Tag: Watchdog

Chemical weapons watchdog to return to UK

  LONDON: The international chemical weapons watchdog says it is returning to Britain collect more evidence in the poisoning probe of a couple sickened by...

NAB chief says economy won’t be affected by efforts to retrieve...

QUETTA: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) will take measures to bring back Pakistan’s stolen wealth without causing any damage to the economy, the accountability...

NAB has nothing to do with elections: chairman

Javed Iqbal says anti-corruption watchdog working in accordance with law ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Javed Iqbal on Sunday said that the anti-corruption watchdog...

US watchdog to pay anti-extremist UK group in settlement

BIRMINGHAM: A liberal watchdog group is apologizing and paying more than $3 million after labeling a British organization and its founder as anti-Muslim extremists. The...

Musharraf ruined country, now seeks security to return home: Maryam

LAHORE: Daughter of ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday said that former military ruler (R) General Pervez Musharraf did not leave the country in a...

Rights group urges Pakistan to overhaul abusive police force

A prominent international human rights group has called on the Pakistani government to overhaul its police system that enables and even encourages serious human...

UN rights watchdog calls for open elections in Hong Kong

Pro-democracy protesters carrying portraits of Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying march to his residence in Hong Kong.

Kate royal hoax: Australian watchdog launches enquiry

The Australian media watchdog has launched a formal enquiry into the hoax call to the London hospital where the Duchess of Cambridge was being...

UN atomic watchdog chief ‘frustrated’ by Iran

The head of the UN atomic agency hit out Monday at Iran’s refusal to address allegations of nuclear weapons research and called on Tehran...

Iran, IAEA open new talks on nuclear access

The UN nuclear watchdog held fresh talks with Iran Friday in Vienna, where it was expected to push for access to a suspected testing...

Dozens slaughtered in new Syria massacre: watchdog

Pro-regime militiamen armed with guns and knives swept through a village in central Syria slaughtering dozens including women and children, a watchdog said Thursday...

With only three teeth, Sindh’s environ watchdog a harmless poodle

Controlling the ever-increasing pollution in Sindh seems like a distant dream, as the Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) cannot set up its offices in...

China urges IAEA to step up cooperation with Iran

China Thursday urged the UN atomic watchdog to step up cooperation with Iran in a bid to restore trust over Tehran’s nuclear ambitions, after...

US ‘failed’ in IAEA bid to send Iran nuclear issue to...

The United States ‘failed’ to get the UN atomic energy watchdog to refer Iran’s nuclear programme to the UN Security Council, Iran’s deputy chief...

Anti-Israel resolution ‘frozen’ at UN atomic watchdog

Arab states have dropped plans to submit a resolution at next week’s annual general conference of the UN atomic agency condemning Israel, diplomats to...

Media watchdog upset as BlackBerry helps British police

A media watchdog voiced concern Saturday at the cooperation between British authorities and the Canadian maker of BlackBerry smartphones to identify rioters in London...

Violating Diamond cut to size by buildings watchdog

The Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA), formerly the Karachi Building Control Authority, has cancelled the no objection certificate (NOC) issued to Diamond Builders for...