BEIJING: China has announced on Tuesday (5th March, 2024) that it was boosting its defense spending in 2024, as hostility over Taiwan and in the South China Sea grows. The 7.2 per cent increase, identical to last year’s figure, was announced at the start of the annual meeting of the country’s rubber-stamp parliament, the National […]
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WASHINGTON: State Department Spokesman Mathew Miller, speaking at a news briefing here on Tuesday (5th March, 2024) maintained that Maryam’s election as the first woman CM of a Province in Pakistan was a milestone. He said that the US looked forward to cooperate with Pakistan broadly on integrating women fully into the country’s political life, […]
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KARACHI: Internet Monitor Netblocks has informed that Instagram, Threads and Facebook were experiencing outages related to login session in multiple countries across the globe on Tuesday (5th Feb, 2024). According to Netblocks the outages were not related to country-level internet disruptions or filtering. Andy Stone, Director Meta Communications, had confirmed that over six hundred thousand […]
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RAWALPINDI: During the 263rd Corps Commanders’ Conference, presided over by COAS Gen. Asim Munir, held on Tuesday (5th March, 2024) at the GHQ here, it was observed though the armed forces provided a secure environment for the conduct of the 2024 General Elections, some vested small segments of polity and Media have been maligning it […]
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RAWALPINDI CRICKET STADIUM: Islamabad United moved to 3rd position beating Peshawar Zalmi by 29 runs in the PSL 9 match played here on Monday (4th March, 2024). Peshawar Zalmi scored 167 for the loss of 9 wickets in 20 overs: Islamabad United scored 196 for the loss of 4 wickets: APP Adds: Islamabad United grabbed […]
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MANHATTAN: The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, said on Monday (4th March, 2024) it was imperative to avoid any exacerbation of the War in Gaza, warning that any conflagration could have broad repercussions across the Middle East and beyond the region. Addressing the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, he said the […]
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ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday (4th March, 2024) reserved its verdict in a presidential reference pertaining to the sentence of former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. Pakistan Peoples Party’s Raza Rabbani and Ahmed Raza Qasuri, complainant in the Bhutto case, concluded their arguments. The nine-member larger bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi […]
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LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif, chairing a meeting here on Monday, directed to start “Sarkein Bahaal Punjab Khushhal” project for the socio-economic development of people of Punjab. The CM said “No road should be left broken in Punjab in 6 months.” Repair and rehabilitation of all inter and intra district roads should be […]
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ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday (4th March, 2024) rejected the Sunni Ittehad Council’s (SIC) plea for allocation of minority and women reserve seats in national and provincial assemblies. PTI took to the X (Twitter) to to hold: “The ECP continues to disrespect public mandate and the people of Pakistan. Giving our […]
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ISLAMABAD: Announcing the split decision with a 4-1 majority here on Monday (4th March, 2024) the ECP has proclaimed that SIC could not claim quota in the reserved seats due to violation of mandatory provisions of the Constitution of Pakistan. PTI took to the X (Twitter) to to hold: “The ECP continues to disrespect public […]
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