News @ 9 - 28th Dec 2016

RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa confirmed death sentences awarded to another eight hardcore terrorists involved in heinous terror acts including Safoora carnage and Sabeen Mehmud murder.

According to Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), the terrorists who were awarded death sentences include those who planned and executed attack on people belonging to Ismaili Community at Safoora Chowrangi Karachi, wherein 45 persons died at the spot and 6 others were injured. They also include those who killed a social worker Ms Sabeen Mehmud, kidnapped two Chinese Engineers and a civilian for ransom.

WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State John Kerry warned Wednesday that Israel’s settlement building in the West Bank threatens both hope for peace with the Palestinians and the country’s own future as a democracy.

JHELUM: A German woman’s dead body was found in a Jhelum house under mysterious circumstances on Wednesday, ARY News reported.

The incident occurred on Tuesday after Shahbaz Ali and his German citizen wife Uzma were at event hosted at their honour at a local law college.

According to ARY News reporter Naveed Butt, she was taken to a local private hospital that evening, and was later shifted to a government hospital by her husband.