PM Imran to visit UAE on Sunday
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan is expected to leave for a one-day visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Sunday. The premier is expected to hold meetings with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince…
PM Khan set to fly to Malaysia on official visit
Prime Minister Imran Khan will set off for Malaysia on Sunday for his third official visit in three weeks, a private media outlet reported. The matters that are likely to come under discussion…
Pakistan reach Asian Hockey Champions Trophy final
MUSCAT: Two-time champion Pakistan beat Malaysia in the first semi-final of the Asian Hockey Champions Trophy 2018 at the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex in Muscat on Saturday. Pakistan beat Malaysia 3-1 in the penalty…
Malaysian ex-PM, former treasury chief charged with criminal breach of trust
KUALA LUMPUR: Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak and his top treasury official were on Thursday charged with six counts each of criminal breach of trust involving government funds of 6.6 billion…
Malaysia PM-in-waiting Anwar wins parliamentary by-election
PORT DICKSON: Charismatic Malaysian politician Anwar Ibrahim won a by-election for a parliamentary seat with a landslide victory on Saturday in a grand political comeback to help him prepare for his eventual…
Malaysia says it will end death penalty for all crimes
KUALA LUMPU: Malaysia’s new government said it will abolish the death penalty for all crimes and halt all pending executions, a rare move against capital punishment in Asia that human rights groups…
Defying China, Malaysia releases Uighur detainees
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has freed from detention 11 ethnic Uighur Muslims who fled to the southeast Asian nation after a Thai jailbreak last year, and sent them to Turkey, their lawyer said…
Malaysia arrests 8 suspected militants, 7 of them foreigners
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian police say eight suspected militants, including seven foreigners, have been arrested for allegedly spreading religious extremism that could threaten national security and fan terrorism in the region. National police…
UN rights expert urges Malaysia to end child marriage
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia should ban child marriage immediately, a United Nations human rights expert said on Monday, stepping into a controversy that has raged since reports in July that a 44-year-old Malaysian…
Malaysia ex-PM Najib Razak arrested over $628 million corruption scandal, to be charged
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s toppled leader Najib Razak was arrested Wednesday and will be charged over allegations that $628 million linked to state investment fund 1MDB ended up in his personal bank accounts,…
Asian Games: Pakistan qualify for hockey semis
A 13th ranked Pakistan team recorded their fourth win in a row in the men’s hockey competition of the Asian Games on Sunday as they thrashed 12th ranked Malaysia 4-1 in Jakarta.…
Imran’s idol Mahathir sends his blessings
–Malaysian PM says people of Pakistan supported Imran’s vision ISLAMABAD: Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad on Monday congratulated newly-elected Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan and expressed confidence that the…
Mahathir says China will sympathise with Malaysia’s problems
BEIJING: Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Monday he believed China would sympathise with his country’s “internal fiscal problems” as he seeks to renegotiate, or potentially cancel, more than $20 billion…
Malaysia’s Najib pleads not guilty to money laundering as charges pile up
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): Malaysia’s former Prime Minister Najib Razak pleaded not guilty to money laundering charges slapped on him on Wednesday, as the country’s new government looked for answers to how billions…
Malaysia’s former PM Najib to be charged with money laundering
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): Malaysia’s embattled former prime minister Najib Razak will be charged on Wednesday under a money-laundering act, the anti-graft agency said, in connection with a multi-billion-dollar scandal at state fund…
Pompeo takes Indo-Pacific vision to Mahathir’s Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo began a four-day visit to Asia to promote a US vision of transparent, private sector-led investment with a stop in Malaysia, which has ordered…
Malaysia to release report on missing flight MH370 on July 30
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will release on July 30 a long-awaited report into the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, the transport minister said on Friday. In May, Malaysia called off a privately-funded…