LAHORE: At least 500 shops out of more than 1,000 shops housing laptops, mobiles phones, accessories worth millions of rupees were gutted in a huge fire erupted at Hafeez Centre, a commercial hub located in the center of the City, in the week hours of Sunday. Emergency teams rescued at least 25 persons in their […]
French President Emmanuel Macron has called the beheading of a teacher in a north-western suburb of Paris an “Islamist terrorist attack”. The victim is said to have shown controversial cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H) to his pupils. The attacker was shot dead by police. Mr Macron said the as yet unnamed teacher was murdered […]
LONDON: Deputy High Court Judge Peter Knox sitting in the High Court London has ordered to freeze immediately all six trust properties controlled by the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) founder Altaf Hussain, including the palatial house in West London where he currently resides with his bodyguards.The six properties that have been frozen through a court […]
KARACHI: For the first time, the Sharif family has taken substantial measures to beef up the security of former prime minister and PML-N supreme leader Nawaz Sharif. The move comes weeks after Mr. Sharif’s fiery speech against the government and his criticism of the military establishment’s alleged interference in political matters. It also coincides with […]
ISLAMABAD:In a major development, the Italian government has included Pakistan in work visa category called ‘Decreto-Flussi’, which will allow its nationals to avail seasonal and non-seasonal work visas for the year 2020-21. More than 30,000 work visas would be issued by the Italian authorities to the nationals from a few non-EU countries, including Pakistan, an […]
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday called banning the ban on the TikTok app as an illegal move and directed the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) to nominate a senior officer to appear before the court on the next date of hearing and brief on the matter. In a detailed judgment, Chief Justice IHC Athar […]
A 44-year-old single mother of three daughters, bought a shotgun in May for protection in the quaint middle-class town of Fishkill, New York. She joined a new and fast-growing local firearms club to learn how to shoot. Andreyah Garland, member of local Gun Club, opens a case with her Mossberg 590M 12 gauge shotgun as […]
Many Students and activists take part in a torch procession demanding women’s safety and justice for rape victims in Dhaka. A Bangladesh court has sentenced five men to death for the 2012 gang rape of a 15-year-old girl, amid growing public anger over rampant sexual violence. Court order comes days after government introduced death penalty […]
In the first interview by a senior Pakistani official to an Indian news outlet since India’s unilateral and illegal actions on August 5 2019, Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on National Security Dr. Moeed Yusuf spoke with India’s renowned journalist Karan Thapar, saying that Pakistan stands firmly for peace in the region through dialogue […]
Pakistan will continue to highlight plight of Kashmiris and other oppressed people all over the world, says FO. Ambassador Munir Akram addresses the meeting of the General Assembly’s Third Committee on Tuesday. Pakistan has been re-elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) with an overwhelming majority securing 169 votes in the 193-member UN […]
