Sunday, August 22nd, 2021
Britain calls G7 meeting on Tuesday to discuss Afghan crisis
LONDON – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he had called a G7 leaders’ meeting on Tuesday to discuss the crisis in Afghanistan and urged the international community to find ways to prevent it from escalating. Taliban militants seized control of Kabul last weekend in an upheaval that sent civilians and Afghan military allies fleeing for safety. Many fear a return to the strict law imposed during the previous Taliban rule that ended 20 years ago. Western governments are discussing how to handle the situation in Kabul where thousands of civilians desperate to flee Afghanistan have descended on theRead More
Afghanistan’s Massoud refuses to surrender to Taliban and warns of war
The son of Ahmad Shah Massoud, who was one of the main leaders of Afghanistan‘s anti-Soviet resistance in the 1980s, said he will not surrender areas under his control to the Taliban, Dubai-based al-Arabiya TV channel cited him as saying on Sunday. Ahmad Massoud called on the formation of a comprehensive government to rule the country with the participation of the Taliban, warning that war will be “unavoidable” if the insurgents refuse dialogue, the TV channel said.
Russia, China needed for ‘moderating influence’ over Taliban: UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab
Britain would have to turn to Russia and China to exercise a “moderating influence” over the Taliban, despite a mistrust between the UK and those governments, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said. “We’re going to have to bring in countries with a potentially moderating influence like Russia and China, however uncomfortable that is,” Raab told The Sunday Telegraph newspaper. The Taliban seized power last weekend from a U.S.-backed government, sending thousands fleeing and potentially heralding a return to the militants’ austere and autocratic rule of two decades ago. Britain and China have recently been at odds over variousRead More
30 more suspects sent to jail for identification parade in Minar-i-Pakistan assault case
Lahore, AUG 22: A judicial magistrate in Lahore on Sunday sent 30 more suspects to jail for their identification parade in the case registered against the assault and harassment of TikToker Ayesha Akram (also known as Ayesha Baig) and her team members at the city’s Greater Iqbal Park on Independence Day (August 14). The city police had arrested 36 other suspects in the case on Saturday. Police officials today produced 30 suspects before the court under strict security arrangements. The suspects were brought to the district courts in a prison van withRead More
NAB’s anti-corruption strategy yielding excellent results
ISLAMABAD, AUG 22 /DNA/ – Justice Javed Iqbal, Chairman NAB has said that NAB has chalked out an effective national anti-corruption strategy. He said that NAB’s Effective Anti Corruption Strategy resulted in excellent performance and recovered Rs. 535 billion during the present management of NAB. He said that Gilani and Gallup survey indicated that 59 percent people of Pakistan have shown trust upon NAB which is ample evidence of NAB’s across the board accountability as per law. Due to NAB’s proactive anti-corruption strategy, NAB’s overall conviction ratio is about 66 percent which isRead More
Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven to quit post in November
Sweden‘s beleaguered Social Democratic Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said Sunday he would step down in November to allow a successor time to prepare for the country’s September 2022 general election. Lofven, who was reinstated as prime minister by parliament in early July just weeks after being ousted in a historic vote of no confidence, told a political rally he would “leave my position as party chairman at the party’s congress in November and thereafter also resign as prime minister.” Lofven, 64, has served as party leader for almost 10 years and asRead More