ISLAMABAD — More than 60 members of the United States House of Representatives have written a letter to President Joe Biden, calling on him to use Washington’s leverage with Islamabad for the release of the incarcerated founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan. The PTI founder has been behind bars since August last year after […]
DHAKA — The Bangladesh interim government has banned Bangladesh Chatra League, the student organisation of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s party Awami League, after a demand by a student group that led the July-August uprising under the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009. The government, under the powers provided in sub-section (1) of Section 18 of the […]
ISLAMABAD — A Pakistani court on Wednesday granted bail to Bushra Bibi, the wife of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan, in the Toshakhana corruption case involving the alleged illegal sale of state gifts, nearly nine months after she was arrested. The 50-year-old former first lady’s bail plea was accepted against Rs 1 million surety […]
DHAKA — Protesters in Bangladesh have seiged Banga Bhaban, the presidential palace, demanding the resignation of President Mohammed Shahabuddin. Earlier on Tuesday afternoon, Anti-discrimination Student Movement, the group-led to oust Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, announced a 5-point demands, including the resignation of President, at a rally central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka. Later at night they […]
KAZAN (RUSSIA) — Reflecting close ties between India and Russia and his personal rapport with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Russian President Vladimir Putin quipped during their bilateral meeting on Tuesday that they have such a relationship that PM Modi will not need a translator. “We have such a relationship that I felt that you do […]
KAZAN (RUSSIA) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he wanted the Ukraine conflict to be resolved “quickly” and peacefully as he met President Vladimir Putin at a summit of major emerging economies on Tuesday. Putin is hosting around 20 world leaders including Modi and China’s Xi Jinping at the three-day BRICS gathering, an event […]
ISLAMABAD — Former prime minister and founder of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan on Monday filed a petition in the Islamabad High Court, seeking permission for regular medical examination by his personal physicians. In his petition, Mr Khan expressed concern over his health, particularly given his age, and alleged that jail authorities are denying him […]
LAHORE — Pakistan’s cultural city Lahore been declared the most polluted city in the world, with an alarming Air Quality Index (AQI) of 394, and the Pakistan’s Punjab government has planned for artificial rain to mitigate smog impact. The AQI is a measure of the concentration of various pollutants in the air. An AQI above […]
KYIV — Russia on Friday returned to Ukraine the bodies of 501 soldiers, Ukrainian authorities said, in what appeared to be the biggest repatriation of war dead since Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022. Most of the soldiers were killed in action in the eastern Donetsk region of Ukraine, mostly around the city of Avdiivka […]
LONDON — The Oxford University has announced that former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan is not included in the list of candidates to run for the position of the varsity’s chancellor, Geo News reported. “More than 40 people applied and only 38 were approved. The candidates were only excluded according to the exclusion criteria of […]