France’s Macron announces fourth government of the year – World
French President Emmanuel Macron named a new government on Monday evening putting together a team under Francois Bayrou, his fourth prime minister of the year, to drag the second-largest EU economy out of a political crisis. Macron named former prime minister Elisabeth Borne as education minister in a new cabinet under centrist Bayrou, the presidency […]
‘Trying civilians in military courts lacks transparency,’ UK says after May 9 FGCM convictions – World
The United Kingdom on Monday said the trial of civilians in military courts “lacks transparency” in its response to the recent sentencing of 25 civilians by a military court for their involvement in the nationwide May 9 riots last year. Following the arrest of PTI founder Imran on May 9, 2023, from the Islamabad High […]
President, PM strike harmonious tone
President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif reaffirmed their commitment to move forward in consultation with all the political stakeholders for the progress of the country during a meeting held at the Aiwan-e-Sadr on Monday. Prime Minister Shahbaz met with President Zardari at the President's Office and discussed the ongoing government negotiations with […]
Bilawal critiques govt over digital rights
HYDERABAD: Although Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has been buttressing the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) government in the centre, it finds the latter’s policies shorn of a vision to tackle the menacing problems of climate change and granting digital rights to the citizens. PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, while addressing the Sindh University’s Convocation in Jamshoro […]
US, UK question military trials in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The United States and the United Kingdom questioned on Monday the trial and conviction of civilians in military courts in Pakistan, a day after the European Union (EU) expressed the similar concerns. Last week, the military courts sentenced 25 civilians to prison terms ranging from two to 10 years for attacking military installations during […]
Nine killed in Iran accident
TEHRAN: At least nine people were killed on Monday when a bus collided with a fuel truck in Iran’s southeast, state media reported, the second mass casualty road accident within days. Mohammad Mehdi Sajjadi, head of the Red Crescent Society in Sistan-Baluchestan province, told the official IRNA news agency that “nine people lost their lives […]
Canada’s Trudeau faces increasing pressure from his own MPs to quit – World
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, whose party looks set to lose power early next year, is under increasing pressure from his own legislators to step down and let someone else take over. The ruling Liberals face obliteration in the next election after more than nine years in office amid voter fatigue as well as anger […]
May 9 weaponised against PTI, says Yasmin
ISLAMABAD/ PESHAWAR/LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Monday turned up the heat on the military court convictions, with former Punjab health minister Dr Yasmin Rashid and Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Omar Ayub Khan taking aim at the justice system collapsing under the weight of injustice. Dr Rashid, in a handwritten statement, called the […]
FIA places 15 suspects on exit lists in connection with Greece boat wrecks – Pakistan
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has placed 15 suspects on exit lists in connection with the deaths of Pakistanis in recent boat capsize incidents in Greece, it emerged on Monday. Several Pakistanis died in boat capsizing incidents in Greece on December 14. The death toll from the tragedy rocketed to 40 after rescue efforts by […]
France’s Macron announces fourth govt of the year
PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron named a new government Monday evening, putting together a team under Francois Bayrou, his fourth prime minister of the year, to drag the second-largest EU economy out of political crisis. Macron named former prime minister Elisabeth Borne education minister in a new cabinet under centrist Bayrou, the presidency said. Another […]
