A 41-year-old Indian businessman has been sentenced to three years in prison for molesting a former Bollywood actress on a flight in 2017. Vikas Sachdev, the accused, was caught repeatedly moving his foot up and down her neck and back while she was "half-asleep" in her seat. He was convicted under child protection laws since the actress was 17 at...
Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi arrived in Washington on Thursday. The foreign minister during his visit to Washington will meet Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, National Security Advisor Robert O' Brian and other senior US administration officials. He will also have meetings on Capitol Hill, and engagements with the media, policy think tanks and the Pakistani diaspora. The foreign minister,...
WASHINGTON: Articles of impeachment charging President Donald Trump with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress were delivered to the Senate Wednesday, setting in motion a historic trial that threatens the US leader with removal from office. Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell announced that the articles would be formally read to the chamber Thursday at noon (1700 GMT), after which...
NEW YORK: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Wednesday met United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in New York where he apprised the UN chief about the situation in Indian occupied Kashmir. The foreign minister, in his meeting, told the UN secretary-general that Pakistan remained committed to holding a dialogue with India over the situation in the disputed valley, which has...
ISLAMABAD: Former military ruler retired Gen Pervez Musharraf on Thursday submitted an appeal in the Supreme Court against a special court's verdict that found him guilty of high treason and handed him a death sentence under Article 6 of the Constitution. In a 90-page criminal appeal, the former military ruler named as respondents the federation through the secretary of the interior ministry,...
