Convicted felon in name only, a surreal finish to Donald Trump’s historic criminal trial – World
It was, by many measures, a trial like New York had definitely seen before — a panel of citizen jurors finding a real estate mogul guilty of business fraud. But it was anything but ordinary because when it comes to Donald Trump, the average routinely turns surreal. His criminal sentencing after a conviction on 34 […]
Road closure blocks relief supplies to Kurram
PESHAWAR/DI KHAN: Roads closures in Kurram prevented the second trucks convoy, carrying food and other items of daily use, from reaching the beleaguered district, where a police party came under fire, officials and local sources said on Friday. According to the district administration, local residents had staged a sit-in in Mandori, Lower Kurram for their […]
Govt mocks PTI as remittances soar
LAHORE: Emboldened by record-breaking remittances, the government appeared to have found a new confidence on Friday as it took a victory lap, ridiculing the PTI civil disobedience call as a failure. Riding on the coattails of the cash sent home by overseas Pakistanis, the ruling PML-N took a swipe at the PTI, claiming that the […]
Five terrorists neutralised in DIK IBO
RAWALPINDI: Five terrorists were killed in an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in the Maddi area of Dera Ismail Khan district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) announced on Friday. The military’s media wing said that the operation was launched based on reports of terrorist presence. Among the dead was their ring leader, Shafiullah, who was […]
Never wake a sleeping baby
SLOUGH, ENGLAND: Never wake a sleeping baby. That is the first hard lesson all new parents learn upon having a squawking newborn thrust upon them. Waking a sleeping baby is akin to poking a napping lion with a broom just to see what happens, or lighting a match around an oil spill, etc., etc., Not […]
5 terrorists killed in intelligence-based operation in KP’s DI Khan: ISPR – Pakistan
Five terrorists were killed in an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Dera Ismail Khan on Friday, according to the military’s media wing. A statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) today said security forces conducted an IBO in DI Khan’s general area of Maddi on the “reported presence” of terrorists. It said security […]
Donald Trump spared jail at hush money sentencing, days before inauguration – World
United States President-elect Donald Trump will not go to jail or pay a fine over his criminal conviction stemming from hush money paid to a porn star, a judge ruled on Friday, but the sentencing will place a judgment of guilt on his record. Justice Juan Merchan’s sentencing of Trump, 78, to unconditional discharge closes […]
Remittances see ‘record increase’ in December with $3.1bn inflows – Pakistan
The State Bank of Pakistan on Friday said remittances from overseas Pakistanis recorded inflows of $3.1 billion in December which Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif hailed as a “record increase”. A statement issued today said the growth in workers’ remittances was 29.3 per cent compared to the same month last year and a 5.6pc increase in […]
Moot on girls’ education
Listen to article Girls’ approbation is an issue that is close to the heart of developing countries, and Muslim societies have surely made great strides in it. The two-day international conference on Girls’ Education in Muslim Communities, commencing in Islamabad today, is an opportunity to take a realistic stock of ground realities and foment a workable strategy […]
Brewing US-Taliban proximity and Pakistan
Listen to article In December 2022, through an article, I had inquired the state of Pakistan who we can blame for terrorism in Pakistan while the Afghan Taliban were sitting in the Presidential Palace in Kabul. We used to blame Ashraf Ghani for being a stooge of New Delhi – someone who let India use his land […]