Security forces have wrapped up the operation against the terrorists after one terrorist died and one injured who later died in hospital on Thursday July 17, 2014. EarlierPunjab Minister for Anti-Terrorism Col. (Retd) Shuja Khanzada has told reporters that seven suspected militants are killed in an armed clash with security forces during a search operation […]
Saudi Arabia will keep the quota of Haj for Muslims from around the globe at a level that is 50% lower than the normal quota in 2015 due to the ongoing construction and renovation of the Grand Mosque in Makkah to expand it to hold 2.2 million pilgrims at a time. The $2.2 billion expansion […]
The bank of the BRICS, ie the group of countries comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, is emerging. It will be based in Shanghai. Its first president will be Indian, his first director general, Brazilian and its first governor, Russian. It was born to confront, from a financial point of view, ” deficits […]
Jul 17 2014 | Posted in
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The Dutch courts have held the state responsible, for the first time, for death of 300 Bosnian Muslim men on July 13, 1995 during the fall of Srebrenica. Dutch peacekeepers stationed in the city of Bosniak majority collaborated in the deportation of the group of Muslims by Bosnian Serb troops under General Ratko Mladic, who […]
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Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) on Wednesday July 16, 2014 has banned the use of Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) in public transport sector with immediate effect as it could be extremely dangerous. However, it is not clear what will be penalty for violating the imposed ban. OGRA issued the notification after approval from the […]
Australian Senators on Wednesday July 16, 2014 teamed up to vote down a new visa regime that allowed the skilled migrants to be hired at the offshore rigs in the Australia’s Exclusive Economic Zone. The rules were exploiting the foreign workers at the expense of Australian workers as claimed by the Senators. The governing party, […]
The Russian Federal Police have arrested Wednesday two technicians of the public company of the Moscow metro for Tuesday accident that left at least 21 dead and over 150 injured when a train derailed between two stations. Authorities accuse arrested were involved in an alleged breach of safety regulations, reported the official news agency Itar […]
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Israel on Tuesday night continued their bombardment of the Gaza Strip, where authorities reported that the number of Palestinians killed in one week already exceeded 200. Several attacks targeted private homes for at least five Hamas leaders, including the former Foreign Minister of the government of Gaza, Mahmoud Zahar. By Wednesday morning, Palestinians in the […]
Federal Minister for Water and Power, Khawaja Asif, met with Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pervez Khattak, in Peshawar to discuss the electricity load shedding issues on Wednesday July 16, 2014. Khawaja Asif assured Pervez Khattak to resolve the electricity problems in three phases. Pervez Khattak had threatened to shut down the electric supply to Punjab […]
Pakistani journalist, Faizullah Khan, has been sentenced to 4 years imprisonment by an Afghan court on July 14, 2014. He was arrested for traveling to Afghanistan without travel documents and contacting terrorists. The reporter will file against the conviction in the High court. Faizullah Khan, a journalist with ARY television channel, was arrested by Afghan […]
Four missiles fired from unmanned United States drone in the North Wazirisitan tribal region of Pakistan has killed at least 20 suspected militants on Wednesday July 16, 2014. The identities of the persons died in the missile attack are yet to be verified. According to media reports, the US drone fired 4 missiles on a […]
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak has threatened on Wednesday July 16, 2014 to shut down the electricity supply to Punjab if his province did not get its right to receive 2000MW electric supply while leading a protest rally against excessive load shedding in the province. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister said that uncontrolled electricity supply […]