Shares at PSX makes marginal gains after trading in red in intraday trade – Business
Bears took over the trade floor at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Friday as shares plunged 1,200 points in intraday trade before recovering at the end of the session. The benchmark KSE-100 index declined by 1216.86 points, or 1.07 per cent, to stand at 112,963.64 at 12:17pm from the last close of 114,180.50 points. […]
Second martial law impeachment vote for South Korean president on knife edge – World
South Korea’s opposition leader on Friday urged ruling party lawmakers to side with the “people” and impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over his failed martial law bid, a day before a second parliamentary vote that appears on a knife edge. A week after a first attempt to remove Yoon for the martial law debacle foundered, […]
SC’s order green lights military courts, detrimental to civilian rights, lawyers warn – Pakistan
Allowing military courts to pronounce decisions, albeit conditionally, raises renewed concerns about the judiciary’s independence after the 26th Constitutional Amendment, says lawyer Mirza Moiz Baig. In a landmark move fraught with legal and political implications,the Supreme Court (SC) has conditionally greenlit military courts to announce verdicts for 85 civilians who were still in custody for […]
‘Imperative’ to work against IS in Syria, Blinken tells Turkiye – World
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday told Turkiye it was “imperative” to work against a resurgence of the militant Islamic State (IS) group in Syria following the fall of Bashar al-Assad. His remarks came after meeting Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan in Ankara on the second leg of his Syria crisis tour following […]
Watchdog calls for probing use of chemical weapons in Syria – World
AMSTERDAM: The head of the chemical weapons watchdog said on Thursday he would ask Syria’s new leaders to grant investigators access to the country to continue work identifying perpetrators of attacks that killed and injured thousands during the civil war. Addressing a special session of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Fernando […]
SHO dies due to gas suffocation in Chaman – Pakistan
QUETTA: A senior police officer died of gas suffocation in the border town of Chaman on Thursday. Officials said Station House Officer (SHO) Asad Khosti of Chaman Police Station went to sleep at his home without switching off the gas heater due to the severe cold. He was found unconscious in his bedroom the following […]
PSDP budget to be spent on public welfare projects: CM – Pakistan
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Sarfraz Bugti on Thursday reaffirmed his resolve to spend the development budget of Rs210 billion allocated in the current public sector development programme on the welfare of the people. The chief minister was presiding over a meeting to review the progress of the Provincial Public Sector Development Programme 2024-25. The […]
Bears return to PSX as shares plunge 1,200 points in intraday trade after unabated rally – Business
Bears took over the trade floor at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Friday as shares traded sideways before plunging 1,200 points in intraday trade. The benchmark KSE-100 index declined by 1216.86 points, or 1.07 per cent, to stand at 112,963.64 at 12:17pm from the last close of 114,180.50 points. Awais Ashraf, director research at […]
May 9 riots: SC constitutional bench conditionally allows military courts to pronounce verdicts of 85 civilians – Pakistan
The Supreme Court’s constitutional bench on Friday conditionally allowed military courts to pronounce reserved verdicts of 85 civilians who were still in custody for their alleged involvement in last year’s May 9 riots. The bench specified that the verdicts of the military courts would be subject to its final decision on the appeals against the […]
India head to Gabba Test troubled by Rohit’s form – Sport
BRISBANE: A chastened India head to Brisbane beset by worries over the form of captain Rohit Sharma and the fitness of strike bowler Jasprit Bumrah, while resurgent Australia look to keep the momentum in the third Test starting on Saturday. After missing India’s big win in the first Test in Perth to be with his […]