South Asian Gazette Worldwide News Work
LAHORE: Justice Shahid Karim of the Lahore High Court on Wednesday issued notice on a contempt of court application against disqualified former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz, State Minister for Interior Talal Chaudhry and Privatisation Minister Danyal Aziz. The judge sought reply from respondents and ordered to …
Read More »TimeLine Layout
February, 2018
-
8 February
Shooter gets death; five jailed for life
ISLAMABAD: The trial in Mashal Khan lynching case concluded on Wednesday as the Anti-Terrorism Court in Haripur gave death sentence on multiple counts to one convict and life terms to five others. As many as 25 others convicted in the case were sentenced to four-year prison terms while 26 suspects …
Read More » -
8 February
Bilawal for mechanism to end Pak-Afghan blame game
WASHINGTON: Pakistan People’s Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has proposed creation of a mutually acceptable verification mechanism to be arrived at between Pakistan and Afghanistan with international assistance to investigate allegations of cross-border intrusion of militants, according to a statement issued by the party on Wednesday. While addressing scholars and …
Read More » -
8 February
Criticising courts is tantamount to disobeying constitution: CJP
ISLAMABAD: Hearing a set of petitions challenging the Elections Act, 2017, which paved way for disqualified prime minister Nawaz Sharif to regain presidency of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Wednesday observed that under Article 5 of the constitution, criticising the courts …
Read More » -
8 February
ECP dismisses Imran Khan’s petition against Ziaullah Afridi
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday dismissed Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan’s request to disqualify PTI minister and MPA Ziaullah Afridi for joining PPP. In the reference, filed on September 27 last year, the PTI chief had sought Afridi’s disqualification from the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on the …
Read More » -
8 February
Canada’s Conservatives won’t start winning until they know why they want to win
There is an imbalance in Canadian politics. It takes most obvious form in the presence, federally and in some provinces, of two parties on the left to only one on the right. But its essence is not institutional but psychological. It is the crippling insecurity of the right, a crisis …
Read More » -
8 February
Canada sells 16 helicopters to Philippines after drug war row
The Philippines has bought 16 new Bell helicopters from Canada for about US$235 million to strengthen its fight against Islamic militants and other domestic insurgencies, defence officials said Wednesday. The two governments announced the deal less than three months after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau clashed with host President Rodrigo …
Read More » -
8 February
Canada’s acceptance rate of asylum seekers is the highest in 27 years — here’s why
Canada is accepting a higher proportion of asylum seekers than it has at any time in nearly three decades, a South Asian Gazette News investigation has found. South Asian Gazette obtained almost 90,000 asylum claim decisions made by the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada between January 2013 and September …
Read More » -
8 February
Funding Impasse Looms Ahead of Possible US Government Shutdown
The U.S. Senate will be the focus Wednesday in the effort to fund the federal government and avoid another possible shutdown as Republicans and Democrats stand apart on how long to extend domestic spending relative to national defense. With a midnight Thursday deadline pending, the House of Representatives voted mostly …
Read More » -
8 February
Latin America’s Premium Coffee Growers Branch Out to Cheaper Beans
NEW YORK: A growing number of farmers in Latin American nations renowned for their high-quality arabica coffee are starting to plant cheaper robusta — a crop still frowned upon or even outlawed in some countries. In locales such as Colombia and Costa Rica, many in the industry have feared the …
Read More »