The Pentagon said on Wednesday the plea deals had been entered into but did not elaborate on details. A US official said they almost certainly involved guilty pleas in exchange for taking the death penalty off the table. However, on Friday, Austin relieved Susan Escallier, who oversees the Pentagon’s Guantanamo war court, of her authority […]
Rallies against civil service job quotas sparked days of mayhem last month that killed more than 200 people in some of the worst unrest of Hasina’s 15-year tenure. Troop deployments briefly restored order but crowds hit the streets in huge numbers after Friday prayers in the Muslim-majority nation, heeding a call by student leaders to […]
Brent crude futures settled down $2.71, or 3.41%, to $76.81 a barrel. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures settled down $2.79, or 3.66%, at $73.52. Both benchmarks fell by more than $3 per barrel at their session lows. U.S. job growth slowed more than expected in July and unemployment increased to 4.3%, raising fears of […]
Sources close to the development revealed that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has tasked the economic team to revise the current income tax rate on salaried classes earning up to Rs 100,000 per month. In the recent budget, the government had increased the income tax rate to 2.5 percent on monthly salaries up to Rs 100,000. […]
During the intraday trade, the KSE-100 index reached a high of 78,434.16 points, while the lower point was recorded at 77,926.53 points before settling at 78,225.98 points. A total of 443,483,358 shares were traded during the day as compared to 278,986,985 shares the previous day, whereas the price of shares stood at Rs 20.497 billion […]
England is scheduled to tour Pakistan for a three-match Test series, commencing on October 7 in Multan. The second Test will be played from October 15 to 19 in Karachi, while Rawalpindi will host the third Test match from October 24-28. It is pertinent to mention here that the series between Pakistan and England will […]
In a tragic turn of events, an 18-year-old boy shot himself with a gun while playing the popular action game PUBG in Lahore’s Nawab Town. The boy, Yahya Khursheed, was an aficionado of PUBG. He took the pistol of his father in his room on Thursday night and accidentally, a bullet fired from the gun […]
According to the PBS data, the SPI for the week under review in the above-mentioned group was recorded at 321.56 points as compared to 321.95 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 […]
Waqar has recently taken charge as Adviser for Cricket Affairs to the PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi, according to reports. The former head coach will oversee all the decisions regarding international and domestic selection committees, players’ No Objection Certificates (NOCs), and other important cricket matters in his new role. Meanwhile, Naqvi’s responsibilities are limited to overseeing […]
Biden, who was joined on the call by Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris, also emphasized the “ongoing efforts to de-escalate broader tensions in the region,” the White House said. The call between the leaders also came after Israel announced it had “eliminated Hezbollah military commander Fuad Shukr in Beirut. Biden “reaffirmed his […]
