Tuesday, September 6th, 2016
Pak, India exchange fire at LoC on Defence Day
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani troops and Indian Border Security Forces (BSF) exchanged fire across the Line of Control (LoC) on Defence Day, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said. ISPR said Indian troops resorted to “unprovoked firing” in the Nezapir sector around midnight on Monday. Firing continued until 10am Tuesday morning, the statement said. No casualties have been reported so far on either side of the working boundary. Pakistani troops issued a ‘befitting response’ to the BSF’s ‘unprovoked firing’, the ISPR said. Despite a 2003 border ceasefire agreement signed by both countries, cross-border firingRead More
Obama refuses to meet Philippine president after abusive remarks
VIENTIANE: United States (US) President Barack Obama on Tuesday pulled out of a bilateral meeting with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte after the firebrand leader launched a tirade against him, calling him a son of a `*****`, during a press conference on Monday. The acid-tongued former prosecutor on Monday warned he would not be lectured by Obama over concerns about extrajudicial killings and a brutal war against crime that has claimed more than 2,400 lives in the Philippines. “You must be respectful. Do not just throw away questions and statements. SonRead More
SHC declares ban on ‘Maalik’ illegal
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Tuesday declared the federal government’s controversial ban on film Maalik illegal and cleared it to be screened again. The federal government had put a ban on Maalik which was released on April 8 nationwide, declaring it “uncertified” and making it unfit for screening in the country. Ashir Azeem, the film’s director, had challenged the ban in court saying the ban on Maalik had been imposed by the government without having the authority to do. The authority to establish censor boards was a prerogative ofRead More