ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday called for impr­oving Pak-Afghan relations by adopting a forward-looking approach rather than remaining stuck in the past. “Enjoyed meeting Dr Abdullah Abdullah, Chair­man HCNR of Afghanistan. We had a very interesting conversation: theme being the past is an invaluable teacher to learn from but not to live in. We must look forward towards …

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump and Joe Biden return to the campaign trail on Wednesday after a chaotic debate that allowed the 77-year-old Democratic candidate to rebuff Republican claims that he doesn’t have the stamina for the White House job. Snap polls on the debate performances of the presidential candidates leaned towards Biden, who withstood a barrage of barbs from …

The group that manages US presidential election debates said on Wednesday it would take steps to bring order to the final two contests between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden, following widespread criticism of their first encounter. The 90-minute debate on Tuesday night was chaotic, marred by the Republican president’s constant interjections and interruptions of both his Democratic rival and …

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny told a German magazine that Russian President Vladimir Putin was behind his suspected poisoning and stressed that he was not afraid. Navalny was flown from Russia to Berlin in August after falling ill on a domestic flight. He received treatment in the Charite hospital for what Germany said was poisoning by a potentially deadly nerve agent before being …

US President Donald Trump scrambled on Wednesday to quell an uproar over his failure to explicitly denounce white supremacist groups during his debate debacle with Joe Biden, who branded his election rival a “national embarrassment”. The bitter adversaries returned to the campaign trail one day after their off-the-rails showdown in Cleveland made headlines less for the substance than for its unrestrained …

A woman from India’s marginalised Dalit community has died after being gang-raped, police said on Thursday, days after the death of a teenager from the same low-caste group at the hands of a group of high-caste men sparked outrage. The 22-year-old, a member of India’s “untouchable” Dalit community, was allegedly raped by two men on Tuesday and died while being taken to …

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday lashed out at former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and the federal government over his prolonged absence, with one member of the two-judge division bench describing the move on the part of the accused as ‘defeating the system’. While appearing before the IHC bench comprising Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani, …

ISLAMABAD: Justice Umar Ata Bandial, who was heading a three-judge Supreme Court bench, on Wednesday recused himself from hearing a post-arrest bail plea filed by Mir Shakeelur Rehman, Chief Executive of the Jang Group of Newspapers. At the commencement of the case, Justice Bandial said that for personal reasons he would not like to hear the matter and recused himself …

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday issued a notice to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on a petition of PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari seeking quashing of the Park Lane reference. The IHC sought a reply from NAB on the petition of Mr Zardari and adjourned the hearing of the case till Oct 14. Advocate Farooq H. Naek, …

ISLAMABAD: The government on Wednesday designated Vice Admiral Amjad Khan Niazi as the next Chief of Naval Staff (CNS). Admiral Niazi will replace Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi, who retires on October 6. While the government is yet to officially notify the appointment, Dr Shahbaz Gill, the prime minister’s special assistant on political communication, confirmed that Admiral Niazi has been named …