation history made by convenience retailer 7-Eleven and the drone startup Flirtey.

Hidden divorces, foreign marriage become the new trends in Saudi marital life

RIYADH (Web Desk) – Saudi women have joined Saudi men in their preference for foreigners as life mates.

According to the Ministry of Justice that the figure of marriage contracts of Saudi men to non-Saudi women in 2015 reached 3,596, while female Saudi marriage contracts to non-Saudi males reached 3,352.

Islamic State strikes in Kabul again, targets certain ethnicity

KABUL – Twin suicide blasts targeting a large protest by the Hazara community, a Shi’ite minority group, in the capital killed at least 80 people and injured 236 others on Saturday (today).

Men who confessed to killing Amjad Sabri are affiliated with a major political party

KARACHI –  The perpetrator of Amjad Sabri’s assassination, Asad Saeed, who belongs to a major political party, has revealed that there were five others involved in the famed qawwal‘s killing.

Why are Irish leaders concerned about stricter border management after Brexit?

LONDON:Irish leaders on Friday said that Brexit must not mean a “hard border” being put up between the two Irish territories.

At an emergency meeting of the British Irish Council in Cardiff, called to discuss the aftermath of Britain’s vote last month to leave the European Union, they said it was fundamental that border checks would not be imposed along what what would be the EU’s land frontier with the United Kingdom.

High Court gives alleged mega-smuggler another chance by setting aside lower court verdict

PESHAWAR – The Peshawar High Court ordered a trial court to rehear the case involving the smuggling of 958 kilograms of hashish. The court also nullified a life imprisonment sentence and fine imposed on the accused.

Two govt officials arrested for corruption in KP

PESHAWAR – The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has arrested former Housing Department Secretary Zakiullah and his brother, former assistant inspector general (AIG) traffic police Zafarullah Khan for allegedly accumulating illegal assets worth Rs 150 million.

Americans “uncomfortable” with voting at the mosque, Muslims fight back

FLORIDA – The Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has said that it will likely file a lawsuit against Palm Beach County’s elections department after the agency removed an Islamic community center as a voting site for the general election in November.

Chinese President Xi Jinping says Muslims are vital to China during mosque visit

YINCHUAN – Chinese President Xi Jinping paid a special visit to the Xincheng Mosque in Yinchuan City on Tuesday and stressed that the Muslim community is vital to China, adding that the government would provide complete religious freedom to the Muslims.

Man arrested for trying to blackmail woman on social media with private pictures

PESHAWAR – A man has been arrested by the Cybercrime wing of Federal investigation agency on the charges of harassing and blackmailing a woman by posting her private pictures on Facebook and publicizing them through Whatsapp.

Picture of PM Nawaz accidentally reveals more than intended about his relations with Army

ISLAMABAD – A picture tweeted by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s daughter, Maryam Nawaz, of her father’s official flight from Lahore to Islamabad may have revealed more than both father and daughter had intended, as it clearly shows the premier giving serious consideration to a file clearly marked with the logo of the General Headquarters (GHQ).

2016 Veepstakes: Hillary Clinton’s pick for running mate will disappoint Bernie fans

WASHINGTON DC: Much to the disappointment of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders’ charged fans, Hillary Clinton named Virginia Senator Tim Kaine as her vice presidential running mate on Friday, adding a centrist former governor of a crucial battleground state to the Democratic ticket.

Punjab College Campuses established in 6 new cities

LAHORE (Press Release) – Punjab Group of Colleges is a trusted name for providing quality education to the youth of Pakistan for the last 31 years and enjoys the trust of parents and students both. The management of the Group has always tried to facilitate students and parents both by opening up its campuses in as many cities as possible. The aim is that parents must not be extra-burdened financially on the one hand and students do not have to travel to far flung areas to get desired education, on the other.

Qandeel Baloch’s murder investigation takes dramatic turn during killer’s polygraph test

LAHORE – Qandeel Baloch’s murder case took a dramatic turn on Friday when her brother underwent a polygraph test in Lahore and gave a previously unreported account of the crime.

Pakistani newspaper’s “clever”, inaccurate headline on night of failed coup criticized by Turkey

ISLAMABAD – The Ambassador of Turkey to Pakistan Sadiq Babar Girgin has expressed disappointment at how a leading English-medium Pakistani newspaper covered last week’s failed coup in the Turkish capital Ankara, while noting the gross inaccuracy of its headline, which proclaimed “Erdo-Gone”.

China sends back 60 troublesome workers stationed at Tarbela Dam

SAWABI – Over 60 Chinese engineers and staff working on the fourth extension of the Tarbela Dam project have been sent back home recently after clashes between them were reported to have broken out earlier.

Alarming new poll shows neck-and-neck with Hillary Clinton in public support

WASHINGTON – According to the latest polls taken by Reuters/Ipsos poll over the course of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland this week, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is now almost neck-and-neck with Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in terms of public support after trailing the latter by 10 percentage points at the start of the week.

Political party-affiliated target killers arrested in Karachi

KARACHI – Expanding the scope of National Action Plan, Karachi Police arrested two suspected target killers affiliated with a political party on Tuesday.

Second Test Day Two Pakistan vs England: Live Score and Live Streaming: Pakistan 57-4

MANCHESTER – Pakistan crumbled to four for 57 on Saturday at Stumps on day two of the second Test.

Opener Shan Masood remained unbeaten for 35 at the end of the day’s play with Pakistan skipper holding the other end on one.

Turkish envoy to Pakistan tells all about failed coup attempt in Ankara

ISLAMABAD – Describing the foiled coup as a bid by ‘terrorists soldiers’ to topple the constitutional government, the Turkish Ambassador to Islamabad, Sadik Babur Girgin, on Friday said that his country would honor all its international commitments, including those it has made to Pakistan.