DHAKA: Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday (8th of Jan, 2024) dismissed the opposition’s criticism of the country’s general election as “illegitimate” as she celebrated securing her fifth term in power. Hasina has presided over breakneck economic growth in a country once beset by grinding poverty, but her government has been accused of rampant […]
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LAHORE: Pakistani shooter Kashmala Talat qualified for the Paris 2024 Olympics after winning a silver medal at the Asian Shooting Championship on Monday. In a statement on X, Pakistan Olympics Association announced that Talat ranked second in the Women’s 10m-Air-Pistol event with a remarkable score of 236.6 points at the Asian Shooting Championship in Jakarta, […]
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KABUL: JUI-F Chief Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman heading a eleven-member delegation met the Afghanistan Prime Minister Mullah Hasan Akhund here on Monday (8th Dec, 2024). During the meeting Afghan PM stated that Kabul did not intend to harm Pakistan or any other country. Prime Minister Mullah Hasan Akhund maintained that the role of religious scholars was very […]
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ISLAMABAD: US Ambassador Donald Blome in the course of his engagements with a broad range of Pakistani political stakeholders called on PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari at Zardari House here on Monday (8th of January, 2024). During the rendezvous the two discussed current political issues, including the importance of fair, free and inclusive elections. Ambassador […]
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ISLAMABAD: SCP, in a 6-1 majority verdict, has nullified the lifetime disqualification under the Constitution’s Article 62(1)(f) here on Monday (8th of Jan, 2024). Justice Yahya Afridi dissented from the verdict of the larger bench that says the parliamentarians would be barred from holding office for five years under the law: “With profound respect, I […]
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WASHINGTON: Seventy-five years after his assassination, India’s founding father Mahatma Gandhi, who is regarded in the West as the exemplar of nonviolent protest, has become a casualty of India’s lurch toward Hindu nationalism, a prominent Indian journalist wrote in a leading U.S. newspaper, while highlighting that his killer is now being reimagined as a martyr […]
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SUZU: A woman in her 90s trapped for five days under rubble caused by a huge earthquake in central Japan was rescued against the odds, but snow and storms were further complicating relief efforts on Sunday (7th Jan, 2024). At least 128 people have died since the 7.5 magnitude tremor on New Year’s Day and […]
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KABUL: Chief of JUI-F Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman, alongwith his delegation, met interim deputy prime minister of Afghanistan Maulana Abdul Kabir after landing here on Sunday (7th Jan, 2023). Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman, who was invited by the Interim Afghan Government, is accompanied by a ten-member delegation that also harbors former South Waziristan MNA Maulana Jamaluddin Mehsud, Mufti Ibrar […]
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BEIJING: China has imposed sanction on 5 US military manufacturers in response to the latest round of arms sales to Taiwan. A foreign ministry spokesperson said the recent US arms sales seriously undermine China’s sovereignty and security interests. It may be recalled that in the month of December, 2023 US State Department had approved US […]
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KARACHI: Social Media Platforms’ disruption was experienced by users all over Pakistan on Sunday (7th Jan, 2024). Cynics went haywire noticing that the glitch occurred when PTI was holding a virtual fundraising telethon. The disruption was reported at 6.13pm by Internet Monitor Netblocks: “Live metrics show a nation-scale disruption to social media platforms across Pakistan, […]
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