Putin demands Ukraine surrender Donbas and abandon NATO bid, sources say

Vladimir Putin is demanding that Ukraine give up all of the eastern Donbas region, renounce ambitions to join NATO, remain neutral and keep Western troops out of the country, three sources familiar with top-level Kremlin thinking told Reuters. The Russian president met Donald Trump in Alaska on Friday for the first Russia-US summit in more … Read more

With hundreds dead, K-P braces for another monsoon onslaught

PESHAWAR: As Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) residents continue to reel from the devastating floods that claimed 393 lives, the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) has warned of another spell of heavy rains, flash floods, urban flooding, and landslides from August 23 to 26. According to a PDMA report, the recent deluge left 393 people dead and 190 … Read more

Former SBCA DG Manzoor Kaka, others acquitted in Nasla Tower case

KARACHI: The Provincial Anti-Corruption Court acquitted SBCA’s former director general Manzoor Kaka and other accused in the case of illegal land allotment to Nasla Tower on Thursday. Provincial Anti-Corruption Court Judge Aminullah Siddiqui acquitted all the accused for lack of evidence.Those acquitted include former SBCA DG Manzoor Qadir Kaka, former director Ali Mehdi Kazmi, former … Read more