Tag: Silence
LHC judges appointed amid parliamentary silence
LAHORE: Eight judges nominated to the Lahore High Court (LHC) by the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) have been appointed without parliamentary oversight since parliamentary...
Myanmar army, govt aim to silence independent journalism: UN
GENEVA: Military and government officials in Myanmar have waged a "political campaign" to quash independent journalism, arresting and prosecuting many through the use of...
US generals break silence over Pak-Russia partnership
Gen Joseph Votel says Russia trying to exert its authority, presence and influence across region
WASHINGTON: Pakistan and Russia recently signed an agreement, which enables...
Taliban silence on talks offer raises peace hopes in Pakistan, US
ISLAMABAD: The Afghan Taliban’s silence to the latest offer of unconditional talks by the Kabul government has raised hopes in Islamabad and Washington the insurgent...
Indonesia stock market holds minute silence for affectees of floor collapse
JAKARTA: Indonesia’s stock exchange held a minute silence at the start of trading on Tuesday for more than 70 people injured when a mezzanine...
Sexual predators in Bollywood protected by victims’ silence
MUMBAI/ABUJA: Two major Bollywood rape-revenge dramas released in 2017 had beefy heroes take on men or gangs who had sexually assaulted their wives or...
Sarfaraz Merchant breaks silence on alleged MQM-India links
Sarfaraz Merchant, one of the suspects in London money-laundering case also involving top leaders of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), on Tuesday broke silence...
Shah disgusted with govt’s silence over terrorism
Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Khurshid Shah on Saturday said Islam was being defamed by terrorists who had nothing to do with the...
Londoners run in the memory of Boston
30 seconds of silence marked the start of the London Marathon on Sunday to commemorate those killed in the recent Boston bombings.
Thousands lined the...
Malik, Hafeez silence Indian crowd
Two of Pakistan's experienced hands guided them to victory in their first game in almost three months, and their first bilateral tour of India...
Prince William breaks silence on Duchess Kate’s pregnancy
The Duke of Cambridge, Prince William, has broken his silence on his wife’s pregnancy and revealed that Duchess Kate is beginning to feel better...
Taliban’s silence
The Taliban’s silence on blasphemous movie is amazing. Since 1996 Taliban have been portrayed as hardliner Islamists, always determined to act according to injunctions...
Why the silence?
This letter is with reference to beheading of security personnel by Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). This is not the first incident of this nature committed...
Deafening silence
The “deafening silence” that was exhibited at the beheading of seven Pakistani soldiers by the Taliban is surely not a new phenomenon in the...
France decries UN Security Council ‘silence’ on Syria
French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe on Sunday decried the “silence” of the UN Security Council on Syria’s deadly crackdown on protests, saying the situation...
Silence means consent: SC
Hearing a set of identical petitions filed by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif and others seeking probe into the memo controversy, a...
Opp walks against media silence on Balochistan
The opposition parties in the Senate on Thursday staged a token walkout from the House against media blackout on unrest in Balochistan, suspecting that...
