People should look towards parliament rather than SC: CJP
Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa has expressed his views on the legislative process, highlighting the importance of laws enacted by parliament, Express News reported. During a dinner hosted by the Pakistan Bar Council in honour of outgoing Supreme Court judge Justice Sardar Tariq Masood on Tuesday night, Chief Justice Isa commended the […]
Relief and rescue operations under way after rain, floods wreak havoc in KP, Balochistan – Pakistan
Rescue and relief operations were under way across Pakistan on Tuesday after heavy rain and snowfall wreaked havoc in parts of Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan. Inclement weather has taken a toll on the country in the last few weeks. At least 40 people were killed in rain-related incidents in KP while hundreds lost their […]
Relief and rescue operations under way after rain, floods wreak havoc across country – Pakistan
Rescue and relief operations were under way across Pakistan on Tuesday after heavy rain and snowfall wreaked havoc in parts of Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan. Inclement weather has taken a toll on the country in the last few weeks. At least 40 people were killed in rain-related incidents in KP while hundreds lost their […]
SpaceX faces hearing on engineers fired after criticising Elon Musk over sexism – World
Rocket maker SpaceX on Tuesday will appear before a US labour board judge to face claims that it fired eight engineers for criticising CEO Elon Musk and accusing him of sexist conduct in a letter to company executives. The case before National Labor Relations Board Administrative Law Judge Sharon Steckler in Los Angeles prompted SpaceX […]
Russia forms two military districts over NATO expansion
MOSCOW: Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu announced on Tuesday that his country established two new military districts in response to the expansion of NATO borders. Speaking at a meeting with Russian military chiefs in Moscow, Shoigu said the decision was made in response to Finland’s and Sweden’s accession to the alliance. “Due to the build-up […]
Policeman escorting polio team injured in Mardan attack – Pakistan
A policeman escorting a polio team was shot at and injured in an attack by unidentified miscreants in Mardan’s Pirsadi area on Tuesday, officials said. According to Saddar Circle Superintendent of Police (SP) Khalid Khan, unknown assailants on a motorcycle opened fire and managed to escape from the crime scene. He identified the wounded cop […]
IHC issues notices to info ministry, PTA on plea challenging ‘ban’ on social media site X – Pakistan
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday issued notices to the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and the information ministry on a plea challenging the “ban” on social media platform X (formerly Twitter). Access to X has been disrupted in many areas of Pakistan since February 17, when former Rawalpindi commissioner Liaquat Chattha accused the chief […]
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 […]