MOSCOW: Moscow reacted angrily on Tuesday as its neighbour Azerbaijan admitted that its vote at the Eurovision Song Contest awarding “nul points” to Russia’s song appeared to have been falsified.The scandal topped the agenda at a televised briefing between the countries’ ...

Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain has strongly condemned the murder of Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Zehra Shahid Hussain.Altaf Hussain termed the PTI leader's killing a barbaric act. He offered condolences over the killing with Zehra Shahid's family and the workers of the ...

WASHINGTON : As US drone warfare comes under increasing criticism in US, a former legal adviser to the State Department has sharply criticized the secrecy surrounding the Obama administration’s use of unmanned aerial vehicles for the targeted killing of terrorism suspects, saying it is ...

    UNITED NATIONS UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned in “the strongest terms” the killing of a Pakistani peacekeeper serving the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). A statement issued late Tuesday by the Secretary-General’s Spokesman Martin ...

BIRMINGHAM: Pink has apologised to fans and hit back at critics in an open letter following the cancellation of her Birmingham show. The 'Try' singer was forced to cancel her previously-postponed LG Arena show the other day. Pink postponed the April 22 show after doctors diagnosed her with an inner ...

washington - A U.S. report on human rights has sharply criticized Pakistan's record in the field last year, saying Lack of government accountability remained a pervasive problem.  "The most serious human rights problems were extrajudicial and targeted killings, forced disappearances, and ...

WASHINGTON - The United States has condemned the killing of Sindh Assembly candidate for next month’s election Fakhrul Islam, a member of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement.“We do condemn the recent killing of Fakhrul Islam, a provincial assembly candidate from Sindh, and condemn any violence ...

PESHAWAR - Taking notice of torture on ANP Woman candidate by her opponents in Swabi Najma Hanif, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Caretaker Minister for Information and spokesman of the provincial government Mossarat Qadeem has directed the district administration to take action against the responsible people. ...

LAHORE - Pakistan Muslim League-N spokesman Pervez Rasheed has said that journalists creating news based on petitions submitted to the court tribunals is against the traditions of journalism and an unethical practice. In a press release, he iterated that dozens of petition of all sorts and nature ...

UNITED NATIONS - The UN human rights chief Friday urged all branches of the US Government to work together to close the Guantanamo detention centre, stressing that the indefinite incarceration of detainees is a clear breach of international law.“I am deeply disappointed that the US Government ...

UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations human rights chief spoke out against the impeachment and removal of Sri Lanka’s Chief Justice, saying it is a “calamitous setback” for rule of law in the South Asian nation, as well as for accountability and reconciliation. Chief Justice Shirani ...

Former president Pervez Musharraf took India's media to task for fabricating and cooking up false stories against Pakistan’s armed forces.Speaking on Indian TV channel Times Now, live from London, Musharraf said India was fabricating false stories to put Pakistan’s army and ISI in bad ...

LAHORE – Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif on Wednesday blamed the poor foreign polices of PPP for the distant relationship of Pakistan with other states. “Due to corruption by the PPP leadership, relations of Pakistan with friendly countries are no longer the same,” ...

WELLINGTON  - New Zealand Cricket (NZC) on Monday dismissed as “baseless” and “irresponsible” a report that some of its players were involved in match-fixing. NZC chief executive David White said the International Cricket Council’s anti-corruption unit was ...

WASHINGTON –  A new report by Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee slams both the Bush and Obama administrations for taking too many risks when releasing prisoners from Guantanamo Bay prison, according to media reports.The 93-page report criticizes the evolution of detainee ...

NEW DELHI -  In a major blow to the Narendra Modi government, the Gujarat High Court on Wednesday censured it for “inaction and negligence” during the 2002 post-Godhra riots, holding that this had resulted in an “anarchic” situation.Passing strictures against the state ...

ISLAMABAD - The Foreign Relations Committee of Senate has condemned the occupation of Azerbaijan territories by Armenia and the genocide committed by Armenian armed forces in the Azerbaijan town of Khojaly on February 26, 1992 against civilian population.The Committee, which met with Chairman ...

NEW YORK - Iraqi officials have expressed outrage at the United States use of a small fleet of surveillance drones to help protect the US Embassy, Consulates and American personnel in Iraq, The New York Times reported Monday.While senior Iraqi officials say the aircraft are an affront to their ...

COLOMBO  - Legendary Sri Lankan cricket captain Arjuna Ranatunga on Thursday slammed his country's sacking of Australian coach Geoff Marsh as "disgraceful" and "unprofessional".Marsh was this week replaced by South African Graham Ford. The move followed Tillakaratne Dilshan quitting the ...

DELAIDE - Pace-bowling legend Wasim Akram is exasperated with the way British press has been harping about the bowling action of Pakistan's off-spinner Saeed Ajmal and termed as "stale" the pressure tactics of the home media.Ajmal took a 10-wicket haul in the Pakistan's impressive 10-wicket win ...

ANKARA - Turkey on Tuesday slammed as discriminatory and racist a bill passed by the French Senate making denial of the Armenian genocide a crime and vowed to impose unspecified sanctions against Paris on a "step-by-step" basis.French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe appealed to France's "Turkish ...

NEW YORK - The Committee to Protect Journalists, an independent watchdog , has condemned the killing of Mukarram Khan Aatif, a correspondent for Deewa Radio, a Pashto-language channel of Voice of America.  Aatif was gunned down while praying in a Shabqadar mosque.  "We mourn the death of ...

TRIPOLI - Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, wanted internationally for genocide and war crimes, said on Saturday in Tripoli that slain dictator Moamer Gaddafi caused great suffering among the Sudanese people.His arrival in Tripoli marked Bashir's first Libya visit since Gaddafi was ousted, but the ...

QUETTA - Jamoori Watan Party President Talal Akbar Bugti has said that the foundation of government has been shaken and people would soon hear news of an interim setup for three years.Addressing a public gathering at Marriabad area here Sunday, he strongly criticised the policies of government, ...

UNITED NATIONS — The UN Security Council strongly condemned Friday’s “terrorist attacks” in Syria and sent condolences to the victims, their families and the Syrian people, according to 15-member’s body’s press statement.But over the objections of the United ...

BEIJING (AFP) - China on Sunday accused the United States of protectionist attitudes towards Chinese solar panel makers and warned that a US investigation could hurt global efforts to cut emissions cheaply. A US trade panel vote to continue a probe into Chinese imports betrayed the insincerity of ...

ISLAMABAD - Political leadership in Indian Held Kashmir (IHK) has slammed the Occupied Valleys Chief Minister Omar Abdullah for what they termed as yet another failure, after the discovery of unmarked graves in IHK, to bring the rape culprits to justice. In separate conversations with this ...

BEIJING (AFP) - Typhoon Nesat slammed into the southern Chinese island of Hainan on Thursday, forcing the evacuation of 100,000 people after sweeping past Hong Kong and leaving at least 35 dead in the Philippines. The typhoon the strongest to hit China this year landed in Wenchang city packing ...

Veteran actress Jane Fonda has quashed rumours shes set to wed for the fourth time, insisting shell never walk down the aisle again. The Barbarella star, 73, is happily dating music producer Richard Perry, and the pair was reported to be planning nuptials for this year (11). But Fonda has now ...

WASHINGTON - Former US Secretary Colin Powell ripped former vice president Dick Cheney's book, saying he took potshots at officials in George W. Bush's administration. Among other things, Cheney wrote in his book, "In My Time," that he thought Powell took criticisms about Bush's policies outside of ...