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Lahore, Feb 19: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has confirmed party chief Imran Khan's marriage to his spiritual guide Bushra Maneka, thus ending weeks of speculation about the union. Khan, a cricketer turned politician, married Bushra Bibi (also known as Pinki Pir) in a simple ceremony held in Lahore yesterday, PTI spokesman Fawad Chaudhry said in a tweet. He said the marriage ceremony was held at

Lahore, Feb 19: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has confirmed party chief Imran Khan's marriage to his spiritual guide Bushra Maneka, thus ending weeks of speculation about the union. Khan, a cricketer turned politician, married Bushra Bibi (also known as Pinki Pir) in a simple ceremony held in Lahore yesterday, PTI spokesman Fawad Chaudhry said in a tweet. He said the marriage ceremony was held at

Nawab Fazal Jah Bahadur, the last surviving son of Nawab Sir Mir Osman Ali Khan Bahadur, the seventh and last Nizam of Hyderabad passed away in Hyderabad on Sunday. He was 72. Born in 1946, Nawab Fazal Jah was one of six sons and two daughters of the seventh Nizam and his last and most beloved wife late Leela Begum Sahiba. Nawab Najaf Ali Khan, grandson of the seventh Nizam, describes Nawab Fazal

NEW DELHI, Feb 19: Pakistan has billed India Rs 2.86 lakh as route navigation charges for Indian Air Force aircraft used by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a stopover in Lahore and visits to Russia, Afghanistan, Iran and Qatar, an RTI response shows. The data gathered by activist Commodore (Retd) Lokesh Batra. through his RTI application, show that till June 2016, Indian Air Force aircraft

NEW DELHI, FEB 18: After billionaire diamond merchant Nirav Modi, another defaulter Vikram Kothari, the promoter of Rotomac Pen, has also allegedly gone abroad after swindling ₹800 crore from various public sector banks including Allahabad Bank, Bank of India and Union Bank of India, sources said. The Kanpur-based company’s owner had taken a loan of more than ₹800 crore from over five state-owned

NEW DELHI, FEB 18: After billionaire diamond merchant Nirav Modi, another defaulter Vikram Kothari, the promoter of Rotomac Pen, has also allegedly gone abroad after swindling ₹800 crore from various public sector banks including Allahabad Bank, Bank of India and Union Bank of India, sources said. The Kanpur-based company’s owner had taken a loan of more than ₹800 crore from over five state-owned

Israeli Army has launched airstrike against 18 targets belonging to Hamas fighters in Gaza strip and killed at least two Palestinian teenagers. The Health Ministry in Gaza identified the victims as Salam Sabah and Abdullah Abu Sheikha, both 17. Palestinian eye witnesses said the two were killed east of the city of Rafah in southern Gaza on Saturday after Israel launched a series of airstrikes and

A passenger plane has crashed in central Iran during a flight from Tehran to the southwestern city of Yasuj, killing all 66 people on board, authorities said on Sunday. The ATR 72, a twin-engine turboprop operated by Aseman Airlines, crashed in bad weather into Mount Dena near the town of Semirom, an official at the Iranian carrier said. Local officials in Semirom said the crash site was hard to

Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli prime minister, has labelled Iran "the greatest threat to the world" in his address to the Munich Security Conference in Germany. Comparing Iran to Nazi Germany, Netanyahu said on Sunday that Iran advocates "master faith" just like Nazi Germany used to advocate "master race". "The commander of the Revolutionary Guard, [Mohammad] Ali Jafari, said: 'We are on the path to

New Delhi, Feb 18: The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has decided to terminate the licences for ground handling services at various aerodromes as part of implementing the new rules for such activities, according to a senior official. Less than two months after the civil aviation ministry came out with the new ground handling services regulations, the AAI has decided to cancel the existing