Bangladesh: Mass student protests after deadly road accident

Bangladeshi students burn an effigy of Bangladesh's Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan, who is also a transport workers' leader [AM Ahad/AP] Tens of thousands of students in Bangladesh have rallied for a fifth consecutive day after two teenagers were killed by a speeding bus.The demonstrators, mostly students in their mid-teens, chanted "we want justice" on Thursday as they defied pouring rain to march in the capital, Dhaka, bringing traffic to...

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Protesters paralyze parts of Bangladesh after a speeding bus kills two students

Last weekend, after a speeding bus struck and killed two students in Dhaka, Bangladesh, their peers began to pour into the streets to demand justice.Since then, tens of thousands of students, many dressed in school uniforms, have essentially shut down the capital, blocking roads and preventing transit through much of the city. They're calling for improvements to road safety in Bangladesh, where around 12,000 people are killed in road accidents...

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1992 world cup champions to be invited for PM’s inauguration

ISLAMABAD: The recently held general elections put cricket star-turned politician Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in a comfortable position to form government at the Centre, Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with the help of independents and small coalition partners. With the PTI scooping 115 seats in the 272-member lower house of parliament, Khan is set to be elected as 21st prime minister of the country.The PTI chief has directed that...

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SAI aircraft carrying stranded Pakistanis takes off from China

ISLAMABAD: More than 200 Pakistanis, who were stranded in a Chinese city for over a week, heaved a sigh of relief when an aircraft of the Shaheen Air International (SIA) carrying them took off from Guangzhou airport on Monday, ARY News reported.The aircraft reached Guangzhou this morning to bring back 214 passengers stranded there. It is expected to touch down at Lahore airport by 6:00 pm today.The issue surfaced when the Civil Aviation Authority...

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Ghinwa Bhutto, the wife of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto’s deceased eldest son Mir Murtaza Bhutto, drew ire of Imran Khan’s ex-wife Jemima Goldsmith after the former took exception to Jemima’s alleged trip to Israel, when it was actually not the case. It all started when Ghinwa, through a tweet, alleged Jemima of vacationing in Israel with her family. In response, Jemima clarified that she was in Mexico and not Israel. And here’s what she wrote in an apparent...

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‘MQM won the election, and we need them’: Fawad Chaudhry

ISLAMABAD: Making a firm stance on retaining electoral alliance with the former foes, senior leader Pakistan Tehreek-e-insaf Fawad Chaudhry says that Muttahida Qaumi Movement has won the election and PTI need them.Speaking to journalists here, the PTI leader said his party would prefer to go forward with the MQM as a stakeholder.He said the process of Imran Khan’s oath-taking was very important. He informed that the party’s parliamentary committee...

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PTI officially nominates Imran as prime minister

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leadership and MNAs-elect on Monday formally nominated Imran Khan as party candidate for the office of prime minister. The high-level huddle of the PTI parliamentary party is currently underway at a local hotel.It is also likely to pick the candidates for speaker and deputy speaker of the National Assembly.The PTI claims to be enjoying the support of 125 MNAs which include at least nine independent...

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