PM seeks detailed roadmap to boost IT exports – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Appreciating the increase in the export volume of Information Technology (IT) services to more than $3 billion, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday sought a comprehensive roadmap to further boost IT exports. He issued these instructions while chairing a meeting to review the performance of the IT and telecom sectors. Meanwhile, newly appointed federal […]
No place for medics – Pakistan
IT has been 13 years since the US raid on the Osama bin Laden compound. A CIA-operated fake vaccination drive was used to locate the Al Qaeda chief. The repercussions involved a rise in vaccine hesitancy and refusal. Many have attributed the trend of killing polio vaccinators to the fake vaccination drive. In January this […]
Protests erupt in India over contentious citizenship law – World
GUWAHATI: Sporadic protests have erupted in India against a controversial citizenship law that has been criticised for discriminating against Muslims, after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government implemented the legislation just days before a general election is announced. Protests broke out in the eastern state of Assam and the southern state of Tamil Nadu late on […]
Three policemen martyred in KP – Pakistan
PESHAWAR / DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Three policemen were martyred and another one was injured in two separate attacks in the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Dera Ismail Khan district. Police officials told Dawn that unidentified attackers targeted a police van in the Dag Lara area of Peshawar within the limits of Michni Gate police station […]
Hezbollah attacks two Israeli bases with 100 rockets – World
BEIRUT: Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah said on Tuesday it launched over 100 rockets at Israel’s two military bases in retaliation for a strike on the country’s east that killed one person the day before. Hamas ally Hezbollah and Israel have exchanged near-daily cross-border fire since the Gaza war erupted in October, but several Israeli strikes have […]
President, interior minister to forgo salaries – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Amid the country’s fragile economic situation, President Asif Ali Zardari and Interior Minister Syed Mohsin Naqvi have decided to forgo their monthly salaries. According to the President Office, Mr Zardari will not draw his presidential salary. “He took this decision to encourage prudent financial management in the country,” an official press release issued by […]
Russia is ready for nuclear war
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin warned the West on Wednesday Russia was technically ready for nuclear war and that if the U.S. sent troops to Ukraine, it would be considered a significant escalation of the conflict. Putin, speaking just days before a March 15-17 election which is certain to give him another six years in power, said the […]
Nawaz’s sons return home after six years – Pakistan
LAHORE: Hussain and Hassan, sons of PML-N supreme leader Nawaz Sharif, returned to the country on Tuesday, six years after they left for London to avoid arrest in corruption cases in the Panama Papers scandal. Their return was made possible after an accountability court had last week suspended their arrest warrants in three corruption cases […]
Lax investigations ‘contaminate’ judicial process: SC – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court’s Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar has observed that a defective investigation gradually contaminates the judicial process and poses a threat to human rights. The judge gave these remarks on Tuesday while heading a three-judge bench that took up the appeal filed by Ikramuddin Rajput, a former sub-inspector at Mominabad police station in Karachi’s […]
Leave children alone, don’t take away their innocence: Mishi Khan
After adding viral sensation Ahmad Shah and his pack of adorable brothers to the roster of children frequenting his Ramazan show, Waseem Badami recently extended an invitation to the immensely popular vlogger Shiraz, who is the face of the Shirazi village vlogs YouTube channel. Posting videos with the child and welcoming him to the show, […]