Bayern Munich to part ways with coach Thomas Tuchel at season end, says club – Sport
Bayern Munich have decided to end their collaboration with coach Thomas Tuchel at the end of the current season despite a contract to 2025, the club said on Wednesday. Bayern lost their last three games in all competitions, including a 3-0 defeat to league leaders Bayer Leverkusen and have now dropped eight points behind them […]
Julian Assange wanted for ‘indiscriminately’ publishing sources’ names, US lawyers say – World
Julian Assange is being prosecuted for publishing sources’ names and not his political opinions, lawyers representing the United States said on Wednesday as the WikiLeaks founder fights to stop his extradition from Britain. US prosecutors are seeking to put Assange, 52, on trial over WikiLeaks’ high-profile release of vast troves of confidential US military records […]
Foreign bonds outperform peers
design: Ibrahim Yahya KARACHI: Pakistan’s US dollar-denominated Eurobonds and Sukuks staged an outstanding rally in global markets on Wednesday in the wake of ending the political deadlock over the formation of the government in the centre, outperforming emerging-market peers on the day. According to the data compiled and reported by JS Global Research, Pakistan’s foreign […]
Vawda takes a dig at Maryam, calls her ‘Buzdar 2’
Former federal minister Faisal Vawda took aim at PML-N Chief Organiser and nominated chief minister of Punjab, Maryam Nawaz, calling her “Buzdar 2,” referring to the former Punjab chief minister from PTI. Taking to X, Vawda criticised Maryam’s recent speech, saying it was heavily edited. He also lambasted Maryam’s announcement of a door-to-door delivery service. […]
SC disposes of plea seeking nullification of Feb 8 general elections – Pakistan
The Supreme Court on Wednesday disposed of a plea seeking the February 8 general elections to be declared void and null after the petitioner failed to attend two consecutive hearings. In an application filed last week, petitioner Ali Khan had urged the apex court to order new elections within 30 days to be held under […]
JIT formed to probe vote fraud propaganda
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has decided to constitute a Joint Investigation Team (JIT) to identify individuals involved in running a “misleading” social media campaign against the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and government officials during the election process. The JIT will identify the individuals responsible for the “deplorable” campaign so that criminal cases may be […]
Resignation to not dispose of SJC proceedings against judge, SC rules – Pakistan
The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday ruled that the resignation or retirement of an apex court judge would not dispose of Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) proceedings already under way against them. A five-member bench delivered a four-to-one majority decision during a hearing on the federal government’s intra-court appeal against the apex court’s 2023 verdict in […]
Russian court to hear case brought by Navalny’s mother – World
A court in the Russian Far North will next month hear a case brought by the mother of dead opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who has been prevented from seeing his body, his allies said Wednesday. Lyudmila Navalnaya has travelled to the remote IK-3 prison where her son died, but since Saturday, when she arrived, she […]
Shares at PSX rally 900 points in intraday trade over ‘clarity’ on govt formation – Business
Bulls dominated at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Wednesday as shares gained over 900 points, with analysts attributing the gains to consensus over the formation of the government. After multiple rounds of talks, an agreement was reached last night between the PML-N and the PPP to share power in order to form the next […]
PTI, GDA and JI join forces to protest against ‘election fraud’
A new political alliance is taking shape in Sindh as the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA), and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) join forces to protest against the alleged electoral irregularities witnessed during the February 8 polls. Syed Sadruddin Shah Rashidi, Chief Coordinator of GDA Sindh, convened a meeting at his residence where he hosted Haleem […]