DHAKA (NPTV/IFJ): Students-led protests against job-quotas (for the heirs of the so-called heroes of 1971 war,) turned violent and claimed lives of 165 people including (several cops and) one journalist identified as Mehedi Hasan who worked for Dhaka Times. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ, that represents over 600,000 journalists in 140 countries) joined its […]
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FARNBOROUGH (UK): JEKTA, the Switzerland-based developer of the zero-emissions PHA-ZE 100 amphibious aircraft has announced here on Monday (22nd July, 2024) that it has selected ZeroAvia’s fuel cell power generation system (PGS) technology to demonstrate the concept of a fuel cell variant of its electric amphibious flying boat. The system will be line-fitted as the […]
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KARACHI: French Consul General Alexis Chahtahtinsky celebrated the Bastille day here at the lawns of Beach Luxury Hotel on Sunday (14th of July, 2024). On 14th of July 1789 Fortress called Bastille was stormed in the first moments of the French Revolution. In Paris, as jets soared high to color the sky Bleu, Blanc, Rouge, […]
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MAKKAH: Berlin-based European-Saudi Organisation for Human Rights has condemned on Monday (15th July, 2024) Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) for carrying out ‘one execution almost every two days.‘ With the beheading of two drug traffickers (a Pakistani and a Saudi) here on Thursday (18th of July, 2024) KSA has executed 106 people (including 7 Pakistanis) […]
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BANGKOK: Six Vietnamese (two bearing American passports) were poisoned in a room of Grand Hyatt Erawan hotel in the upscale Pathum Wan district, here on Tuesday (16th July, 2024). Cyanide was found in their tea cups as well as their blood. It seems that there was a dispute of money and a seventh person killed. […]
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KARACHI (NPTV/IFJ): International Federation of Journalists* (IFJ) and its affiliate Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) have strongly condemned the killing of Aaj News journalist Hasan Zaib, who was shot dead by unknown assailants on Sunday (14th July, 2024) in Akbarpura area of Nowshera district (KP). IFJ and PFUJ have demanded Pakistan’s government to act […]
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PENNSYLVANIA: Twenty-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks of Pennsylvania, who attempted to shoot Donald Trump (using a gun that his father purchased legally) during a campaign rally here on Saturday (13th July, 2024) evening was gunned down by the security personnel, whereas, the former president of USA escaped with a minor injury in the upper part of […]
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KAJIADO (Kenya): Judge Stella Mutuku of High Court here, while rejecting the claim of Police that Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif’s killing in 2022 was a case of mistaken identity, ruled on Monday (8th July, 2024) that his murder was unconstitutional. Maintaining that Kenya had violated his right to life, dignity, and freedom from torture, cruel, […]
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KARACHI: Ali Raza, DSP of CTD, and a (pvt company) security guard identified as Waqar (38) have been gunned down in the Karimabad area of the Metropolis on Sunday (7th July, 2024) night. KARACHI: Ali Raza, who was a close associate of slain SP Ch. Aslam, had actively taken part in numerous high-profile operations against […]
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LAHORE: US Ambassador Donald A. Blome, accompanied by Consul General Lahore Kristin K. Hawkins, celebrated the 248th anniversary of independence on Friday during his visit to the Walled City. The event of 5th July, attended by a wide range of government, business, and civil society representatives, highlighted key areas of partnership between the United States […]
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