EXCLUSIVE: Suitor is arrested over murder of London-based law graduate who was shot dead in her flat in Pakistan after ‘rejecting proposals from two men’ Saad Ameer Butt, 29, was detained by police in Lahore and is being questioned Comes after the killing of Mayra Zulfiqar, 24, who was shot dead in the city Police … Read more
EXCLUSIVE: Suitor is arrested over murder of British law graduate who was shot dead in her flat in Pakistan after ‘rejecting proposals from two men’ Saad Ameer Butt, 29, was detained by police in Lahore and is being questioned Comes after the killing of Mayra Zulfiqar, 24, who was shot dead in the city Police … Read more
Passengers flying into Heathrow from high risk countries are being forced to mingle with travellers from safer destinations as concerns mount that UK airports are turning into ‘super spreaders’. Travellers have described being crammed into queues with no social distancing from other passengers and called the situation ‘mad’ and ’embarrassing’ amid fears covid documents are … Read more
More than 100 direct flights from India have landed in the UK since the covid-ravaged Asian country was placed on the Government’s banned list of countries last month, it has emerged. This means that up to 8,000 travellers have flown in from the subcontinent despite concern over an Indian covid variant that threatens to undermine … Read more
Mirza Shahzad Akbar, a top Pakistani politician who meets with UK government officials, lent support to sacked CNN reporter One of Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s closest advisors has apologised after endorsing a TV journalist who said the world ‘needs a new Hitler’ amid clashes between Israel and Hamas. Mirza Shahzad Akbar, Mr Khan’s right-hand … Read more
Matt Hancock today defended the timing of travel restrictions on India but dodged questions on whether the decision was linked to Downing Street‘s planned trade mission as Labour urged the Government to delay the resumption of global travel tomorrow amid concerns over a third virus surge. Critics have warned that tougher action should have been … Read more
A Health Minister has defended the delay in shutting Britain’s borders with India – saying the move was ‘based on evidence’. The government has been blasted for not adding India to the ‘red list’ until April 23, by which time 122 cases of the rapidly-spreading variant had already entered the UK. This is despite its neighbours Pakistan and Bangladesh … Read more
An ambitious CIA plot to snare Osama Bin Laden by harvesting his children’s DNA through a fake inoculation drive has fuelled vaccine hesitancy in Pakistan, experts have claimed. A Warwick University study has claimed the 2011 operation led to a decline in overall vaccine rates by up to 40 per cent the following year. The ruse … Read more
The father of a Briton murdered in Pakistan has begged for help catching her killer on TV as it emerged police are probing whether a hitman was hired to shoot her. Mayra Zulfiquar’s father, Mohammed, pleaded with Prime Minister Imran Khan saying that the 24-year-old law graduate dreamed of ‘doing something for Pakistan’ by opening … Read more
Pakistan‘s Prime Minister has met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on a three-day state visit to Saudi Arabia. Khan signed a number of agreements with Saudi officials and vowed to restore ties between the two longstanding allies, which became strained last year by disagreements over Kashmir and Yemen. Prince Mohammed greeted Khan at … Read more