Tag: Settlement
SC asks Bahria Town to revisit Rs435bn settlement offer
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday asked Bahria Town to revisit its latest offer of Rs435 billion as the "full and final settlement" for...
200 envoys from 40 countries support Kashmir dispute settlement
ISLAMABAD: More than 200 representatives of 40 countries, through a resolution unanimously passed at an international conference in Istanbul, expressed concern over the ongoing...
QAU VC offers negotiated settlement of problems facing varsity
ISLAMABAD: Quaid-e-Azam University (QAU) Vice-Chancellor Dr Javed Ashraf has offered to hold a parley with the protesting university faculty members to find out an...
White House says new Israeli settlements ‘may not be helpful’
The White House said building new Israeli settlements or expanding existing ones "may not be helpful" in securing Middle East peace.
"While we don't believe...
Britain criticises focus on Israel settlements after Kerry speech
The British government on Thursday said peace between Israel and the Palestinians cannot be brokered by focusing solely on settlement construction, following a stern...
Kerry warns Israel settlements threaten democracy
In a stern parting shot, US Secretary of State John Kerry warned Israel on Wednesday that building settlements on Palestinian land threaten the country's...
Judge okays $4 billion BP oil spill criminal settlement
BP PLC closed the book on the Justice Department's criminal probe of its role in the Deepwater Horizon disaster and Gulf oil spill Tuesday,...
Strauss-Kahn settles lawsuit with hotel maid
Former International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn and a New York City hotel maid who accused him of attempting to rape her have...
Israel rejects outcry over settlement plan
A defiant Israel has rejected a wave of American and European condemnations over plans to build thousands of new homes in east Jerusalem and...
US denounces Israeli settlement plans
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has criticised Israel’s decision to build 3,000 settler homes in East Jerusalem and the West Bank. “In light...
Israel releases tenders for 1,213 new settlement homes
The Israeli housing ministry published tenders for the construction of 1,213 new homes in East Jerusalem and West Bank beyond the 1967 lines, dealing...
The dust finally settles
Judicial restraint and the government
In the judicial history, no case or decision of the SC has caused so much commotion and controversy as did...
Jerusalem wants to ‘expand settlement into West Bank’
The city of Jerusalem is seeking to expand the settlement of Gilo beyond Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem with 2,500 new homes in the adjacent West...
Jerusalem wants to ‘expand settlement into West Bank’
The city of Jerusalem is seeking to expand the settlement of Gilo beyond Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem with 2,500 new homes in the adjacent West...
Assad may go as part of Syria settlement: Russia
Russia said Tuesday that President Bashar al-Assad could leave power as part of a settlement to end bloodshed in Syria, as Damascus agreed to...
Honey, I shrunk the security settlement value
With overall payment systems infrastructure in the country moving northward, the value of Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) transactions decreased during third quarter of...
Israel holds two Palestinians over settlement killings
JERUSALEM - Israeli police have arrested two Palestinian teenagers on suspicion of stabbing to death a Jewish couple and three of their children while they slept in a West Bank settlement, a police spokesman said on Sunday.
The killings on the night of March 11 in Itamar in the occupied West Bank caused shock in Israel and drew condemnation from the Palestinian Authority that exercises limited self-rule in the area. Police said Amjad Awwad, 19, and Hakim Awwad, 18, from Awarta, a
The killings on the night of March 11 in Itamar in the occupied West Bank caused shock in Israel and drew condemnation from the Palestinian Authority that exercises limited self-rule in the area. Police said Amjad Awwad, 19, and Hakim Awwad, 18, from Awarta, a