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.
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
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.
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
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
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.
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
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. Ըստ աղբյուրների,, Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan will file appeal, on Thursday, in the Supreme Court on behalf of PM Gilani
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.
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.
Notice sent to Sharif brothers according to the court’s order: Malik
May 22nd
Staff Report ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Tuesday that the notice sent to the Sharif brothers in the Supreme Court Attack Case is according to the court’s order.
Punjab decides to regulate private education institutes
May 22nd
Staff Report LAHORE: The Government of Punjab announced Tuesday it would regulate the private education institutions operating in the province. It said the private schools would not be allowed to impose discretionary fees.
Afghans back Chicago deal, warn West to keep promises
May 22nd
KABUL: People in Afghanistan were surprisingly optimistic on Tuesday about NATO’s plan to pull combat troops out of their war-ravaged nation by the end of 2014, but warned Western leaders to stick to aid and security promises. A Chicago summit meeting of the 28-member bloc, attended also by Afghan President Hamid Karzai and other world leaders, endorsed an exit strategy on Monday that calls for handing control of Afghanistan to its own security forces by the middle of next year.
Suu Kyi to address ILO in Geneva on June 14
May 22nd
GENEVA: Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi will address an International Labour Organization conference in Geneva next month during her first trip outside Myanmar in 24 Նորերը, the ILO said on Tuesday. Suu Kyi will give a speech on the final day of the ILO conference on June 14. “Aung San Suu Kyi will be addressing the conference,” said ILO director general Juan Somavia, adding that it will be the first time Suu Kyi “will speak internationally” since she was released from house arrest in 2010
Govt has mocked Supreme Court’s orders: Imran Khan
May 22nd
Staff Report ISLAMABAD: PTI Chairman Imran Khan said Tuesday that the government had ridiculed the verdicts of the Supreme Court. Addressing a news conference here, Khan said that anyone could ridicule the courts if a government would do it. He said that anybody who was against the free judiciary was against the democracy


















































