According to sources, Zafar, the Adiala jail former official was arrested on August 13 for interrogation regarding the ongoing issue of aiding Imran Khan in jail. Earlier, Former Inspector General (IG) Prisons Shahid Saleem Baig also returned to his residence in Lahore following what is said to be a ‘two-day detention’. Shahid Saleem Baig’s staffer […]
Indian medical professionals started a 24-hour shutdown of non-emergency services across the country on Saturday in protest against the brutal rape and murder of a doctor in the eastern city of Kolkata. The shutdown, which began at 6 a.m. (0030 GMT), will cut off access to elective medical procedures and out-patient consultations in the world’s […]
The high court bench issued its reserved verdict over the petition hearing against the outage of the Internet and ordered all parties to appear in the next court hearing by their representatives. Justice Shakil Ahmed of the LHC issued an order and adjourned further case hearings until August 21. Challenging the internet outage in Pakistan […]
The e-motorcycle launch is set to intensify competition in the world’s second-largest two-wheeler market. Ola Electric will face off with bigger rivals like Bajaj Auto, TVS Motor, New Tab, and Hero Motocorp. Two-wheelers dominate Indian roads, with 18 million units sold last year. Ola Electric, which listed its shares on Aug. 9 after a $734 […]
Russian fuel oil and VGO seaborne exports last month rose 7% from June to about 4.05 million metric tons, helped by the completion of seasonal maintenance on Russian refineries. Russia’s offline primary oil refining capacity for July at 2.5 million tons was below June’s level by some 44%, according to calculations from industry sources. Since […]
Tests in Jordan confirmed the disease in an unvaccinated 10-month-old from the central Gaza Strip, the health ministry in Ramallah said. According to the United Nations, Gaza, now in its 11th month of war, has not registered a polio case for 25 years, although type 2 poliovirus was detected in samples collected from the territory’s […]
In a joint statement, the US, Qatar and Egypt said Washington had presented a new proposal that built on points of agreement over the past week, closing gaps in a way that could allow rapid implementation of a deal. Mediators would keep working on the proposal, they said. “The path is now set for that […]
The lightning incursion, the biggest into Russia by a foreign power since World War Two, unfurled on Aug. 6 when thousands of Ukrainian troops crossed Russia’s western border in a major embarrassment for Putin’s military. Ukraine said the incursion was needed to force Russia, which sent its forces into Ukraine in 2022, to start “fair” […]
According to the PBS data, the SPI for the week under review in the above-mentioned group was recorded at 322.03 points as compared to 322.54 points during the past week. As compared to the corresponding week of last year, the SPI for the combined consumption group in the week under review witnessed an increase of […]
The White House said Thursday that attacks carried out by “violent settlers” on Palestinian civilians in the occupied West Bank “are unacceptable and must stop” after one person was killed during a mob attack on a small Palestinian village. “Attacks by violent settlers against Palestinian civilians in the West Bank are unacceptable and must stop,” […]
