Mohammad Haidar Zammar: The man who recruited 9/11 hijackers being held in Syria on December 8, 2018Qamishli, Syria: There was nothing about the hungry, bedraggled man who surrendered at a remote desert checkpoint belonging to the United States’ Kurdish allies this year to suggest he had once played a part in one of the biggest events in American history. He was limping from injuries to both knees, his beard was matted […]
ECP denotifies PML-N MPA Ziaur Rehman on December 6, 2018The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Wednesday denotified Mian Ziaur Rehman of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) as a member of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly after his disqualification in a fake degree case. The Peshawar High Court (PHC) had de-seated him and disqualified him for life to hold any public office in 2013 after his […]
Four killed as gunmen attack Chinese consulate in Karachi on November 25, 2018KARACHI: Four people were killed on Friday when gunmen armed with hand grenades and a suicide vest stormed the Chinese consulate in the Pakistani city of Karachi, officials said, with the attack claimed by a separatist group which branded Beijing “an oppressor”. Pakistani authorities said that security forces had secured the area after the attack, […]