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 […]
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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 […]
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WHITE HOUSE: Donald Trump has informed that Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy would be signing a very big agreement here on Friday (28th Feb, 2025). Trump held: “We have return for past US aid and, possibly, security guarantees…We’ve been able to make a deal where we’re going to get our money back, and we’re going to get […]
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ISLAMABAD: During the hearing of an intra-court appeal here on Wednesday (26th Feb, 2025) challenging the trial of civilians in military court, Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail stated that 5 judges were unanimous in their decision that civilians could not be tried in military courts. During the proceedings, Advocate Faisal Siddiqui pointed out though there had […]
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WASHINGTON: In order to make sure that Pakistan use US-made F-16s only to contain terrorism and not against India, Trump administration had released $397 million on Monday (24th Feb, 2025). This amount is meant for a US-backed program aimed at making sure that the aircraft were not utilized the way they were used to during […]
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LONDON: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who will be seeing Donald Thump this week, has informed that he was in regular contact with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensk. Starmer had talked to French leader Emmanuel Macron upon his return from Washington on 25th February. He said that UK will have to continue terms with both EU […]
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WHITE HOUSE: On the 3rd anniversary of Russia-Ukraine War, Emmanuel Macron met Donald Trump here. Following the rendezvous Macron told the Media while he and UK PM were trying to figure out a modus operandi apropos sending troops to Ukraine, many of the thirty European leaders and allies he met, were willing to provide Ukraine […]
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BERLIN: Friedrich Merz, the German chancellor-in-waiting, referring to Trump’s recent remarks apropos Ukraine and Europe, said on Sunday (23rd Feb, 2025) that absolute priority would be to achieve independence from USA. During the post-election debate, he said: “I would never have thought that I would have to say something like this in a TV show […]
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BEIRUT: Despite freezing temperature, tens of thousands of men, women and children dressed in black converged in a stadium to attend the Namaz-e-Janaza of their slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah here on Sunday (23rd Feb, 2025). Numerous dedicated mourners walked long distances to reach the site of funeral prayers of their Iran-backed leader who guided […]
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DUBAI CRICKET STADIUM: While chasing the 242-runs target set by Green Shirts, Indian Cricket team managed to beat Pakistan by 6 wickets here on Sunday (23rd Feb, 2025). Indian Skipper Rohit Sharma attempted to make fast runs, but Pakistan’s Shaheen Shah Afridi dismissed him for 20, here on Sunday (23rd Feb 2025). After the skipper’s […]
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