Monday, August 1st, 2016
IB inspector gunned down in Peshawar ‘target killing’
PESHAWAR: An Intelligence Bureau (IB) inspector was shot dead by unknown assailants in what police called a targeted killing in the Wazir Bagh area on Monday. Unidentified gunmen opened fire on IB Inspector Usman Gul near a Christian graveyard in Wazir Bagh at around 9:15am while he was walking to work, killing him on the spot, Senior Sub-Inspector Police (SSP) Operations Abbas Najeeb Marwat said. A boy passing by was also seriously injured by firing. He was rushed to Lady Reading Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries. Although theRead More
Pope: not right to talk about a ‘violent, terrorist’ Islam
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE: Pope Francis on Sunday said he won’t label Islam as “terrorist” because that would be unfair and not true. Reporters aboard the papal plane flying him home after a pilgrimage to Poland that began the day after extremists slit the throat of an elderly priest celebrating Mass in a French church, asked him why he never uses the world “Islam” to describe terrorism or other violence. While in Poland, Francis made an unscheduled stop at a church in Krakow to implore God to protect people fromRead More
Sartaj Aziz urges ambassadors to proactively promote Pakistan’s interests at envoys’ moot
ISLAMABAD: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz at the opening of an envoys’ conference on Monday urged Pakistani ambassadors to proactively protect Pakistani interests and project the country’s stance on vital issues. Confronted with an aggravating foreign policy crisis, the government has convened the three-day conference to chart a way out. This is the third such conference during the current government’s tenure and will focus on “critical issues in foreign policy” Nine Pakistani ambassadors accredited to various capitals and multilateral institutions are in attendance at theRead More