John Barnett, a former employee of Boeing Co. who was well-known for voicing concerns about manufacturing standards, was discovered dead on Monday outside a hotel in South Carolina in the midst of a legal dispute with the airline giant. Before retiring in 2017, Barnett, now 62, spent 32 years working at Boeing. During that time, […]
Days before a general election is scheduled, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration enacted a citizenship law that has been criticized for discriminating against Muslims. This has sparked sporadic protests in India. Following the announcement of the implementation, protests erupted late on Monday night in the southern state of Tamil Nadu and the eastern state of […]
Following the Houthis of Yemen, who are affiliated with Iran, targeting US destroyers in the Gulf of Aden and the bulk carrier Propel Fortune, American and French forces shot down scores of drones in the Red Sea on Saturday. Since November, the Houthis have been assaulting ships in the Red Sea, claiming that their actions […]
At a news conference held on the fringes of China Two Sessions in Beijing on Thursday, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi stated, “There can no longer be any justification for the continuation of the conflict and no excuse for the killing of civilians in Gaza.” He continued by saying that a quick ceasefire and the […]
Mohammed Asfan’s family never dreamed he would wind up participating in the Ukraine conflict, much less dying there, when he traveled from Hyderabad, India to Russia to work as a “helper” in the army. Asfan is one of numerous Indian men who, according to their family, were coerced into fighting at the front against their […]
Gulf News stated that five Pakistani expats who were found guilty of breaking into a private enterprise and killing a security guard were executed by Saudi Arabian authorities. The guilty parties invaded a private company, tying up two guards and attacking and killing a Bangladeshi security officer, according to the Saudi Interior Ministry. The five […]
The sons of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Mian Nawaz Sharif, Hassan and Hussain Nawaz, have been given a respite by the accountability court, which has suspended the perpetual arrest warrants against them in relation to the Avenfield Apartments case. Hassan and Hussain Nawaz were previously designated as proclaimed criminals by the accountability court in […]
China demanded an urgent ceasefire on Thursday, calling the fighting in Gaza a “disgrace to civilisation” as it entered its sixth month, despite efforts by mediators to bring about a truce. In light of the crescent moon sighting, US President Joe Biden has encouraged Hamas to agree to a ceasefire arrangement with Israel before Ramadan […]
Head of Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency (PILDAT), Ahmed Bilal Mehboob Bakhabar Sawera’ commented that distributing reserved seats among other parties will intensify friction and the country will not be able to achieve the stability presently required. The distribution of reserved seats of the SIC has been unjustified, he said. “The protest will […]
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court (SC) noted that the courts had not given PPP founder Zulfikar Ali Bhutto a fair trial before his execution in 1979 by Zia’s military administration. The Supreme Court (SCO) said in a written decision that the procedures of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto’s trial by the Lahore High Court (LHC) and the […]
