RAWALPINDI: An accountability court Judge Nasir Javed Rana on Friday (17th Jan 2025), pronouncing the verdict (thrice delayed previously) in the £190m Al-Qadir University Project Trust Case, handed a sentence of 14 years (+Rs. ten lakh fine or incarceration of additional 6 months) to former PM Imran Khan and 7 years sentence (+ Rs. 5 […]
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ISLAMABAD: FO on Thursday (16th Jan 2025), while rejecting the reports apropos annexation of the Wakhan Corridor by Pakistan, proclaimed that it was part of Afghanistan. FO Spox stated: “Wakhan is part of Afghan territory. Afghanistan is a neighbouring country. We recognise its sovereignty and territorial integrity. “There is no question of Pakistan having designs […]
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LONDON: BBC Travel has included Pakistan’s Gilgi-Baltistan region among its list of 25 best places to travel in 2025. “Pakistan is one of the world’s most populated nations, yet it remains one of the great surprises for travellers. “That may soon change, as the country is hoping a slew of responsible tourism initiatives and new […]
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ISLAMABAD: PTI on Thursday (16th Jan, 2025) presented 22-points written Charter of Demands to the government (represented by eight people including Speaker NA) during the 3rd round of parleys. It may be recalled that the negotiations commenced towards the end of Dec last year sans a written Charter of Demands. PTI, among other things, wants […]
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MADRID: 44 Pakistani illegal immigrants died when their boat carrying 86 people capsized after departing from Mauritania on 2nd Jan, 2025 heading towards Spain. It is pertinent to mention here that during 2024 thirty illegal immigrants died per day trying to go to Spain from West Africa. Bewildered by the fact that West African migration […]
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PESHAWAR: CM KP Ali Amin Gandapur and Chairman PTI Barrister Gohar Ali Khan called on COAS Gen. Asim Munir here. Imran Khan, confirming the Gandapur-Gohar-COAS rendezvous, maintained that PTI had been attempting to get the other side on the negotiation table. Gohar (who journeyed to Peshawar by means of a helicopter in order to present […]
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KURRAM: Second Aid-Convoy of vehicles, carrying essentials to Parachinar (from Thall), came under attack at the Bagan area here on Thursday (16th Jan 2025) claiming lives of six drivers (who were kidnapped and shot dead with hands tied), 2 passengers and 2 soldiers. Militants looted 20 trucks (laden with food, other essentials) and torched them. […]
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ISLAMABAD: Govt has increased petrol price by Rs3.47 per litre for the next fortnight. According to Finance Division the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority had worked out the consumer prices of petroleum products in view of the fluctuations in the international market in the last fortnight. It has accordingly been decided that the prices of […]
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WASHINGTON: TikTok is set to shut its app for USA from Sunday (19th Jan, 2025) , henceforth new users will net ball to download it by means of Apple and Google. President Joe Biden signed legislation into law that requires TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, to sell the popular social media platform or face a ban on national security grounds. […]
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LONDON: Jemina Goldsmith, commenting on the racist anti-Pakistan discourse in UK, took to the X (Twitter) to hold that sexual abuse in the UK sadly spans all communities, socio-economic backgrounds, races and faiths. “The Catholic Church in England and Wales (1970-2015): 3000 instances of child sexual abuse, 936 alleged paedophiles, 133 convictions, 52 priests defrocked. […]
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