Anti-corruption court summons Imran Khan, wife on Dec 6
Islamabad, Dec 4: A Pakistan anti-corruption court hearing the Al-Qadir Trust case on Monday summoned former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi on December 6 while issuing non-bailable arrest warrants against six other accused in the case. The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) last week filed a case against Khan and seven others, including his wife, in connection with the Al-Qadir Trust corruption case. Judge Muhammad Bashir of the Islamabad-based Accountability Court No. 1 issued a written order about the production of the accused. According to the charges, Khan and Bibi obtained billions of rupees and land worth dozens of acres from Bahria Town Ltd of Malik Riaz Hussain for legalising Rs50 billion that was returned to the country by the UK. (PTI)
11 climbers die
as Indonesian volcano erupts
Padang, Dec 4: The bodies of 11 climbers were recovered on Monday a day after a furious eruption of the Mount Marapi volcano as Indonesian rescuers searched for 12 apparently still missing. Marapi has stayed at the third highest of four alert levels since 2011, a level indicating above normal volcanic activity and prohibiting climbers or villagers within 3 kilometres of the peak, said Hendra Gunawan, the head of the Centre for Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation. About 75 climbers had started their way up the nearly 2,900-metre mountain on Saturday and became stranded. Eight of those rescued on Sunday were rushed to hospitals with burns and one also had a broken limb, said Hari Agustian, a rescue official in Padang. (AP)