Islamabad: Bushra Bibi, wife of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan who is currently jailed, might also be arrested in the near future, sources said. The informed sources said that the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) is cross checking certain pieces of “evidence”, which if confirmed, will change the status of Bushra Bibi from a “witness”.
Islamabad: As the Pakistan government continues to expel illegal immigrants from the country, hundreds and thousands of Afghan nationals are facing major challenges at the crossings on both sides of the border. Sadaam Khan, an Afghan living in Karachi, paid about 5 lakhs PKR to the transport truck to bring his 15-member family to the.
New York: Indo-Canadian Sikh poet Rupi Kaur has declined an invitation for a Diwali event on Wednesday from US President Joe Biden’s administration over its response to the situation in Gaza. “I decline any invitation from an institution that supports the collective punishment of a trapped civilian population—50 per cent of whom are children,” Kaur,.
Beijing: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese met Chinese President Xi Jinping here on Monday. The announcement was made by China’s state-run Xinhua news agency. Albanese, who arrived in Shanghai on November 5, became the first Australian Prime Minister to visit China since 2016. In a post on Monday morning, Albanese said: “It is 50 years.
Tel Aviv: More than 35 Jewish and Arab organisations on Monday issued a call for reaching a ceasefire, releasing the kidnapped hostages and promoting a political agreement that will guarantee safety, justice and freedom for the people in Gaza amid the raging Israel-Hamas war. In a joint statement, the organisations said: ”In memory of the.
Dhaka: At 76-years-old, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is a political phenomenon who has guided the rise of this nation of 170 million from rustic jute producer into the Asia-Pacific’s fastest-expanding economy over the past decade, Time said in a cover story on the world’s longest-serving female head of govt. In office since 2009, after.
International desk: The death toll in Nepal Earthquake has risen from 69 to 128. A shallow depth Earthquake of Magnitude 6.4 jolted Nepal last night. The toll can increase in coming time, the officials said. The earthquake, measuring 6.4 in magnitude, had its epicenter in Lamidanda, Jajarkot district. This seismic event, which occurred at 11.47.
Stockholm: Sweden will add to its nuclear power capacities to fast-track the country’s transition to fossil-free electricity production while securing energy supply in times of crisis, the government said. The announcement came as the government was launching an inquiry into the future role of atomic energy, marking a shift from the previous policy to gradually.
International desk: Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will on Thursday sit across the table to conduct the first review of the $3 billion Stand-by-Arrangement (SBA) and Islamabad is confident that it would sail through the review with approval as it has met all the fiscal targets. Sources in the Finance Ministry expressed optimism.
International desk: Amid global calls for ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas, the US has rejected it, saying it is not the “right answer right now”. US National Security spokesperson John Kirby had made the comments during a press conference on Monday, BBC reported. However, Kirby said the US has spoken to the.
International desk: Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the US and its allies are behind the Middle East crisis and other regional conflicts, and benefit most from global instability. “Those, who are behind the conflict in the Middle East and other regional crises will exploit their devastating consequences to sow hatred, and sow dissent among.
