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ISLAMABAD: Hearing in bail petition of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader and former National Assembly (NA) opposition leader Syed Khursheed Shah was again adjourned on Wednesday on account of the absence of the judge and a request by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB). A three-judge Supreme Court (SC) bench was due to take up the bail request today. After the...

KABUL: Outrage rippled through Afghanistan on Wednesday as funerals were held for three female media workers gunned down in the eastern city of Jalalabad, the latest assassinations to rack the war-weary country. Journalists, activists and judges have recently been ambushed by gunmen or killed by explosives attached to their vehicles as surging violence forces many into hiding — with some leaving...

RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa has said that Pakistan greatly values its brotherly relations with its time-tested friend Qatar. The army chief said this during a meeting with Qatar Emiri Land Forces Commander Major General Saeed Hassen Mohammad Al-Khayareen, who called on him at General Headquarters (GHQ) on Wednesday, said the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). During...

In the lineup for Lahore Literary Festival 2021, earlier this month, one of the sessions was an interview of the author of Treasured Memories, Shahid Hamid. The author holds a degree in economics from the University of Cambridge and is a barrister at law from the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple. He was a civil servant for the...

YANGON: Protests against a military coup in Myanmar showed no sign of abating with more planned across the country on Wednesday, as Southeast Asian neighbours struggled for consensus in their efforts to end the month-long crisis. Security forces fired warning shots into the air as protesters gathered at one site in the commercial capital Yangon early on Wednesday, according to...

WASHINGTON: Political leaders, activists, and religious figures voiced hope for greater tolerance as they mourned slain minister for minorities’ affairs Shahbaz Bhatti, at a tribute organised by a Washington-based group on the 10th anniversary of his assassination. Bhatti, a member of the Christian community who sought reforms to blasphemy laws, was shot at least 25 times as he left his...

ISLAMABAD: Announcing its reserved verdict in a case seeking disqualification of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) leader Faisal Vawda, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) Wednesday ruled it cannot disqualify Vawda as he has already resigned from his National Assembly (NA) seat after casting vote as MNA in the Senate election. The ruling came as part of IHC Justice Amir Farooq's 13-page written...

PARIS: France and its Western allies plan to lodge a protest with the United Nations’ nuclear body to criticise Iran’s decision to curb cooperation with the agency, the French foreign minister said on Tuesday. Iran said last month it was scaling back cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), ending extra inspection and monitoring measures introduced by the 2015...

KARACHI/ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: Prime Minister Imran Khan has decided to seek a vote of confidence from the parliament, after the ruling party lost a coveted Senate seat to the opposition’s joint candidate in Wednesday’s elections. Pakistan Democratic Movement’s (PDM) joint candidate Yousaf Raza Gillani defeated Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) candidate Abdul Hafeez Shaikh by a small margin. Addressing a press conference alongside senior party...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and China Foreign Minister Wang Yi formally commenced their celebrations of 70-year long diplomatic ties on Tuesday. At a virtual ceremony held in Islamabad and Beijing simultaneously, Qureshi said that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is set to become a ‘high-quality demonstration’ project of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The ceremony was attended by...

RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff, General Qamar Javed Bajwa has said that Pakistan is committed to peace and stability in the region and playing its part by solidifying border security and capacity enhancement of Frontier Corps (FC) and law enforcement agencies. According to a press statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), during his visit to North and South...

Sindh Information Secretary Rafique Ahmed Buriro on Tuesday visited various sections of his department, including directorate of press information, admin and accounts, advertisement, press, films publication, legal, planning and development, social media, and section office. He was accompanied by Press Information Director Jahangir Khan Abro, Admin and Accounts Director Azeem Shah and Deputy Director Mohammad Yousuf Kaboro. The respective heads of...