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SC grants bail to MNA Ali Wazir
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan Tuesday ordered the release of MNA Ali Wazir on bail.
The three-judge bench, headed by Justice Sardar Tariq Masood and comprising Justice Jamal Mandokhail and Justice Aminuddin Khan, heard the…
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Pakistan offers to host OIC foreign ministers’ moot on Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: Pakistan on Monday offered to host the extraordinary session of the Council of Foreign Minister of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) convened by Saudi Arabia, the OIC Summit chair, to discuss the latest…
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Jack Dorsey Steps Down As Twitter CEO: Company
Twitter co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey announced Monday he was leaving the company, after steering the social network during the tumult of Donald Trump's presidency and surviving an activist investor's ouster bid in 2020.
Dorsey, who is…
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Enraged protestors burn tyres, block roads in Lebanon as currency slumps
REUTERS: As the Lebanese currency sinks to an all-time low, enraged protestors in the country took to the streets to burn tyres, block roads and chant anti-government slogans.
Lebanon's economic crisis, which erupted in 2019, has propelled…
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CNG stations in Sindh to remain closed for 2.5 months from Dec 1
KARACHI: All compressed natural gas (CNG) stations across Sindh will remain closed for two-and-a-half months starting December 1, confirmed the Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) Monday.
The SSGC spokesperson announced that all CNG stations…
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Clothing brand’s shoot at Kartarpur Corridor irks many
A clothing brand arranged a modelling and photoshoot at Kartarpur Corridor's Gurdwara Darbar Sahib that annoyed the Sikh community and even invited anger from Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry Monday.
Prominent Indian Sikh journalist,…
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Nosheen Shah’s father rejects daughter’s post-mortem report
The father of a fourth-year medical student of the Chandka Medical College has rejected his daughter's autopsy, saying that she did not take her life.
Nosheen Shah, the student of the above-mentioned college, was found hanging from the…
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No institution in Pakistan ‘sacred cow’, says NAB chairman
ISLAMABAD: Chairman National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal rejected the impression that there are holy cows in the country.
Addressing a ceremony in Lahore, Iqbal said that NAB will take action against the…
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Babar Azam promises better performance in this year’s Test championship
Babar Azam, the 27-year-old Pakistani skipper, has promised that team Pakistan will perform better in this year's Test championship, as the Green Shirts get ready to take on Bangladesh starting tomorrow (Friday) in Chittagong.
Speaking…
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Shaukat Tarin admits govt did not buy LNG cargoes in time
Advisor to the Prime Minister on Finance Shaukat Tarin admitted Tuesday that the government was unable to buy LNG cargoes in time.
In an interview to journalist Nadeem Malik, the former finance minister said the government did not buy…
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Biden snubs China, invites Taiwan to democracy summit
REUTERS: US President Joe Biden may have taken tensions with China to a new level altogether by snubbing Beijing and instead, inviting Taiwan to a deomcracy summit.
The first-of-its-kind gathering is a test of President Joe Biden's…
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India records lowest rise in single-day COVID-19 cases since 543 days
REUTERS: India reported 7,579 new cases of the novel coronavirus Tuesday, its lowest in over 500 years, despite large gatherings.
The country of 1.35 billion celebrated Durga Puja in October and Diwali this month, during which millions…
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Watch: Sergeant-at-arms guards PM Imran Khan during Opposition protest
The video of the sergeant-at-arms protecting Prime Minister Imran Khan during the Opposition's protest in the Parliament today (Wednesday) has gone viral on the internet.
In the video, shot from inside the Parliament, a huge crowd can be…
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Biden, Jinping stick to their positions but turn down the heat in video call
REUTERS: US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping both turned down the heat in a thre-hour video chat Tuesday, however, both sides did take shots at each other.
Biden stressed on China to observe human rights while Jinping…
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I voluntarily declared all items, says Indian cricketer Hardik Pandya
Indian cricketer Hardik Pandya Tuesday took to Twitter to clarify his position on his watches getting confiscated by Indian custom authorities.
In a lengthy note that he shared on social media platforms, Pandya said he was a law-abiding…
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