RAWALPINDI: A sessions court awarded the death sentence and ten years imprisonment to the former husband of Pakistan-origin American citizen Wajiha Swati who was abducted and killed last year. Additional District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Afzal Majoka announced the verdict and awarded the death penalty to prime accused Rizwan Habib, who was the former husband … Read more
The U.S. citizen was killed after people fired indiscriminately into a vehicle, police say. Another person from a local business was also killed, and three other people were wounded. A third body, that of a man, was found later; police think he was killed in a shootout. An American tourist and two other people were … Read more
Some riverfront neighborhoods and other parts of Thailand were flooded with water up to the waist on Thursday. This happened after a tropical depression dropped heavy rains and knocked down trees, which killed at least one person. The most rain fell in the northeastern province of Ubon Ratchathani, where about 8.5 inches fell in 24 … Read more
The Department of Justice said on Wednesday that a US citizen and four Chinese intelligence officials had been charged for spying on Chinese dissidents, human rights leaders, and pro-democracy campaigners in the United States. According to the indictment (MSS), Wang Shujun, of Queens, New York, is accused of using his position among Chinese expatriate and … Read more
Detained US ladies’ basketball celebrity Brittney Griner may be honoured in any respect WNBA venues while the new season gets underway later this week, the league said Tuesday. Griner has been in custody in Russia on the grounds that being stopped at Moscow’s airport on February 17 after vape cartridges containing cannabis oil have been … Read more
Federal Interior Ministry gave 15-day time to US citizen and blogger Cynthia D. Ritchie to leave Pakistan, the sources said on Wednesday. The sources said that the interior ministry rejected Cynthia D. Ritchie’s plea to extend her visa to stay in Pakistan. Let it be known that on July 17, the Interior Ministry had told … Read more
Pakistan People’s Party Senator Rehman Malik has responded to the rape allegation by the US blogger. He “strongly rejected the baseless and wild allegations”. PPP leader’s spokesperson said in a statement, “Senator A. Rehman Malik has endorsed the statement of former Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani wherein he has denied the allegations leveled by … Read more
