Thursday, December 19th, 2019
Musharraf treason case: Special court issues detailed verdict
The special court, which had found General (retd) Pervez Musharraf guilty over high treason charges earlier this week, issued its detailed verdict on Thursday.A copy of the detailed verdict has been handed to an official of the Ministry of Interior.On Tuesday, the court had sentenced Musharraf to death for imposing a state of emergency on November 3, 2007, adding that it had found him guilty of high treason in accordance with Article 6 of the Constitution of Pakistan.The case was heard by a bench comprising Justice Waqar Ahmad Seth of the PeshawarRead More
Factbox – Pakistan versus Sri Lanka, second Test
Factbox on the second Test between Pakistan and Sri Lanka, which began on Thursday: WHEN? Dec. 19-23 (10 a.m. local time/0500 GMT) WHERE National Stadium, Karachi (34,228 capacity) MATCH OFFICIALS Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (Australia), Joel Wilson (West Indies) Third umpire: Gregory Brathwaite (West Indies) Match referee: Jeff Crowe (New Zealand) PAKISTAN World ranking: 8 Coach: Misbah-ul-Haq Captain: Azhar Ali Team: Shan Masood, Abid Ali, Azhar Ali (capt), Babar Azam, Haris Sohail, Asad Shafiq, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Yasir Shah, Mohammad Abbas, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Afridi SRI LANKA World ranking: 6 Coach: Mickey Arthur Captain: Dimuth Karunaratne Team: Dimuth Karunaratne (capt), Oshada Fernando,Read More
British PM sets out plan for power
LONDON (DNA) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will set out his plans for government on Thursday following a sweeping election win, focused on delivering Brexit and supporting the health service. Queen Elizabeth II will open parliament in a lavish ceremony where she will read out the Conservative leader’s legislative programme for the months ahead. But in a sign of a looming constitutional battle, Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon was to stake her claim for a new vote on independence, just before the monarch’s address. Top of Johnson’s to-do listRead More
India is moving towards racial supremacist ideology, says PM Imran
ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday has shared an article of prominent Indian author Khushwant Singh and said that the journalist has foreseen where India was headed with its racial supremacist ideology. According to the article posted by the premier on his social-networking website account, Khushwant Singh said every fascist regime needs communities and groups it can demonize in order to thrive. It starts one group or two but it never ends there. A movement built on hate can only sustain itself by continually creating fear and strife,Read More