NATO endorses strategy to end Afghan war but risks remain
May 22nd
CHICAGO: NATO set an “irreversible” course out of Afghanistan on Monday but President Barack Obama admitted the Western alliance’s plan to end the deeply unpopular war in 2014 was fraught with peril. A landmark NATO summit in Chicago endorsed an exit strategy that calls for handing control of Afghanistan to its own security forces by the middle of next year but left questions unanswered about how to prevent a slide into chaos and a Taliban resurgence after allied troops are gone. The two-day meeting of the 28-nation military bloc marked a major milestone in a war sparked by the September 11 attacks that has spanned three U.S.
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De càrrega ...Pakistan stocks rally; rupee hits record low
May 22nd
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s stock market rallied on Tuesday with investors picking up cheaper shares on the back of selling last week, dealers said, alongside a record low against the dollar for the local currency.
(Sense avaluar) De càrrega ...Police allegedly torture two brothers on behest of rivals
May 22nd
Staff Report GUJRANWALA: Police allegedly tortured two brothers brutally on behest of their rivals in Gujranwala today, SAMAA reported on Tuesday. The police stamped burn signs on the bodies of both brothers with hot iron rods during alleged torture
(Sense avaluar) De càrrega ...MQM condemns Karachi killings, seeks strong action
May 22nd
Staff Report KARACHI: MQM leader Raza Haroon Tuesday condoled with the families of those killed in firing on a political rally in Karachi. Twelve people were killed and many more were wounded when unknown gunmen opened firing on an Awami Tehrik’s rally in the city
(Sense avaluar) De càrrega ...Israel wary of expected Iran nuclear deal
May 22nd
JERUSALEM: Israel expressed deep suspicion on Tuesday about an expected deal between the U.N.
(Sense avaluar) De càrrega ...Bahrain hunger striker attends retrial in wheelchair
May 22nd
DUBAI: Jailed Bahraini activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, on hunger strike for more than three months, was brought to court in a wheelchair on Tuesday when the retrial resumed of 13 men imprisoned over protests that rocked the island last year, activists said.
(Sense avaluar) De càrrega ...Ukraine’s bold female fighters plot to storm the Euros
May 22nd
KIEV: Anna darts gleefully around the two sparsely-furnished rooms situated through an archway off a steep street that climbs up from Kiev’s Independence Square. She is a general showing off her new headquarters. “This is going to be our training room for our Euro strikes,” she says
(Sense avaluar) De càrrega ...Rebels kidnap Lebanese Shi’ites in Syria: families
May 22nd
BEIRUT: Syrian rebels kidnapped at least 13 Lebanese Shi’ite men on Tuesday in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo as they were returning home from a pilgrimage in Iran, families of the men said.
(Sense avaluar) De càrrega ...US ambassador in Kabul to leave because of health
May 22nd
WASHINGTON: U.S.
(Sense avaluar) De càrrega ...Brad Pitt mob movie portrays broken American dream
May 22nd
CANNES: Brad Pitt’s latest movie paints a bleak picture of the broken American dream, blending a violent but comic gangster story with overt criticism of politicians’ failure to address the economic crisis. “Killing Them Softly” takes place in an unspecified U.S
(Sense avaluar) De càrrega ...Windies fast bowler Gabriel out of England tour
May 22nd
LONDON: West Indies fast bowler Shannon Gabriel, who took four wickets on his debut in the first test against England, will miss the remainder of the series after suffering a back injury, the West Indies Cricket Board said in a statement. “Shannon made the complaint late in the first test against England and scans conducted following the match showed a stress reaction in the lower spine,” West Indies team physiotherapist C.J
(Sense avaluar) De càrrega ...A little music goes a long way in Egypt vote
May 22nd
CAIRO: Egypt’s presidential hopefuls have had to zip their lips before voting starts, but there is no stopping the songs that pump up their virtues in styles ranging from hip-hop to folk. For the first time Egyptians get to pick their leader in voting on Wednesday and Thursday in a fiercely contested race enlivened by another novelty – online music videos. Many of them are the work of underground musicians who flourished since the popular uprising that overthrew Hosni Mubarak last year and who can capture political moments too fleeting for the mainstream music industry to latch onto.
(Sense avaluar) De càrrega ...Nawaz meets Turkish PM, discusses bilateral ties
May 22nd
Staff Report ISLAMABAD: PML-N President Mian Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday met with Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Islamabad and discussed matters concerning Pak-Turk bilateral ties. Following the meeting, Nawaz Sharif said that bilateral relations and regional situation came under discussion in the meeting
(Sense avaluar) De càrrega ...PM Gilani set to file appeal in SC against contempt case verdict
May 22nd
Staff Report ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has completed all arrangements to file an appeal in the Supreme Court against its verdict on contempt case, SAMAA reported on Tuesday. According to sources, Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan will file appeal, on Thursday, in the Supreme Court on behalf of PM Gilani
(Sense avaluar) De càrrega ...Karachi killings: AT announces Sindh strike, day of mourning
May 22nd
Staff Report KARACHI: Awami Tehrik announced Tuesday that it would observe a day of mourning and strike across Sindh on Wednesday. Participants of the rally chanted slogans against the demands to form a South Province. Sindh’s nationalist party Awami Tehrik took out a Mohabbat Sindh rally from Karachi’s Lyari.
(Sense avaluar) De càrrega ...Indian rupee slumps to record low of 55.47/dlr; RBI still absent
May 22nd
MUMBAI: The rupee hit a record low to the dollar for the fifth straight session on Tuesday, weighed down by large dollar demand from oil firms and weak global risk sentiment, especially after Fitch downgraded Japan’s ratings. The falls came even after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced on Monday measures to target arbitrage and speculation in futures and options markets, with traders saying this market segment was too small to have a big impact. The RBI has announced a string of measures to curb the rupee’s falls, none of which has so far succeeded.
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