OF THE WEEK
NAWAZ SHARIF SHOT HIMSELF IN THE FOOT, WHEN HE ADMITTED IN AN INTERVIEW THAT THE MUMBAI ATTACKS OF 26/11 HAD BEEN PLANNED IN PAKISTAN. THIS PUTS ACROSS THE NEED TO SPEED UP THE TRIAL AND PUT AN END “THE DEMONS OF MILITANCY. ”
NAWAZ SHARIF
Ousted Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif appeared to admit that Pakistani terrorists carried out the 26/11, 2008 Mumbai attacks, in an interview .“Militant organisations are active. Call them non-state actors, should we allow them to cross the border and kill 150 people in Mumbai? Explain it to me. Why can’t we complete the trial?,” he said. Sharif added, “It’s absolutely unacceptable (to allow non-state actors to cross the border and commit terrorism there).”
MANMOHAN SINGH
Former prime minister Manmohan Singh has written a letter to President Ram Nath Kovind urging him to “caution” Prime Minister Narendra Modi against using “unwarranted, threatening and intimidating” language against leaders of the Congress or any other party as it “does not behove his position.” The letter said, that the President was the constitutional head of India and had the duty and obligation to advise and guide the PM.
NAVJOT SINGH SIDHU
In a huge relief to former cricketer and Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu, the Supreme Court on Tuesday acquitted him in a road rage case of homicide not amounting to murder of a 65-year-old man in 1988. Sidhu described the 1988 case as “an accident, nothing else." “A life was lost and everybody will regret it. But the court says it was an accident. I have submitted to the majesty of the law and whatever the court says I abide by it.”
SHASHI THAROOR
Four years after Sunanda Pushkar was found dead in the Leela Palace Hotel in New Delhi’s Chanakyapuri, the Delhi police have accused her husband, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, of abetting her suicide. The police filed a 3,000page chargesheet in the court, naming Mr Tharoor as the only accused in the case and claiming there was enough evidence to proceed against him.
POPE FRANCIS
Pope Francis said he has thought about when it might be time to “take leave” of his flock. Francis made the comment during his morning homily. Francis was reflecting on St Paul discerning when to leave his flock in the care of others, a decision Francis said all bishops must make. He said: “When I read this, I think about myself, because I'm a bishop and I’ll have to take my leave.”