AP, Islamabad
The Pakistani Army plans to shift its General Headquarters or GHQ from Rawalpindi to Islamabad and is ready to start construction on the new site, Pakistan-based newspaper Dawn reported today. During a meeting of the Public Accounts Committee’s sub-panel, a top official of the Capital Development Authority or CDA said the army would shift its GHQ, the report said.
Cambodia’s ruler warns oppon not to challenge vote
AP, Phnom Penh
Cambodia’s longtime ruler warned opposition parties Friday not to challenge the result of Sunday’s local elections or they could be dissolved. Prime Minister Hun Sen made a rare appearance on the last day of rallies before the vote to drum up support for his ruling Cambodian People’s Party. He has repeatedly warned of civil war if his party loses.
Hundreds rally in Kabul for better security
AP, Kabul
Police fired warning shots and demonstrators threw rocks at them as some 500 people demanded better security in the Afghan capital in the wake of a powerful truck bomb attack that killed 90 people. The demonstration came as Afghans mourned the victims of a massive truck bomb that also wounded more than 450 on Wednesday. It was one of the worst extremist attacks since the drawdown of foreign forces in 2014.
Suicide bombing kills 4 in Cameroon
Reuters, Douala
A double suicide bombing at a camp housing civilians displaced by Boko Haram Islamist insurgents killed at least four people and wounded more than 20 others, a local government official and a policeman said on Friday. The attacks took place in the town of Kolofata in northern Cameroon, an area that has suffered from the overflow of violence linked to violence committed by the Nigerian group.
