Bangladesh’s Yunus hails slain student in appeal for unity – World
Bangladesh’s interim leader Muhammad Yunus appealed for religious unity on Saturday as he embraced the weeping mother of a student shot dead by police, a flashpoint in mass protests that ended Sheikh Hasina’s 15-year rule. Nobel laureate Yunus, 84, returned from Europe this week to helm a temporary administration facing the monumental challenge of ending […]
Israel airstrike on Gaza school kills more than 100: govt media office – World
More than 100 Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded in an Israeli strike on a Gaza school sheltering displaced people, the Gaza government said on Saturday. The strikes hit when people sheltering at the school were performing dawn prayers, leading to many casualties, the media office said in a statement. Medics had not yet been […]
From mud-brick house to Olympic podium, Arshad Nadeem is unlikely Pakistani hero – Sport
Arshad had still been training with substandard javelins just months before the Paris Olympics, until a last-minute appeal saw the govt step in to help, his mother says. Arshad Nadeem’s hometown erupted into rapturous celebrations after he clinched Pakistan’s first Olympic medal in athletics, winning gold in the men’s javelin and knocking defending champion Neeraj […]
‘Supreme Court rulings cannot be ignored’, asserts Justice Mansoor
Supreme Court’s Senior Puisne Judge, Justice Mansoor Ali Shah, has stressed that implementing the top court’s decisions is a constitutional obligation, declaring that it is inconceivable that such rulings would go unenforced. “Let it be clear that it is not possible for Supreme Court decisions to be ignored,” Justice Shah stated at a conference in […]
ATC issues fresh arrest warrants for PTI activist Sanam Javed
An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Lahore has issued bailable arrest warrants for Sanam Javed, a prominent Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) activist. The ATC was hearing a case related to rioting and arson, registered at Shadman Police Station in Lahore. The court had summoned the accused to appear in person. Due to their absence, arrest warrants were […]
Man dead, 4 injured in explosion in Dera Ismail Khan: rescue official – Pakistan
A man died while three children and a woman were injured in an explosion in Gilani Town of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Dera Ismail Khan division on Saturday, rescue officials said. Aizaz Mahmood, spokesperson for D.I. Khan’s Rescue 1122 service, confirmed the casualties from the same family in a statement to Dawn.com. “A man died while four […]
JI announces another sit-in in Lahore
LAHORE: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) has announced to hold a sit-in protest in front of the Chief Minister’s Secretariat on Sunday in response to the skyrocketing increase in electricity bills. The announcement was made by JI Lahore Amir Advocate Ziauddin Ansari during a press conference on Saturday. Advocate Ansari stated that the protest is being organised on […]
PM Shehbaz condemns Israeli strike on Gaza school
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday strongly condemned an Israeli strike on a school-turned-shelter for displaced Palestinians in Gaza City, calling it “an open aggression and barbarity which had no precedent in history.” “Israel has crossed all limits in its open aggression,” the prime minister said in a statement after the early morning attack […]
Israel airstrike on Gaza school kills more than 100: media office – World
More than 100 Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded in an Israeli strike on a Gaza school sheltering displaced people, the Gaza government said on Saturday. The strikes hit when people sheltering at the school were performing dawn prayers, leading to many casualties, the media office said in a statement. Medics had not yet been […]
President announces Hilal-e-Imtiaz for Olympic champion Arshad Nadeem
President Asif Ali Zardari has directed that Pakistani athlete Arshad Nadeem be awarded the Hilal-e-Imtiaz for his record-breaking performance at the Paris Olympics. According to state media, the president will present the civil award to Nadeem in a special ceremony, recognising his outstanding contributions in the field of sports. Following the President’s directive, the Aiwan-e-Sadr […]