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September 5, 2018

SC asks Lahore Cantt Board, DHA, other bodies to give explanation over billboards

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has directed the Lahore Cantonment Board (LCB) and Defence Housing Authority (DHA), National Logistics Cell (NLC), National Highway Authority (NHA) and Pakistan […]
September 5, 2018

Woman held for calling India ruling BJP ‘fascist’

A woman has been arrested in the southern state of Tamil Nadu for calling India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) “fascist”. Sofia Lois made the remark […]
September 5, 2018

India stepmother arrested for ‘ordering’ gang rape of girl, 9

Police have arrested six people in connection with the gang rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl in Indian-administered Kashmir. Officials said the girl’s stepmother told […]
September 5, 2018

US wife accused of ‘fatally poisoning husband with eyedrops’

A South Carolina woman has been charged with murder after allegedly poisoning her husband by putting eyedrops into his water for several days. Lana Clayton, 52, […]
September 5, 2018

Ireland passes craft brewery legislation

Politicians have long been associated – fairly or unfairly – with a certain alcohol-related activity in a brewery. But breweries in the Republic of Ireland are […]
September 5, 2018

ING fined €775m for lax crime prevention

Dutch bank ING has agreed to pay fines and other payments of €775m ($897m; £698m) after admitting errors in its policies to stop financial crime. The […]
September 5, 2018

Ex-British colony challenges UK claim to islands at ICJ

Former British colony Mauritius has challenged at the World Court the legality of the United Kingdom’s claim to its Chagos Islands, which now host the key […]
September 5, 2018

SC questions role of army in ‘property deals’

The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday, while hearing a suo motu case regarding the removal of billboards in Lahore, questioned the role of Pakistan Army in […]