Tuesday, December 29th, 2015
India deadliest Asian country, says RSF journalist killing report
PARIS: A total of 110 journalists were killed around the world in 2015, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said on Tuesday, warning that more were being deliberately targeted for their work in supposedly peaceful countries. Sixty-seven journalists were killed in the line of duty this year, and another 43 died in circumstances that were unclear, the watchdog group said in its annual roundup. Another 27 non-professional “citizen-journalists” and seven other media workers were also killed. The high toll is “largely attributable to deliberate violence against journalists” and demonstrates the failure ofRead More
Outgoing Indian envoy pays visit to PM Nawaz
ISLAMABAD: Outgoing Indian envoy Dr TCA Raghavan paid a visit to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif at PM House on Tuesday. Issues of bilateral interest and Raghavan’s role during his stay as ambassador in Pakistan were discussed. Raghavan was appointed Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan in June 2013. His was the first high-profile diplomatic transition in Islamabad after the formation of the new PML-N-led federal government in Pakistan. The envoy had previously served as Deputy High Commissioner in Islamabad from 2003 to 2007 and is known as a diplomat with aRead More
Four sentenced by military courts hanged in Kohat
PESHAWAR: Four ‘terrorists’ were executed at the Kohat Central Jail, sources said Tuesday morning. Chief Of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif had signed the black warrants of the four men convicted by military courts, namely Noor Saeed alias Hafiz Sahib, Murad Khan, Inayatullah and Israruddin alias Abu Lais, earlier this month. An ISPR statement issued at the time said the men were convicted for “slaughtering, suicide bombing, abduction for ransom and funding terrorists organisations”. Earlier this month, four terrorists involved in the Army Public School attack were hanged at a civilRead More