Getaway driver involved in Qandeel?s murder

MULTAN: Driver Abdul Basit who had driven Qandeel Baloch?s brother and cousin to Multan in a taxi after the murder took place knew about the plan all along.

Polygraph tests for Abdul Basit revealed that he knew that accused Waseem and Haq Nawaz had planned to kill social media sensation Qandeel Baloch, police said.

On July 15, Basit had allegedly driven the two to Multan from Baloch's ancestral village Shah Saddar Din in Dera Ghazi Khan, around 130 kilometers away. He is reportedly a resident of the same village as that of Baloch.

Waseem and Haq Nawaz had reportedly returned to the village shortly after the murder.

Basit had handed himself over to police on July 27 in Multan.

Earlier, the mother of slain social media icon had claimed that Mufti Qavi, a cleric who made headlines for his controversial pictures with Qandeel, had provoked her son Waseem into murdering her daughter.

Qandeel?s brother Waseem had admitted to strangling her to death for the 'honour of the family'. 

Qandeel had shot to fame after her quirky videos and controversial video.

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2.4 million in Libya need aid, UN says on World Humanitarian Day

TRIPOLI: The UN used World Humanitarian Day on Friday to plead for help for Libya, saying millions of Libyans and migrants were engulfed in a worsening crisis.

"More than 2.4 million people in Libya are in need of humanitarian assistance," Martin Kobler, the UN secretary-general´s special representative for Libya, said in a statement.

"They lack medicines, vaccinations and suffer from poor hospitalization services. Almost 300,000 children are out of schools and almost 350,000 Libyans are displaced within the country."

Kobler also noted the predicament of more than 270,000 migrants who fled their home countries and are stranded in Libya.

"The humanitarian needs created by the crisis in Libya are enormous and this should serve as an incentive for us to do our utmost to give hope to the people, particularly those in urgent need of humanitarian assistance," he added.

The ouster of Moamer Kadhafi in 2011 plunged Libya into chaos, with rival militias jockeying violently for power.

The latest fighting is centered on the coastal city of Sirte, where pro-government forces are pressing an assault against the jihadist Islamic State group.

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Getaway driver involved in Qandeel?s murder

MULTAN: Driver Abdul Basit who had driven Qandeel Baloch’s brother and cousin to Multan in a taxi after the murder took place knew about the plan all along.

Polygraph tests for Abdul Basit revealed that he knew that accused Waseem and Haq Nawaz had planned to kill social media sensation Qandeel Baloch, police said.

On July 15, Basit had allegedly driven the two to Multan from Baloch's ancestral village Shah Saddar Din in Dera Ghazi Khan, around 130 kilometers away. He is reportedly a resident of the same village as that of Baloch.

Waseem and Haq Nawaz had reportedly returned to the village shortly after the murder.

Basit had handed himself over to police on July 27 in Multan.

Earlier, the mother of slain social media icon had claimed that Mufti Qavi, a cleric who made headlines for his controversial pictures with Qandeel, had provoked her son Waseem into murdering her daughter.

Qandeel’s brother Waseem had admitted to strangling her to death for the 'honour of the family'. 

Qandeel had shot to fame after her quirky videos and controversial video.

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Sindh to register all seminaries, CM Murad directs cabinet

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah presided a cabinet meeting on Saturday where the National Action Plan came into discussion.

It was decided that the province will use all possible means to implement NAP.

Speaking at the meeting, CM Murad stressed that registering seminaries in the province should be done on priority basis.

He added that the government will help seminaries and expressed the hope that their management will cooperate with the government.  

Provincial ministers, Police IG and the Chief Secretary attended the meeting.

 

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Sindh to register all seminaries, CM Murad directs cabinet

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah presided a cabinet meeting on Saturday where the National Action Plan came into discussion.

It was decided that the province will use all possible means to implement NAP.

Speaking at the meeting, CM Murad stressed that registering seminaries in the province should be done on priority basis.

He added that the government will help seminaries and expressed the hope that their management will cooperate with the government.  

Provincial ministers, Police IG and the Chief Secretary attended the meeting.

 

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Vaccination underway at Peshawar?s cattle market

PESHAWAR: With 25 days left for Eid, animals from different parts of the country have started arriving at a cattle market located on Ring Road.

Prices for sacrificial animals have been increased this year while vaccination camps have also been established in light of the Congo Virus.

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Turkish parliament approves Israel deal

ANKARA: The Turkish parliament on Saturday approved a deal to normalise ties with Israel after a delay caused by last month´s attempted coup, state-run media reported.

Lawmakers ratified the agreement to restore relations after a six-year rift before parliament was due to go into summer recess.

Under the deal, Israel will pay Turkey $20 million (17.7 million euros) in compensation for the 2010 raid by Israeli commandos on a Gaza-bound Turkish aid ship that left 10 Turks dead, state-run Anadolu news agency said.

Israel will hand Turkey a "lump sum" within 25 working days of the agreement coming into force, the agency said.
Under the terms of the deal, both sides agreed individual Israeli citizens would not be held liable - either criminally or financially - for the raid, Anadolu reported.

Israeli cabinet ministers approved the deal with Turkey in June but Ankara did not send it to parliament because of time pressure after the July 15 attempted putsch by a rogue military faction.

Now the deal has been approved, the two countries are expected to begin the process of exchanging ambassadors to fully restore diplomatic ties.

The agreement also eases the naval blockade on the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip allowing Turkey to deliver humanitarian aid to Palestinians there.

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