February 27, 2025

Ukraine War: Trump to sign peace/mineral deal on 28th Feb

Nimra JamaliFebruary 27, 2025

WHITE HOUSE: President Donald Trump in a sit-down in the Oval Office with visiting UK PM Keir Starmer here Thursday, informed that he was going to sign an agreement apropos ending war with Russia and accessing Ukrainian rare material on Friday (28th Feb, 2025). “It’s really gonna get us into that country. We’ll be working […]

7th Swap: Israel releases 643 Palestinian inmates

Sana MehmoodFebruary 27, 2025

GAZA: In the 7th swap Palestine had handed over six live and four dead hostages in exchange for 643 Palestinian prisoners languishing in Israeli gaols (including 50 incarcerated for life, 60 with high sentences & 47 who were re-arrested after the 2011 Shalit Deal). According to the Israel Prison Service statement it has concluded the 7th […]

Pakistan’s Democracy Ranking Drops in 2024

Sana MehmoodFebruary 27, 2025

KARACHI: Due to violence before and during 2024 general elections, plus anomalies including incarceration of PTI founder Imran Khan just before the polls, Pakistan’s score dropped from 3.25 in 2023 to 2.84 last year in the democracy index of Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). It may be recalled that according to Fafen last year’s polls saw […]

Azerbaijan Embassy in France remembers attack on Khojaly

Sahibzada AteeqFebruary 27, 2025

PARIS: Azerbaijan diplomatic post here was the venue where an event was organised by Ambassador Leyla Abdullayeva to remember the Armenian attack on the city of Khojaly, during the Karabakh War in 1992, that claimed lives of 600 unarmed civilians. The Envoy paid tribute to the citizens of Khojaly. Recalling that over six hundred innocent […]

Akbar Ali Khan is the new Chancellor SSUET

Sania JamaliFebruary 27, 2025

KARACHI: The newly elected President of Aligarh Muslim University Old Boys Association (AMUOBA) Muhammad Akbar Ali Khan, has taken over as the Chancellor of Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology (SSUET). KARACHI: Chancellor Akbar Ali Khan presided over the first Executive Meeting. __________ Addressing the faculty and staff members at the introductory ceremony, the […]