PTI protests against ‘rigging’ met with arrests across country – Pakistan
• Workers face off with policemen in Punjab; footage shows people being dragged out of cars• Party terms protest ‘successful’, claims several leaders, workers rounded up LAHORE / ISLAMABAD: PTI leaders and workers came face to face with the police once again on Saturday as the party staged protests across the country, despite inclement weather, […]
Verdict on reserved seats for SIC likely after PM’s election – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is likely to announce its reserved verdict on the plea of the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) — the new face of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) — for allocation of reserved seats, only after the prime ministerial election on Sunday, official sources told Dawn. A senior ECP official said […]
World clamours for probe into Gaza aid distribution carnage – World
Pakistan denounces Israel’s “mass starvation policy”; West condemns killings, Tel Aviv pressed for answers. GAZA: Global condemnation flowed on Friday after Israeli forces in war-ravaged Gaza opened fire on Palestinian civilians scrambling for food aid during a chaotic incident. This recent surge in violence escalated the Palestinian casualty figure in the nearly five-month conflict to […]
Shadows over the Red Sea
PUBLISHED March 03, 2024 KARACHI: What was feared since Yemen’s Houthis launched the first of their drone attacks against Red Sea shipping has come to pass. A ship attacked by the rebels last month sunk after days of taking on water on Saturday, marking the first commercial vessel to fully destroyed as part their campaign […]