China boosts defence spending as regional disputes heat up – World
China announced on Tuesday that it would boost its defence spending in 2024, as hostility over Taiwan and in the South China Sea grows. The 7.2 per cent increase, identical to last year’s figure, was announced at the start of the annual meeting of the country’s rubber-stamp parliament, the National People’s Congress (NPC). China will […]
Death toll from rain, snowfall surges to 36 in KP – Pakistan
PESHAWAR: Death toll from the recent devastating rains and snowfall across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa surged to 36 on Monday, Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) said. It added that 43 people were injured in disaster. The authority said 25 of the deceased and 22 injured were children. It said eight persons were killed and seven injured in […]
Britain hoping to host 2029 athletics world championship
LONDON: Britain is in the running to host the 2029 world athletics championships, UK Athletics chief executive Jack Buckner said on Monday. London staged the event in 2017, while Glasgow hosted the world indoor championships last weekend. “We’d love to have another crack at 2029 and a world championships,” Buckner told the BBC. “We just […]
LHC unlawfully assumed top court’s jurisdiction in Musharraf case: SC – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that the Lahore High Court, while declaring unconstitutional the special court’s order of awarding death sentence to former military ruler Gen Pervez Musharraf on Jan 13, 2020, not only assumed the exclusive jurisdiction of the trial court, but also usurped the appellate jurisdiction of the apex court. “The […]
Pakistan is a young country that cannot remain in the politics from decades ago – Pakistan
Updated 05 Mar, 2024 Like the party symbol issue, the legality of the latest ECP determination will also be decided by the superior judiciary. 05 Mar, 2024 Brick by brick, the Sangh is seeking to destroy the edifice of Muslim civilisation in India that goes back a millennium. 05 Mar, 2024 IN an uncharacteristic twist […]
20 PTI activists in Lahore granted post-arrest bail in May 9 case – Pakistan
LAHORE: An antiterrorism court on Monday granted post-arrest bail to 20 PTI activists in the Jinnah House attack case of May 9 riots. Judge Naveed Iqbal allowed the bail petitions of Ramzan Haider and other suspects subject to furnishing surety bonds. Sarwar Road police had registered the case against the leaders and workers of PTI […]
Apex court to issue Bhutto case short order in two days – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court closed on Monday the hearing of a presidential reference seeking to revisit the 1979 controversial death sentence awarded to former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. A nine-judge SC bench, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa, said the court would announce a short order on the reference in […]
One killed as snow, landslide bring life to standstill in GB – Pakistan
GILGIT: One person was killed after being hit by falling debris during a landslide in Astore Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, on Monday, as heavy rain and snowfall continue to disrupt life in the region, parts of Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Meanwhile, main highways connecting GB with other parts of the country and several inter-district roads remain blocked […]
PTA head summoned to clarify position on audio leak – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday summoned the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) chairman in audio leak case, after his counsel denied that the regulatory body had given any permission for call interception. The case is related to the petitions filed by Najam Saqib, the son of former chief justice of Pakistan Saqib Nisar, […]
Shehbaz takes oath as new PM, orders negotiations with IMF – Pakistan
PRESIDENT Arif Alvi administers the oath to newly sworn-in Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif at the President House, on Monday.—White Star ISLAMABAD / PESHAWAR: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif was administered oath to the coveted office of the country’s chief executive by President Arif Alvi in a ceremony at the President House, in which KP Chief Minister […]