Fazl rejects election results, invites Nawaz to join opposition
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has announced the party’s rejection of the recently concluded elections and invited the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif to sit with him on opposition benches in parliament. Addressing a press conference in Islamabad on Wednesday, Fazl raised concerns about the transparency of the electoral process and […]
Indian police blockade capital from protesting farmers – World
Indian riot police fired tear gas on Wednesday at columns of farmers on tractors seeking to breach heavily guarded barricades and march on the capital to demand higher crop prices. Farmers in India this week launched a “Delhi Chalo”, or “March to Delhi”, in an echo of January 2021, when farmers breached barricades and rolled […]
Indonesia counts votes in presidential race amid calls for clean election – World
Indonesian authorities were counting votes cast on Wednesday in the world’s biggest single-day election, headlined by the race to succeed President Joko Widodo, whose influence could determine who takes the country’s helm. The race to replace Widodo, popularly known as Jokowi, pits two former governors, Ganjar Pranowo and Anies Baswedan, against controversial frontrunner Prabowo Subianto, […]
JUI-F ‘not in favour’ of joining coalition govt – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD / QUETTA: As JUI-F’s tally of National Assembly seats has increased to four, the party’s central executive committee has advised its leadership not to join the upcoming coalition government. Sources in the party told Dawn the JUI-F’s top committee is not in favour of becoming a part of the coalition. The developments have been […]
Shares at PSX gain 1,000 points in intraday trade over clarity on political front – Business
Shares at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) traded in the green on Wednesday over clarity on the political front, gaining over 1,000 points in intraday trade. The benchmark KSE-100 index gained 1166.11 points, or 1.9 per cent, to stand at 62,393.03 at 10:43am from the previous close of 61,226.92. On Tuesday, the index had experienced […]
Protest spread in Balochistan over ‘rigging’ – Pakistan
QUETTA: Balochistan remained virtually paralysed as shutterdown strikes, sit-ins and roadblocks against alleged rigging in the general elections continued across the province on Tuesday. A complete shutterdown strike was observed in many areas of Balochistan, including the provincial capital, Quetta. All shops, markets, businesses and shopping malls remained completely closed throughout the day on the […]
EU lawmakers ratify political deal on AI rules
Two key groups of lawmakers at the European Parliament on Tuesday ratified a provisional agreement on landmark artificial intelligence rules ahead of a vote by the legislative assembly in April that will pave the way for the world’s first legislation on the technology. Called the AI Act, the new rules aim to set the guardrails for a […]
More Balochistan parties decry rigging in ‘worst elections’ – Pakistan
QUETTA: Two of Balochistan’s political parties have decided to launch a protest movement against the alleged election rigging, describing the Feb 8 polls as the worst in the country’s history. Pashtoonkhwa National Awami Party (PkNAP) Chairman Khushhal Khan Kakar and Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) President Nawabzada Shahzain Bugti told separate press conferences on Tuesday that […]
Magazine contests Indian govt order to remove Kashmir torture-death story – World
NEW DELHI: The Caravan magazine, India’s leading platform for investigative journalism, has contested a government order to take down its story on alleged torture and death of civilians at the hands of the army in Jammu, its editor said on Tuesday. The Caravan article, now apparently taken down, pertains to the alleged torture and deaths […]
Kremlin, Musk deny Russian army using Starlink – World
KYIV: The Kremlin rejected Ukraine’s claims on Monday that Russian troops fighting on the frontline were using Starlink internet terminals. Kyiv’s military intelligence agency said it had evidence that the terminals were being used on a “systematic” basis by Russian troops, accusing Moscow of “smuggling” them into the country. Starlink, owned by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, […]