ISLAMABAD: SCP maintained the death sentence of former president Pervaiz Musharraf while upholding the verdict of the special court in the high treason case on Wednesday (10th of Jan, 2024). The apex court said heirs of former president didn’t pursue the case despite the repeated notices, hence the appeal was dismissed. The apex court also […]
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WASHINGTON: American and British forces claimed to shoot down 18 drones and three missiles Tuesday that were launched by Yemen’s Huthi rebels toward international shipping lanes in the Red Sea, the US military said. The attack came a week after 12 nations led by the United States warned the Huthis of consequences unless they immediately […]
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BEIJING: Chinese military officials told US counterparts at talks this week that Beijing will “never compromise” on the issue of Taiwan and urged them to stop “provocative actions” in the South China Sea, the defence ministry said Wednesday (10th of January, 2024). China “stressed that it will never compromise or back down on the Taiwan […]
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UNITED NATIONS: With no let-up in Israeli bombardments across Gaza, the UN health agency pleaded on Tuesday for better access across the enclave, where relief is arriving “too little, too late” to help civilians caught up in the ongoing conflict. “Even if there is no ceasefire, you would expect humanitarian corridors to operate… in a […]
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Boeing Chief Executive Dave Calhoun took responsibility for a near-catastrophic Alaska Airlines incident Tuesday (9th of January, 2024, vowing “complete transparency” as the aviation giant tries to pivot from its latest crisis. “We’re going to approach this number one acknowledging our mistake,” Calhoun told employees at a safety meeting called after Friday’s emergency landing, which […]
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PESHAWAR: A 2-member PHC bench comprising Justice Ijaz Anwar and Justice Arshad Ali, while declaring the ECP decision to revoke PTI’s electoral symbol ‘Bat’ illegal, maintained here on Wednesday (10th of January, 2024) that it was sans lawful authority and of no legal effect. Directing to publish the intra-polls certificate filed by PTI on ECP […]
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KARACHI (IFJ/AFP): The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has condemned ‘Israel’s seemingly deliberate targeting and killing of Media persons’ in Gaza following a drone strike that killed two and injured one on 7 January. Al Jazeera journalist and cameraman Hamza Al-Dahdouh, son of Al Jazeera’s Gaza bureau chief, Wael Al-Dahdouh, and freelance videographer Mustafa Thuraya, […]
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