According to a senior US defense official who spoke to Reuters, Russian military soldiers have invaded an air base in Niger that is housing US troops. This development comes after the junta in Niger decided to remove US servicemen. The US has been ordered to remove its approximately 1,000 military soldiers from the West African […]
Numerous obstinate pro-Palestinian protestors were forcibly removed by police on Thursday from a number of institutions. Notably, an encampment at UCLA was taken down in a startling image that highlighted the increased instability that has broken out at universities this week. Helmeted police descended into a tent city that had been erected at the University […]
A London court heard on Thursday about the arrest of an Israeli private investigator who was wanted by the US for allegedly conducting a cyberespionage operation for an unnamed US public relations agency. On a technicality, however, a judge at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Thursday dismissed an early request to extradite Amit Forlit to the […]
In a combined intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Tank district, security forces have executed terrorists implicated in the recent kidnapping of the district and sessions judge of South Waziristan, the military’s media wing said in a statement on Thursday. Monday saw the safe return of District and Sessions Judge Shakirullah Marwat, who was kidnapped […]
The Sindh government is planning to auction off inheritable and transferable “Premium Number Plates” for cars in order to raise up to Rs3 billion a year, following the introduction of CNIC-based vehicle registration and camera-readable number plates. Several significant decisions were approved by the provincial cabinet meeting on Thursday, which was presided over by Chief […]
On Thursday, the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) stopped a major methamphetamine smuggling effort to reach Belgium and seized almost 224 kg of the illicit drug. Five shipping containers’ walls and roofs were used to expertly conceal the narcotics, which were disguised as soapstones. Through the border crossing at Torkham, the containers were being transported from Karachi […]
On Thursday, Foreign Office (FO) Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch dismissed as “preposterous” the accusations made against Pakistani institutions by Shahzad Akbar, advisor to former premier Imran Khan. The spokesperson described Akbar’s charges as “baseless and politically motivated” during her weekly news briefing. Baloch underlined Pakistan’s dedication to the protection of its citizens overseas and refuted […]
On Thursday, a police constable working in the judicial wing of Lahore was shot and killed in the Gwalmandi neighborhood. The cop, Ghulam Rasool, was shot in the chest, according to police, and was pronounced dead when he arrived at the emergency room of Mayo Hospital. After the event, the local police launched an operation […]
In the Gulda Khala section of the district on Thursday, terrorists ambushed a police car that was assigned to guard a polio team in Tank, Khyber-Paktunkhwa. DSP Syed Marjan owned the car, according to police, and everyone inside was unharmed in the incident. In a another incident in K-P, three terrorists opened fire after being […]
After fierce pro-Palestinian rallies rocked Sciences Po, one of the nation’s most famous colleges, the Paris area authority caused uproar on Tuesday by temporarily withholding funds for the institution. Valerie Pecresse, the right-wing leader of the larger Paris Ile-de-France region, posted on social media on Monday saying, “I have decided to suspend all regional funding […]
