As per details, the case was filed against Fawad Chaudhry for allegedly using derogatory language against the ECP during a press conference in Lahore. The counsel told the court that the press conference was held in Lahore however the case was registered in Islamabad. The court ruled in favor of Fawad Chaudhry, acquitting him of […]
According to sources, under the government’s right-sizing measures, different departments have been suggested for the shutdown. It has been proposed to privatize or close the ‘Utility Stores Corporation’ sources here said. “Karachi Tools, Dyes and Moulds Centre, a subsidiary of the Ministry of Industries and Production, has been suggested for closure,” sources said. Sources said […]
According to details, the new hybrid buses will be deployed on various routes in Lahore to support metropolitan tourism. The initiative includes plans to expand the service, with one bus each being added to Bahawalpur and Rawalpindi. Additionally, double-decker bus services will be launched in Multan and Faisalabad to further promote tourism. In Lahore, three […]
By 2050, demand for air conditioning, refrigerators, and refrigerated transport will increase seven-fold in Africa and four-fold in Asia, according to the UN Environment Agency (UNEP) and the World Bank’s private sector arm IFC. “These nations are especially vulnerable to the deadly effects of rising temperatures and are urgently in need of cooling solutions,” said […]
In a significant victory for Palestinian voices, journalist and filmmaker Bisan Owda’s powerful news story “It’s Bisan From Gaza and I’m Still Alive” has won an Emmy Award. The short film, which offers a moving firsthand account of Owda’s family fleeing bombardment in Gaza City, secured the Outstanding Hard News feature story award in the […]
Ailing health prevented 88-year-old former boxer Iwao Hakamada from being in court to learn the outcome of his retrial, which was granted a decade ago after a long campaign by supporters. But his 91-year-old sister Hideko, who often speaks for him, bowed deeply to the Shizuoka District Court judge who declared Hakamada innocent. Hakamada spent […]
Legislators in the House of Commons voted 211-120 to defeat a motion by the official opposition Conservative Party declaring a lack of confidence in Trudeau’s minority Liberal government. Trudeau, whose popularity has slumped amid unhappiness over rising prices and a housing crisis, became more politically vulnerable this month when the smaller New Democratic Party tore […]
The agency also sees the prospect of North Korea potentially carrying out a seventh nuclear test after the U.S. presidential election on November 5, Lee Seong-Kwon, who sits on the parliamentary intelligence committee, said. In July, a report by the Federation of American Scientists concluded that Pyongyang may have produced enough fissile material to build […]
UN Secretary-General António Guterres set the tone in his opening speech, acknowledging that global inequalities are mirrored in international institutions. He noted that the UN Security Council was designed by the victors of the Second World War when much of Africa was still under colonial rule. Guterres emphasized the need for African representation on the […]