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  A 21-year-old woman in Pakistan was allegedly shot dead by her brother for pursuing dancing and modelling as a career. (Representational File Image) In another suspected case of honour killing in Pakistan, a 21-year-old woman has allegedly been shot dead by her brother for pursuing dancing and modelling as a career in Punjab province. Sidra, a native of Renala Khurd Okara, 130 km from provincial capital Lahore, was modelling for a local clothing brand and danced in theatres of Faisalabad city against the wishes of her family, according to police. Sidra's parents forced her to quit her profession, terming it "against family tradition" but Sidra insisted on continuing. Police said Sidra had come home from Faisalabad to celebrate Eid with her family last week. On Thursday, her parents and brother Hamza had an argument with her over the issue of decency in profession and beat her for insisting to stick with dancing. A murder case was registered against the suspect. Police c...

  A foreign ministry spokesman on Friday said that Moscow had no intention of deploying tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine. This comes a day after Russia’s top diplomat in the US chided Western officials for targeting it with “baseless” accusations. Russia has no intention of deploying tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Friday, a day after Moscow's top diplomat in the US chided Western officials for targeting it with “baseless” accusations. “Russia firmly abides by the principle that there can be no victors in a nuclear war and it must not be unleashed,” Alexey Zaitsev said. He added that Russian nuclear doctrine does not envisage any scenarios for potential strikes which would apply to Moscow's military goals in Ukraine. Nevertheless, Zaitsev added that “any provocations whatsoever can be expected” from Ukraine and the West, and that Russia has to “be ready for any development in the media space and directly on the ground.” Also Read | ...

  According to a local media report, the Pakistani government has decided to investigate the assets and income of ousted PM Imran Khan. The Pakistani government led by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has decided to do a forensic examination of the statements of assets and income of  ousted premier Imran Khan , according to a media report on Friday. The government has also decided to get the bank account details of four employees of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Central Secretariat, who were identified as Tahir Iqbal, Mohammad Noman Afzal, Mohammad Arshad, and Mohammad Rafique, The News International newspaper quoted sources as saying. The records of huge sums of money coming into the private accounts of four employees of PTI led by Khan are being sought from the central bank of Pakistan, according to sources, and arrests will also be made in the light of the evidence. According to government sources, the record of the former ruling party's foreign funding between 2013 and 2...