Section: Pakistan
- Dunya TV (Pakistan) (1,451)
- Geo TV (Pakistan) (288)
- The Kooza (Canada) (23)
- The Nation (Pakistan) (115)
Kidnapped Ukrainian woman recovered after three years
A 31 year old Katrina, a Ukrainian national, was recovered from Mithi city and reunited with her family after three years in captivity. According to media reports, her husband and one of her children met her in Karachi on Monday. They will accompany her to Islamabad where the rest of her family awaits. The Ukrainian national, allegedly kidnapped...
Students organise pre-budget rally; demand allocation of 4% of GDP for education
The students belonging to various parts of country organised a pre-budget rally demanding allocation of 4 per cent of GDP for education. They also called for 25 per cent of the total education budget to be allocated for higher education and for introduction of immediate reforms in the higher education sector. The rally was organised by Anjumn...
Kidnapped Ukrainian woman recovered after three years from Tharparkar
A 31-year-old Ukrainian national taken captive three years ago in Rawalpindi was recovered by law enforcement officials from a Tharparkar village on Sunday, police officials said. Katrina was recovered by a joint team of police and Rangers officials in a raid on Katho village, said Senior Superintendent of Police for Tharparkar district Sarfaraz...
Nato may rely on five battalions to deter Russia
BRUSSELS: Nato’s build-up in eastern Europe could include up to 3,500 troops, Britain said on Friday, stressing that the planned deployments would not be aggressive towards Russia. Russia’s seizure of Crimea in 2014 has prompted the Western military alliance to consider deterrent forces in the Baltics and Poland which British Foreign...
Would have no problem speaking to Kim Jong-Un, says Donald Trump
Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would speak with North Korean Leader Kim Jong-Un, in what would be a dramatic shift in United States (US) policy. “I would speak to him, I would have no problem speaking to him,” the Republican presumptive presidential nominee told media in an interview. Until now, the US strategy has been to try and isolate...
Ukrainian hacker pleads guilty in insider-trading case
A Ukrainian man has become the first computer hacker to plead guilty in what U.S. authorities called a worldwide scheme to hack into services that distribute corporate news releases, and use stolen information to conduct insider trading. Vadym Iermolovych, 28, of Kievm, on Monday joined three traders in admitting criminal wrongdoing over the...
Eurovision win lifts spirits in Ukraine,raises eyebrows in Russia
KIEV/MOSCOW: Ukrainians hailed their country’s unexpected victory in the Eurovision song contest as a Europe-wide endorsement of Ukraine in its smouldering conflict with Russia, while Moscow said the contest had been hijacked by politics. Ukrainian singer Jamala overtook the bookmakers’ favourites, Russia and Australia, to lift the...
Ukraine’s Jamala wins 2016 Eurovision song contest
Ukraine’s Jamala struck a surprise gold in the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday with a song “1944” about war-time deportations of Crimean Tatars by the Soviet Union in one of the most controversial winners in the competition’s history. In a show known down the years for its playfulness and camp, 32-year-old Jamala struck a sombre...
Another Syria peace push, but has US put too much faith in Russia?
First a ceasefire in Syria, then aid and then — who knows — perhaps a political transition? Don’t bet on it, analysts warn, saying Washington has put too much faith in Moscow. Efforts to end Syria’s brutal five-year civil war may hang by a thread, but Washington’s top diplomat will once again throw himself into the fray....
Obama denounces Russia’s ‘aggressive’ military stance in Europe
WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Barack Obama warned Russia about its military build-up in northern Europe Friday as he hosted leaders from five Nordic countries at the White House.We are united in our concern about Russias growing, aggressive military presence and posture in the Baltic-Nordic region, Obama said at the end of the meeting.As...
