Islamabad: A Pakistani court on Thursday declared that US drone strikes on al-Qaeda and Taliban elements in the country's lawless tribal belt were tantamount to a "war crime" and the armed forces would have the right to shoot down the CIA-operated spy planes.
The Peshawar High Court issued the verdict against the US drones in response to four petitions that contended the missile attacks killed civilians and caused collateral damage.
The two-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Dost Muhammad Khan ruled the drone strikes were a "blatant violation of basic human rights" and the UN Charter and "thus, it is held to be a war crime cognisable by the International Court of Justice or Special Tribunal for War Crimes".
Drone strikes "carried out against a handful of alleged militants, who are not engaged in combat with the US authorities or forces, amount to breach of international law" and a "blatant violation of the sovereignty" of Pakistan, the judges said in their order....
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12:26 AM, May 10, 2013
New York: Boeing Co said it plans to make a test flight later on Friday with its 787 Dreamliner jet, aimed at returning the grounded plane to service after more than two months on the ground. Boeing said the flight is scheduled to depart around 11 am PDT (11:30 pm IST) and last about two hours. The time is subject to change, it said. The flight would gather data for...
11:34 PM, Apr 05, 2013
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01:19 PM, Apr 03, 2013
Boeing CEO Jim McNerney is sure his company is "very close" to getting its troubled 787 Dreamliner jet back flying again. "We have a high degree of confidence in the technical solution we are testing right now with the FAA," McNerney said on Thursday. "I think it will be sooner than later." ...
07:50 PM, Mar 28, 2013
Airport Authority of India (AAI) is considering developing 20 airports in the next five years, according to a senior official. "Subject to cooperation from the respective state governments and access to suitable sites free of cost, AAI is hopeful of developing 20 airports in the next five years," GK Chaukiyal, member (operations), AAI told reporters here on Wednesday. ...
12:24 PM, Mar 28, 2013
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03:41 PM, Mar 26, 2013
The Central Bureau of Investigation has booked Airbus along with seven officials of erstwhile Indian Airlines for alleged irregularities in over Rs 8,000-crore deal for supplying 43 aircraft to the erstwhile carrier in 2005. CBI sources said the agency has booked French company Airbus Industries and seven officials which held senior positions in the Indian Airlines, which was later merged with the Air India. ...
08:45 PM, Mar 17, 2013
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10:42 PM, Mar 12, 2013
Airline passengers in the US will be allowed to carry small pocket knives and an array of sports equipment, banned in aircraft cabins after the 9/11 terror attacks, from April 25, authorities have announced. While razor blades and box cutters will still not permitted, passengers will be able to carry knives with folding blades 2.36 inches (6 centimetres) or shorter, as well as sporting goods such as golf clubs, hockey...
07:28 PM, Mar 06, 2013
Airline passengers will be able to carry small knives, souvenir baseball bats, golf clubs and other sports equipment onto planes beginning next month under a policy change announced by the head of the US Transportation Security Administration. ...
06:06 AM, Mar 06, 2013
Airbus is sticking to upbeat forecasts for aircraft demand in India in the face of financial woes creeping across its airline sector, the European planemaker's sales chief said on Monday. ...
01:20 AM, Feb 26, 2013
Boeing Co on Friday gave US aviation regulators its plan to fix the volatile battery aboard its new 787 Dreamliner, even though investigators have not yet determined what caused the batteries to overheat on two planes last month. ...
09:11 AM, Feb 23, 2013
The Indian Air Force (IAF) will conduct its largest "day-dusk-night" firepower demonstration in the the Rajasthan desert on February 22 that will feature frontline planes and mark the debut of the indigenous Tejas light combat aircraft (LCA) at the event. ...
06:30 PM, Feb 18, 2013
The United Nations' aviation watchdog said on Wednesday it is suspending a short-lived waiver that let airlines ship the batteries behind the grounding of Boeing Co's new Dreamliner planes as cargo on passenger planes. ...
02:06 AM, Feb 14, 2013
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06:17 PM, Feb 11, 2013
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on February 11 that talks with India to finalise the purchase of French Rafale war planes were looking up. ...
11:57 AM, Feb 11, 2013
Boeing Co told two European airlines their deliveries of 787 Dreamliner jets would be delayed, underlining the uncertainty surrounding the future of the plane and the mounting costs related to its grounding. ...
03:20 AM, Feb 09, 2013
Europe's Airbus wants to sell its C295 military transport aircraft to India, an Airbus Military executive said on February 7, adding that the company was awaiting a request for proposals from the government. "We are very keen to see the RFP so we can get our proposal in there," said Kieran Daly, press manager for Airbus Military, at the Aero India air show in Bangalore. ...
01:32 PM, Feb 08, 2013
India's premier airshow Aero India opens in Bangalore on Wednesday with the world's aerospace majors in attendance. ...
06:37 AM, Feb 06, 2013
New inductions in the IAF such as Apache attack helicopters will be in support of operational plans of the Army, which is raising a new Strike Corps along the borders with China in the northeastern sector, Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne said here on February 5. ...
04:45 PM, Feb 05, 2013
