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September 18, 2017 7:52 AM

Ousted Pak PM Nawaz Sharif's wife Begum Kulsoom wins Lahore by-election

Ousted Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's wife Begum Kulsoom has won the crucial Lahore by-election. She defeated Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf candidate Yasmin Rashid by a margin of more than 13,000 votes. The seat fell vacant after the Supreme Court dismissed Sharif from the ...

September 18, 2017 7:51 AM

Nepal: Final phase of local body elections to be held today

In Nepal, third and final phase of local body elections will be held today. Polling for 136 local bodies in Province 2 will start at 7 AM. Nepal-India border has been sealed and more than 60,000 security personnels have been deployed to conduct free, fair and peaceful elections. <br/><br/&g...

September 18, 2017 6:52 AM

Hurricane Maria headed toward eastern Caribbean

In the United States, Maria became a hurricane today as it headed toward the storm-staggered eastern Caribbean with 120 kilometre per hour winds.<br/><br/>US National Hurricane Centre said storm warnings and watches went up in many of the Caribbean islands still reeling from the destruct...

September 17, 2017 8:18 PM

Nepal: Final phase of local elections to be held tomorrow

In Nepal, third and final phase of local elections will be held tomorrow for 136 local bodies at 7 am. Nepal-India border has been sealed and more than 60,000 security personnels have been deployed to conduct free, fair and peaceful elections.<br/><br/>After a gap of 20 years people of T...

September 17, 2017 8:06 PM

Russia, Iraq restore commercial airlines services after 13-years

<br/>Russia and Iraq restored scheduled commercial airline services today for the first time after thirteen years. A spokesman for Russia's Civil Aviation Authority said it is a sign of stability returning to the war-torn country. Russia suspended regular flights to Iraq in 2004 after the...

September 17, 2017 7:18 PM

Polling for Lahore National Assembly seat ends

In Pakistan, polling for the National Assembly seat, which was left vacant by Nawaz Sharif's ouster in the Panama verdict, ended in the Lahore constituency where Pakistan's ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's ailing wife Begum Kulsoom Nawaz is contesting as the ruling PML-N candidate...

September 17, 2017 7:16 PM

Nepal: Final phase of local elections to be held tomorrow

In Nepal, third and final phase of local elections will be held tomorrow. Polling for 136 local bodies in Province 2 will start at 7 am. Our correspondent reports that Nepal-India border has been sealed and more than 60,000 security personnels have been deployed to conduct free, fair and peaceful el...

September 17, 2017 6:28 PM

US, South Korean agree to put further pressure on North Korea

US President Donald Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in have agreed to put further pressure on North Korea. South Korea's Presidential Office says, the two leaders talked over the phone for about 25 minutes today morning. The Presidents strongly condemned North Korea, which fired a bal...

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