UK parliamentary report finds bullying, harassment of women in military
London: Sixty-four per cent of female veterans and 58 per cent of currently serving women reported experiencing bullying, harassment and discrimination (BHD) during their careers in the UK military, according to a new parliamentary report put out on Sunday. The House of Commons Defence Sub-Committee on Women in the Armed Forces, in its report entitled Protecting […]
Former Pak PM Nawaz Sharif faces flak for meeting Afghan NSA Mohib in UK
Islamabad: Several Pakistani ministers on Saturday lashed out at former prime minister Nawaz Sharif for meeting Afghan National Security Advisor Hamdullah Mohib in London, saying the PML-N supremo was a close friend of every enemy of Pakistan. Mohib recently made headlines in Pakistan for calling the country a brothel , evoking a sharp response from ministers […]
UK briefed on COVID-19 situation in India to review ‘red list’ travel ban
London: The UK Foreign Office officials have been briefed on the current COVID-19 pandemic situation in India, where many big cities are practically COVID-free, and encouraged to consider a review of the travel ban on visitors from India, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said on Saturday. Shringla, who arrived in the UK for a two-day visit […]
US carried out airstrikes in Afghanistan: Pentagon
Washington: The US carried out airstrikes across Afghanistan in the last several days as part of an effort to support the Afghan security forces fighting Taliban insurgents, the Pentagon has said. The news of US airstrikes in Afghanistan came a day after America’s most senior military officer admitted that the Taliban had gained strategic momentum, […]
Biden admn expected to continue expansion of bilateral partnership with India due to China factor: Report
Washington: The Biden Administration is expected to continue expansion of the bilateral partnership with India and the driving force of the relationship is concern about China’s growing economic and military power in the region, according to a Congressional report. “Many speculate that the Administration would pay more attention to India’s domestic developments, including on human rights, […]
An Afghan govt that doesn’t respect human rights will lack international legitimacy: US
Washington The United States has warned the Taliban that any government that does not respect human rights and seeks to rule at the barrel of a gun will lack international legitimacy. The Taliban militants have seized dozens of districts in recent weeks and are now thought to control about a third of Afghanistan, ahead of the […]
30 killed, several injured as bus crashes in Pakistan
Lahore: At least 30 people were killed, mostly labourers who were going to their hometown to celebrate Eid-ul Azha, and over 40 others injured on Monday when a passenger bus collided with a trailer truck on a highway in Dera Ghazi Khan district of Pakistan’s Punjab Province. The bus was en route from Sialkot to […]
Probe: Journalists, activists among firm’s spyware targets
Boston: An investigation by a global media consortium based on leaked targeting data provides further evidence that military-grade malware from Israel-based NSO Group, the world’s most infamous hacker-for-hire outfit, is being used to spy on journalists, human rights activists and political dissidents. From a list of more than 50,000 cellphone numbers obtained by the Paris-based […]
Leaders talk peace as Afghans battle chaos and uncertainty
Islamabad: Senior Afghan leaders are in the Middle Eastern state of Qatar talking peace with the Taliban, whose leader on Sunday issued a statement saying the insurgent movement wants a political settlement to Afghanistan’s decades of war. Still, there are few signs of a political agreement on the horizon, as the battles over Afghan districts […]
FATF review of India’s anti-money laundering, terror financing regime postponed again to 2022
New Delhi: An evaluation by global organisation Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to analyse the effectiveness of India’s anti-money laundering and countering terrorist financing regime has been postponed for the second time in view of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and is now slated to be initiated next year, officials said. The scheduled assessment for the […]
