March, 2018

• 23 March

  All sides claim victory on spending bill; no one seems to agree on what’s in it

  

  Democratic leaders looked at the new spending bill Thursday and crowed, saying they managed to block nearly all of President Trump’s immigration plans. Conservatives agreed, saying the bill betrayed the president’s border security promises. But the White House insists the bill is actually a major win for Mr. Trump on …

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• 23 March

  China threatens US with tariffs, says ‘not afraid of trade war’

  

  WASHINGTON: China warned the United States on Friday that it was “not afraid of a trade war” as it threatened tariffs on $3 billion worth of US goods in retaliation over President Donald Trump’s moves against Chinese imports. Beijing unveiled a hit list of products that could face duties of …

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• 23 March

  Publisher rejects request to tell story of farmer who shot Colten Boushie

  

  A publisher has rejected a request from a law firm that represents the Saskatchewan farmer acquitted in the fatal shooting of a young Indigenous man who now wants to tell “his side” of what happened. Last month, a jury found Gerald Stanley not guilty of second-degree murder in the 2016 …

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• 23 March

  Quebec man convicted in pit-bull mauling to be sentenced today

  

  CANADA – A Quebec man whose pit bull-type dog mauled a young girl in 2015 will be sentenced today. In convicting Karim Jean Gilles last month, the judge in the case suggested the sentence would be longer than the three years the Crown recommended. Quebec court Judge Pierre Belisle found …

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• 23 March

  Toronto police board approves investigation into how cops handle missing-persons cases

  

  The Toronto police board voted unanimously to commission an external investigation into how the force conducts missing-persons probes, as members of the city’s LGBTQ community detailed what they said is critically low trust in police. The independent investigation, initiated by groups within the LGBTQ community and brought forward by Mayor …

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• 23 March

  Rao Anwar sent on 30-day physical remand

  

  KARACHI: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) approved on Thursday a 30-day physical remand of suspended Malir SSP Rao Anwar in the Naqeebullah Mehsud killing case. The decision came as police escorted Anwar to the court under strict security. Anwar, wanted in the extrajudicial murder case, was brought to court in an …

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• 23 March

  SC dismisses appeals against AD Khawaja

  

  Lahore: The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday ruled that there was ‘no merit’ in the Sindh government’s appeals against a Sindh High Court (SHC) verdict that had granted Sindh Police Inspector General (IG) AD Khawaja complete autonomy over the provincial Police Department. Chaired by Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, a …

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• 23 March

  NAB court’s verdict negation of fundamental rights: Marriyum

  

  ISLAMABAD: State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb Thursday said that denial of seven-day exemption to Nawaz Sharif and Maryam Nawaz by an accountability court was a negation of fundamental rights. The minister made these remarks while talking to the media at the Ladies Gala organised by the Parks …

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• 23 March

  Abbasi links security, prosperity to democracy

  

  ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said that the Pakistan came into being consequent to a democratic struggle and its security, solidarity and prosperity was also linked with the democracy. In his message to the nation on Pakistan Day annually observed on March 23, the prime minister urged his countrymen …

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• 23 March

  Nation celebrates Pakistan Day 2018 with military parade, gun salutes

  

  The nation is celebrating Pakistan Day 2018 across the country on Friday with traditional zeal and fervour. Pakistan Day commemorates the passing of the Lahore Resolution on March 23, 1940, when the All-India Muslim League demanded a separate nation for the Muslims of the British Indian Empire. Military parade A …

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