Pakistani law enforcement agencies have arrested two members of the Taliban on charges of involvement in the kidnapping of American Non-Governmental-Organisation worker Warren Weinstein from the city in August last year.
A Qatar Airways Delhi-Doha passenger plane was diverted to Karachi on Monday after it declared an emergency due to indication of smoke in the cargo hold, the airline said.
A member of the banned militant group Laskar-e-Jhangvi was awarded death penalty on 3 separate counts and slapped with a hefty fine of Rs 5 million by a Pakistani anti-terrorism court in Lahore for abducting an American doctor in 2011.
Bangladesh might overtake India this year by per capita income in nominal dollars, but it is not yet close to becoming South Asia's economic powerhouse anytime soon, T N Ninan points out.
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