Rana Sana dares Imran to prove ‘four bullets injury’

ISLAMABAD – November 7 (ONLINE) Federal Minister for Interior Rana Sanaullah Khan on Monday challenged Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chief that if it will prove that Imran Khan received four bullets, then he (Sanaullah) will quit politics forever. Talking to journalists outside parliament, he said that […]

Siraj suggests a national dialogue

ISLAMABAD – November 7 (ONLINE) Jamat-e-Islami Chief Siraj ul Haq on Monday said a national political dialogue was necessary to deliberate issues like civil supremacy, apolitical character of army and electoral reforms. Addressing an event titled ‘deadly floods and the rehabilitation’ here, the JI Chief […]

Ukraine hails new air defences, warns power situation ‘tense’

Kyiv, Ukraine, Nov 7 (AFP/APP):Ukraine announced Monday it had received more air defence systems from Western military allies, as officials in Kyiv said the situation with electricity supplies was “tense” after protracted Russian attacks on energy facilities. The defence ministry meanwhile said it was requisitioning […]

Three migrants jump into sea in Italy port standoff

Catania, Italy, Nov 7 (AFP/APP):Three migrants rescued from the Mediterranean and brought to a Sicilian port but then banned from disembarking jumped into the sea in desperation Monday, trapped in a standoff between charity ships and Italy’s new hard-right government. The men were quickly pulled […]

Tough choices as Brazil’s Lula gets down to business

Brasília, Nov 7 (AFP/APP):Fresh off a celebratory beach holiday, Brazilian president-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva got down to uglier business Monday: figuring out how to govern with a hostile Congress, nasty budget crunch and impossible-looking to-do list. The political horse-trading of the transition period […]

American shot dead in Iraqi capital: security sources

Baghdad, Nov 7 (AFP/APP):A US citizen who lived in Iraq for two years was shot dead in central Baghdad Monday, Iraqi security sources said, with the motive not immediately clear. The victim was travelling by car “when unknown persons opened fire”, an interior ministry source […]

More than 42 mn have cast early ballots in US midterm vote

Washington, Nov 7 (AFP/APP):More than 42 million Americans have cast early ballots ahead of Tuesday’s midterm elections, surpassing the numbers from 2018, the US Elections Project said Monday. Americans will go to the polls on Tuesday to elect 435 members of the House of Representatives, […]

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