Saturday, March 19th, 2016
Suicide bombing in Istanbul’s tourist district kills 4 injures 20
ISTANBUL: At least four people were killed and 20 others wounded in a suicide bombing in a major shopping and tourist district in central Istanbul on Saturday. The governor of Istanbul Province, Vasip Sahin, said four people had been killed and 20 people injured in the suicide attack on Saturday morning. The Turkish Health Minister said that 12 of those wounded in the blast are foreigners. Dogan News agency of Turkey says that three of the wounded foreigners are Israeli citizens. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that the country’sRead More
Torrential rains, landslides leave 11 dead in AJK
MUZAFFARABAD: At least 11 people were killed overnight on Friday in different areas of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) after unrelenting rains triggered landslides and house collapse incidents, police said. A rockfall hit half a dozen houses in Sarli Sacha Sharqi village, some 41 kilometres northwest of here, said Amirullah, a local resident. A boulder also destroyed a house, killing all residents of the house including the head of the family, Ghulam Hussain, his wife and four children. Local residents launched a rescue operation amid heavy rains and thunders andRead More
Right to information laws need full implementation: Nepal CIC
ISLAMABAD, MAR 19 (DNA) – Krishna Hari Baskota Chief Information Commissioner National Information Commission, Nepal has said effective implementation of right to information law can surely help nations overcome problems such as good governance, corruption etc. adding Nepal government has implemented this law in letter and spirit.He was talking to a select group of senior journalists at the residence of Nepal ambassador Bharat Raj Paudyal. The chief commissioner was in Pakistan to take part in a regional conference on right to information, held in Islamabad.