ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif has been disqualified from holding public office for life and is ineligible to contest elections. According to the Pakistani Supreme Court, disqualification under Article 62(1)(f) of the Constitution of Pakistan is for lifetime. Reading out the historic verdict on Friday, the five-member Pakistani Supreme Court bench observed that […]
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No more quota reservations for Govt Jobs in Bangladesh: PM Sheikh Hasina
Dhaka Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said she has decided to scrap the quota system in government services after thousands of students marched across the country in protest against a controversial policy of setting aside jobs for special groups. In Dhaka, mobs of students blockaded major roads, bringing traffic to a standstill. Police […]
Even Mark Zuckerberg does not want to reveal his personal information and believes everyone should have control over their personal information
Of the hundreds of questions thrown at Mark Zuckerberg by US lawmakers Tuesday, none appeared to flummox the Facebook founder more than Senator Dick Durbin`s pointed query about where he slept the previous evening. “Would you be comfortable sharing with us the name of the hotel you stayed in last night?” Durbin asked during an […]
Body parts from threatened wildlife widely sold on Facebook
Washington Facebook is displaying advertisements for well-known American corporations on group pages operated by overseas wildlife traffickers illegally selling the body parts of threatened animals, including elephant ivory, rhino horn and tiger teeth. In a secret complaint filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, wildlife preservation advocates allege that Facebook’s failure to stop illicit traders using […]
5.6-magnitude earthquake hits Japan, five injured
Tokyo: A 5.6-magnitude quake hit western Japan early Monday, injuring five people and damaging buildings and roads, as officials warned stronger tremors could come in the days ahead. The shallow tremor was gauged as magnitude 5.6 by the US Geological Survey and 6.1 by Japan’s meteorological agency on the Richter scale. It rocked the west […]
Indian decision on F-16, F-18 could lead to 5th gen fighter jets: US official
Washington: The trajectory of the India-US defence ties in the fighter jet segment depends on New Delhi’s decision on the F-16 and F-18 warplanes being offered by the US, a top Defence Department official has said. A positive decision by India could be a precursor to advanced fifth-generation fighter technology, Joe Felter, Deputy Assistant Secretary […]
Former South Korean president Park Geun-hye convicted, jailed for 24 years
Park Geun-hye, sentenced to 24 years in jail for corruption, is South Korea’s first elected president to be removed from office by the Constitutional Court. The 66-year-old is the eldest daughter of late former President Park Chung-hee. The former army general took power in a coup in 1961 and ruled the country for 18 years. […]
The Trade War Begins: China hits back at U.S with 25 per cent tariff hike on American goods
Beijing In a retaliatory measure, China on Wednesday decided to impose new tariffs of 25 per cent worth USD 50 billion on 106 American products, including aircraft and cars, as the world’s two largest economies edged closer towards an all-out trade war. The move comes after the Trump administration Tuesday published a list of about […]
YouTube shooter Nasim Aghdam told family members she hated the company
San Bruno A woman who believed she was being suppressed by YouTube and told her family members she “hated” the company opened fire at YouTube’s headquarters in California, wounding three people before taking her own life, police said. Investigators do not believe Nasim Aghdam specifically targeted the three victims when she pulled out a handgun […]
Nelson Mandela’s Ex-wife, Winnie Madikizela Mandela passes away at 81
Soweto Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, who emerged as a combative anti-apartheid campaigner during her husband Nelson Mandela’s decades in jail but whose reputation was later tarnished by allegations of violence, died on Monday at the age of 81. Madikizela-Mandela died peacefully surrounded by her family following a long illness that kept her in and out of hospital […]