Time to take decision: Nawaz

 LAHORE: PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif has said that the country was not moving towards betterment and the government was trying to undermine the freedom of judiciary and now the time has come to take a decision.

He was addressing a press conference along with senior PML-N leaders including CM Punjab Shahbaz Sharif.

Israel boards Gaza aid ship; embargo in focus

JERUSALEM: The Israeli navy boarded another Gaza-bound aid ship on Saturday after Washington condemned as "unsustainable" a blockade which Israel enforced earlier this week by killing nine people on a Turkish vessel.




The Israeli navy, whose action on Monday triggered an international outcry, took control of the Rachel Corrie without incident, the Israeli military said.



The boat had ignored Israeli orders to divert to Israel's Ashdod port where Israel had offered to unload the cargo and deliver it to Gaza after inspecting it.

Cyclone Phet 330km away from Karachi

KARACHI: The tropical Cyclone Phet is roaring toward Pakistan and currently 330 km away from Karachi, Geo News reported on Saturday.




According to Chief Meteorologist Mohammad Riaz, the cyclone was moving toward Pakistan at a speed of 12km/hr and currently at a distance of 330km from Karachi.