PAM REPUBLIC

NEW YORK: A suicide bombing "mastermind" in the Pakistan Taliban has been gunned down and killed in the country's northeastern tribal region, just days after a major faction in the militant group announced it was breaking away over ideological differences, says a US TV report.

ISLAMABAD: Journalists in Pakistan live under the constant threat of killings, harassment and other violence from all sides, including intelligence services, political parties and armed groups like the Taliban, human rights organization Amnesty International said its new report on Wednesday.

ISLAMABAD: The Secretary of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), Ishtiak Ahmad Khan, has said the EC has decided to introduce Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in the next general elections to be held in 2018, reminding that it was a demand of all the political parties.

Sixt UAE has been conferred the prestigious World Travel Awards (WTA) for its quality Limousine Service across the Emirates of Abu Dhabi and Dubai. The exclusive mobility service has been awarded not once but twice in the ‘Leading Chauffeur Company’ category.

MAIDUGURI: Hundreds of people are feared dead in a suspected Boko Haram attack on four villages in northeast Nigeria, in the latest upsurge in violence claiming increasing numbers of civilian lives.

The PUC issued a fatwa on Thursday which said such killings were generally devoid of any legal or Islamic justification. “These murders are akin to spreading mischief on Earth.”

North Korea arrested an American tourist last month for inappropriate activities, its state media has said.