Pak-China trade, travel suspended as GB traders’ protest intensifies – Pakistan
GILGIT: The ongoing protest by Gilgit-Baltistan traders against the Federal Board of Revenue and Pakistan Customs has intensified, with protesters blocking the Karakoram Highway (KKH), also a key CPEC route, suspending travel and trade between Pakistan and China through Khunjerab Pass. A large number of foreign passengers, including tourists from the United Kingdom, Spain, France, […]
Manzoor Wassan predicts escalation in political landscape
Listen to article KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) senior leader Manzoor Wassan has predicted that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and its founder former prime minister Imran Khan have hit a “dead end” and that in the next two-and-a-half months tensions among judiciary, institutions, and politicians would flare up. He alleged that significant changes would be seen in PTI soon. He […]
Hamas names Yahya Sinwar as Haniyeh’s successor – World
Yahya Sinwar CAIRO: Hamas named its Gaza leader Yahya Sinwar as successor to former political chief Ismail Haniyeh, the group said on Tuesday. Analysts see the appointment as a move that reinforces the radical path pursued since the Oct 7 raid. Sinwar has been in hiding in Gaza, defying Israeli attempts to kill him since […]
Keanu Reeves Might Be the Style Icon We All Need!
PUBLISHED August 07, 2024 Keanu Reeves is an icon – this is a universal opinion. Pretty much a fact at this point. He’s undeniably cool and his style is timeless. Whether he’s gracing the red carpet or casually spotted on city streets, Reeves’ fashion choices reflect humility and versatility. Notably, he has maintained a consistent […]
Pakistani with ‘ties to Iran’ charged over assassination plot in US – World
WASHINGTON: A Pakistani national — with alleged ties to Iran — was charged in a New York federal court on Tuesday over a plot to assassinate a US politician, and other officials on American soil. Although CNN quoted an official as saying that ex-president Donald Trump and other current and former government officials were the […]
Musk’s X sues advertisers for boycotting platform.
Elon Musk’s social media platform X on Tuesday sued a global advertising alliance and several major companies, including Mars and CVS Health, accusing them of unlawfully conspiring to boycott the site and causing it to lose revenue. X filed the lawsuit in federal court in Texas against the World Federation of Advertisers, Unilever and Danish renewable […]
Why did Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina resign?
Sheikh Hasina resigned as Bangladesh’s prime minister and fled the country on Monday following weeks of dedly protests that began as demonstrations by students against government job quotas but surged into a movement demanding her resignation. Here are details of the protests that led to end of Hasina’s long reign as Bangladesh prime minister: Hasina resigns and […]
Who is Bangladesh protesters ‘chosen’ chief adviser?
DHAKA: Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, the pioneer of the global microcredit movement who could shepherd Bangladesh’s new interim government, was an arch foe of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina who has resigned and fled the country. Known as the “banker to the poor”, Yunus and the Grameen Bank he founded won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for helping […]
Turkish novel written through prison bars becomes bestseller
ISTANBUL: A jailed Kurdish leader and a Turkish writer on the other side of the bars have used their pen pal exchanges to write one of Turkey’s highest-selling books. The crime novel Duet in Purgatory, which features a retired left-wing lawyer and a bitter ageing general with a tortuous past, has been a roaring success. […]
Govt leverages SC division
ISLAMABAD: A division within the ranks of the Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan has left the door open for other state institutions to challenge its authority. The cracks first appeared when a full court took up Justice Qazi Faez Isa’s petition against a presidential reference that accused him of hiding his family members’ foreign assets […]