Section: Pakistan
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Lockdown is neither democratic nor constitutional
Give your loyalties to an ideology, not a person The Supreme Court has started hearing of the petitions filed by many parties including Imran Khan. As a first step, the Supreme Court ordered Nawaz Sharif and other defendants to appear before the court in two weeks time. The constitution of Pakistan does not provide any immunity to the office of...
Tennis: Top seed Kuznetsova boosts Singapore hopes
MOSCOW (AFP) – Top-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova battled into the semi-finals of the Kremlin Cup on Thursday with a hard-fought win over tearful ninth seed Timea Babos of Hungary to boost her hopes of making the WTA Finals.The two-time Grand Slam title winner, ranked ninth in the world, won her first ever meeting with Babos 7-5, 6-7 (2/7),...
Top seed Kuznetosva boosts Singpore hopes in Moscow
MOSCOW (AFP) – Top-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova battled into the semi-finals of the Kremlin Cup on Thursday with a hard-fought win over tearful ninth seed Timea Babos of Hungary to boost her hopes of making the WTA Finals.The two-time Grand Slam title winner, ranked ninth in the world, won her first ever meeting with Babos 7-5, 6-7 (2/7),...
Putin backs armed OSCE mission to east Ukraine: Kremlin
MOSCOW (AFP) – President Vladimir Putin backs an armed OSCE mission to war-torn eastern Ukraine, the Kremlin said Thursday, in spite of objections by pro-Moscow rebels.Putin agreed to the deployment of such a mission during the talks, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, referring to Wednesdays four-way talks on the conflict with...
Messi ruins Guardiola return, Bayern stop rot
PARIS (AFP) – Lionel Messi spoiled Pep Guardiola’s homecoming by scoring a hat-trick in Barcelona’s 4-0 win over 10-man Manchester City in the Champions League on Wednesday, while Bayern Munich shook off their recent patchy form to defeat PSV Eindhoven 4-1.Messi pounced on a Fernandinho slip to nudge Barca in front on 17...
Hollande, Merkel slam Russia over Aleppo, leave door open to sanctions
BERLIN (AFP) – The leaders of France and Germany lashed out Thursday at President Vladimir Putin over Moscows bombardment of Syrias Aleppo and refused to rule out imposing sanctions on Russia.What is happening in Aleppo is a war crime, one of the first demands is that the bombardments by the regime and its (Russian) backers must end, French...
Putin ready to extend Aleppo truce as France, Germany up pressure
BERLIN (AFP) – Russias President Vladimir Putin said Thursday he was ready to prolong a unilateral ceasefire in Aleppo, after tough talks in Berlin where the leaders of Germany and France refused to rule out sanctions against Moscow.Putin said he told the European leaders that Russia was intending to extend as far as possible a halt to its...
Merkel to host Putin for summit on Ukraine, Syria
BERLIN (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin heads to Berlin on Wednesday for a summit focussing on escalating tensions between Moscow and the West over the Kremlins strategy in Ukraine and Syria.The meeting — the first in a year between the Russian, German, French and Ukrainian leaders — will evaluate the implementation of...
Trump’s ‘unpredecented’ flattery of Putin ‘out-of-step’: Obama
WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Barack Obama on Tuesday slammed Donald Trumps flattery of Russias Vladimir Putin as unprecedented and out of step with both Democrats and rank-and-file Republicans.The Republican presidential nominee has repeatedly voiced admiration for the Russian president — notably calling him a better leader than...
EU says Russian assault on Aleppo may be war crime
The European Union on Monday strongly condemned Russia for the bombardment of the Syrian city of Aleppo, saying devastating air strikes by Moscow and Damascus could amount to war crimes. EU foreign ministers meeting in Luxembourg also warned that the 28-nation bloc could impose additional sanctions against Damascus but decided against targeting...
