Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has launched a scathing attack on the country’s top bureaucrats, accusing them of amassing black money and moving billions of rupees abroad, particularly to Portugal. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Asif claimed the bureaucratic elite had not only looted the nation but were now living comfortably overseas, far…
NEW DELHI: BJP MP Samik Bhattacharya part of a high-level Indian parliamentary delegation visiting London made a pointed intervention on India’s historical wealth and colonial exploitation, saying that “many people looted us and built mansions for themselves, how much more will you loot?”Speaking at an outreach event in the British capital, Bhattacharya said, “India has…
At least 44 people were killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, rescuers said, a day after a World Food Programme warehouse in the centre of the territory was looted by desperate Palestinians. After a more than two-month blockade, aid has finally begun to trickle back into Gaza, but the humanitarian situation…
When the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) burst into a fake call center in Islamabad’s Sector F-11, they certainly did not see what was around the corner. In the process, locals felt it was an opportunity to help themselves, which they did, and made away with expensive technical equipment. What was supposed to be a high-risk…
Around 10:30 p.m. on a Friday in late January, David Fernando, a pharmacist, was working behind a counter at a drugstore in São Paulo when a man walked up to him and flashed a gun. “He asked for money from the register and medications from the refrigerator,” Mr. Fernando said. These days, pharmacists in São…
NEW DELHI: A fresh political storm erupted on Thursday in the capital after Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva accused former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal of “stealing” the official X handle of the Delhi chief minister’s Office (CMO).The controversy erupted when the X handle of the Delhi CMO, which typically represents the office and not an…
BJP spoof video: Screengrab NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday released a video attacking Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal over “Sheesh Mahal“, which constitutes a controversy around the renovation of Delhi CM house.In a series of spoofs and memes that have overwhelmingly occupied the political parties’ social media space in the…
Syrians strolled through the palaces of President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday following his sudden ouster, wandering from room to room, posing for photographs, and with some taking away items of furniture or ornaments. Video obtained by Reuters showed people entering the Al-Rawda Presidential Palace, as children ran through the grand, formal rooms and men slid…