From bullets to ballots: Sri Lanka’s comrade president-elect – World
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s Marxist president-elect Anura Kumara Dissanayaka hails from a party behind two deadly insurrections, counts Che Guevara among his heroes and will now helm a country limping back from economic ruin. The 55-year-old labourer’s son took 42.31 per cent of the ballots in Saturday’s election, as voters punished establishment parties for a 2022 […]
OGDCL signs MoU with Chinese firm for gas development – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) and Chuanqing Drilling Engineering Company Limited (CCDC), China’s largest oil and gas producer and a subsidiary of China National Petroleum Corporation, signed a MoU on Sunday for development of shale and tight gas potential of Pakistan. Federal Minister for Petroleum Dr Musadik Malik, who is in […]
51 killed, 20 hurt in Iran coal mine blast – World
TEHRAN: A blast caused by a gas leak at an Iranian coal mine has killed at least 51 people, state media said on Sunday, in one of the country’s deadliest work accidents in years. “The number of dead workers increased to 51” in the explosion at the Tabas mine in eastern Iran, the official IRNA […]
Govt breaking legal norms for personal gain, says Fazl – Pakistan
• JUI-F leader’s aide terms incumbent regime ‘a failure’; demands ’free and fair elections• Barrister Aqeel says govt will table amendment in first week of October; claims Fazl will agree to draft by then KARACHI: After dashing the government’s hopes of smoothly passing a much-touted ‘Constitutional Package’, the JUI-F went a step further on Sunday, […]
China ‘testing us’, says Biden in hot mic remarks to Quad allies – World
AUSTRALIAN Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks during the Quadrilateral Summit in Wilmington, Delaware, on Saturday.—AFP WILMINGTON: US President Joe Biden was caught on a hot mic on Saturday telling the leaders of Australia, India and Japan that an aggressive China is “testing us,” in remarks that risked undercutting a summit declaration that carefully avoided mentioning […]
PM Shehbaz to address security, climate and global flashpoints at UNGA – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will join world leaders at the United Nations next week to reaffirm Pakistan’s steadfast commitment to multilateralism and support for the role of the United Nations in fostering global peace, security, and prosperity. The premier is set to address the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in […]
‘I have nothing to apologise for’, says KP CM Gandapur – Pakistan
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur on Sunday said that he had “nothing to apologise for” and instead demanded an apology from the Punjab government for the persecution of the PTI. The CM drew widespread criticism after a fiery speech during the PTI’s rally on the outskirts of Islamabad on September 8. Gandapur labelled […]