PPP, Fazl discuss constitutional package with Sharif brothers at Jati Umra – Pakistan
The PPP and Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman reached Lahore’s Jati Umra residence of the Sharif brothers on Wednesday to discuss the proposed 26th constitutional amendment. The much-talked-about Constitutional Package is legislation proposing a set of constitutional amendments, including the extension of the top judge’s term. Three separate drafts of the constitutional package […]
Sindh govt recommends SHC for judicial inquiry into Dr Shahnawaz killing – Pakistan
The Sindh government on Wednesday recommended that the Sindh High Court (SHC) launch a judicial inquiry into the killing of Dr Shahnawaz Kumbhar, a blasphemy suspect shot dead and whose body was desecrated, triggering widespread outcry by rights groups. Dr Shahnawaz, accused of sharing blasphemous posts on social media, was shot dead during a gun […]
Clear indications India violated Canada’s sovereignty: PM Trudeau – World
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday there were “clear indications” that India had violated Canadian sovereignty, as the countries row over the killing of a Sikh separatist on Canadian soil last year that Ottawa blamed on New Delhi. Trudeau’s latest charge came two days after India and Canada expelled each other’s ambassadors as […]
How Israel’s bulky pager caught Hezbollah unaware – World
An invisible detonator and wafer-thin plastic explosives turned batteries into bombs. The batteries inside the weaponised pagers that arrived in Lebanon at the start of the year, part of an Israeli plot to decimate Hezbollah, had powerfully deceptive features and an Achilles’ heel. The agents who built the pagers designed a battery that concealed a […]
PPP, Fazl reach Jati Umra to discuss constitutional package with Sharif brothers – Pakistan
The PPP and Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman reached Lahore’s Jati Umra residence of the Sharifs on Wednesday to discuss the proposed 26th constitutional amendment. The much-talked-about Constitutional Package is legislation proposing a set of constitutional amendments, including the extension of the top judge’s term. Three separate drafts of the constitutional package were […]
Contingencies available if India don’t travel for Champions Trophy: ECB chiefs
England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chiefs are confident a solution can be found if India do not travel to Pakistan for the 2025 Champions Trophy, adding that India’s participation is necessary to protect the tournament’s broadcast rights. Pakistan, who won the last edition of the Champions Trophy in England in 2017, will host the […]
Amnesty says rights abuses ‘rampant’ as UNHRC review of Pakistan due – World
Pakistan is due for its second review by the UN Human Rights Committee in Geneva on October 17 and 18 “as human rights violations and abuses remain rampant”, Amnesty International said on Wednesday. The review comes under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), to which the country is a state party, the […]
Fuel tanker explodes in Nigeria, killing at least 140 people – World
A fuel tanker explosion in northern Nigeria has killed more than 140 people, a spokesman for the national emergency agency told AFP on Wednesday. Victims were burnt to death on Tuesday trying to collect fuel that had spilt from the crashed vehicle in the town of Majia in Jigawa state. Nura Abdullahi, a spokesman for […]
UK govt ‘looking at’ sanctioning far-right Israeli finance, security ministers – World
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Wednesday that the government was weighing up sanctions against far-right Israeli ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich. Asked in parliament if the government would sanction the pair, Starmer said: “We are looking at that because there are obviously abhorrent comments along with other really concerning activity in the […]
Fuel tanker explodes in Nigeria, killing at least 94 people, injuring 50 – World
A fuel tanker crashed and exploded in Jigawa state in northern Nigeria late on Tuesday after the driver lost control of the vehicle, leaving at least 94 people dead and wounding 50 others, a police spokesperson said on Wednesday. The incident occurred in Majia town in the Taura local government area, about 530 kilometers (329.33 […]