Tuesday, August 2nd, 2016
Supreme Court takes notice of child kidnappings rampant in Punjab
LAHORE: The Supreme Court on Wednesday began hearing of a suo moto case over incidents of child kidnapping reported in Lahore as well as the rest of Punjab. The Supreme Court summoned senior police officers and ordered IG Police Punjab Mushtaq Sukhera to present a report on the incidents on July 28. Meanwhile, IG Police asked for child kidnapping records from the past five years from all over the province. The first phase will involve compilation of records from the past five years, whereas the second phase will encompass case filesRead More
US Constitution sales soar after Trump challenge
NEW YORK: Sales of pocket versions of the US Constitution have soared since the Pakistan-origin father of a fallen American soldier brandished a copy to denounce Donald Trump, igniting a major backlash against the Republican nominee. Khizr Khan, a Harvard-educated lawyer whose son died in a 2004 suicide bombing in Iraq, went head to head with the White House candidate in a confrontation that has dominated the US news cycle for days. On Amazon’s best seller list, a pocket edition of the US constitution is second only to the newRead More
Afghanistan’s extreme geography attracts extreme sports
PANJSHIR: On a recent sunny morning in northern Afghanistan, excited children and bemused policemen lined the banks of a fast-flowing river to watch a group of Europeans in multicolored kayaks navigate the white water. A drone-mounted camera also followed the kayakers’ progress, buzzing and hovering above them like a mosquito. The boys, who were on their way to school, squealed and raced along the rocks as they watched the unusual spectacle — no kayakers had ever come to the peaceful Panjshir Valley, some 140km north of the Afghan capital, Kabul.Read More