Rescuers have found body of a Japanese trekker, who went missing in Pakistan’s northern Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) region, after a week-long effort that also involved volunteers from a local mountaineering club, a rescue official said on Saturday. The deceased Japanese tourist, identified as 64-year-old Yosuke Akiba, had gone to the Masroor Rock view point GB’s Skardu […]
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The HRCP press release on “Judicial independence, freedoms and safety under siege” once again highlights a familiar issue: the organisation continues to interpret Pakistan’s security and governance challenges through a narrow, theoretical lens that does not match the reality on the ground. Its commentary is framed as if the country is functioning under stable, predictable […]
Libya: ‘Huge’ death toll and 10,000 people missing amid flooding
At least 2,000 people have died, and 10,000 are missing after Storm Daniel dumped devastating rain on Libya’s northeast, reportedly bursting two major dams and overflooding the already heavily inundated areas of the country. Tamer Ramadan, head of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) delegation in Libya, stated that “the […]
Anchorperson Sami Ibrahim ‘missing’ from Islamabad
Sami Ibrahim, a senior journalist and TV anchorperson, was reported missing in the federal capital on Thursday. According to an Islamabad police statement, attempts are being undertaken to locate and recover Ibrahim, however it would be premature to make conclusions at this time. The police would work with the senior journalist’s family, according to the […]
Imran Khan’s appeal against the Toshakhana arrest warrant is opposed by the IHC registrar
ISLAMABAD: On Friday, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan’s petition challenging his arrest warrants in the Toshakhana case was objected to by the Registrar’s Office of the Islamabad High Court (IHC). The PTI chief’s biometric verification is not available, claims the registrar’s office. The office further questioned, “How can the high court hear the […]
22 dead, more than 50 missing in Venezuela landslide
Las Tejerías, Venezuela: A landslide in central Venezuela left at least 22 people dead and more than 50 missing after a river overflowed, officials said Sunday, in the latest deadly disaster caused by heavy rains to hit the country. Dozens of people have died in recent months in the crisis-hit South American nation as a […]
Up to 50 missing after migrant boat sinks off Greece
Athens: An air and sea rescue operation was underway Wednesday after around 50 people went missing when a migrant boat sank in the Aegean Sea, the Greek coastguard said. The vessel foundered at dawn off the islands of Karpathos and Rhodes after setting sail on Tuesday from Antalya, southern Turkey, heading for Italy. “According to […]
Murder of missing girl: Deputy Speaker NA directs IGP Punjab to submit report within three days
ISLAMABAD: Deputy Speaker National Assembly, Zahid Akram Durrani Monday gave a ruling directing Inspector General of Police (IGP) Punjab to submit report within three days about incident of kidnapping and killing 12-year old girl after rape in Burewala. Deputy Speaker also directed to nab the perpetrators of this shameful act and submit report with the […]
Wife voices concern for Australian missing in N. Korea
The wife of an Australian man who has gone missing and is feared detained in North Korea said she had no hint that anything was wrong before his disappearance. Japanese Yuka Morinaga, 26, told Australia’s News Corp that Alek Sigley’s disappearance in Pyongyang was “very concerning” and there was not “anything weird” last time they […]
UN council adopts 1st measure on people missing in conflict
The UN Security Council on Tuesday unanimously approved its first-ever resolution focused on the countless thousands of people missing in conflicts, including over 45,000 registered in 2018 alone by the International Committee of the Red Cross. The Kuwait-drafted resolution urges all parties to conflicts to search for the missing, return remains and account for all […]