Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday won an absolute majority and a fourth consecutive term in the general election, as many had predicted, despite poor voter turnout and a boycott by the main opposition. The primary opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), which did not vote in 2014 but did so in 2018, abstained from […]
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A 90-year-old woman trapped under rubble on Monday was found alive nearly five days after an earthquake hit Suzu city in Japan. The woman remained trapped under the rubble for nearly 125 hours, US Today reported. The woman who had yet not been identified had been trapped in a narrow space between the first floor and […]
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The Supreme Court of India on Monday overturned the life sentence reduction given to 11 Hindu men who were found guilty of raping Bilkis Bano and killing her relatives in 2002 during anti-Muslim protests in India’s Gujarat state. The court ordered the men to appear before jail officials in two weeks, adding: “Their plea for […]
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The United Launch Alliance (ULA) Monday launched the Vulcan Centaur Rocket, carrying the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) Peregrine 1 Lunar lander, from Cape Canaveral, Florida. This significant milestone in the United States’ space exploration may potentially be the first American moon landing in 50 years since the Apollo mission in 1972. It is […]
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Internal rifts and seat adjustment delayed the announcement of party tickets by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) in Punjab, The News reported citing party sources on Monday. The party sources said it was expected that the party leadership would issue the names of party ticketholders on Sunday, but it was postponed as seat adjustment with IPP, PML-Q, and […]
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) will kick off its election campaign soon after unveiling its manifesto based on “ground facts” for February 8 elections Senator Irfan Siddiqui, the convener of the manifesto committee of PML-N, told The News on Sunday that the manifesto focuses on inflation, economic revival, eradicating unemployment and poverty and refinement of governance. He […]
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Senator Ali Zafar revealed on Monday that the party would announce its candidates in the next 24 hours. In conversation with Geo News, the senator shared that the party had issued the confirmation to 98%-99% of aspirants vying to contest elections on a PTI ticket. He added that a decision needed to […]
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ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa on Monday said that the Supreme Court is currently looking at one person’s honour and seeking to fix the history “as it wants to set a better example” in a presidential reference pertaining to a death sentence awarded to former premier Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. The CJP […]
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ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court is likely to announce the verdict regarding the interpretation of Article 62 (1)(f) related to the lifetime disqualification of lawmakers today (Monday). The apex court had reserved its verdict in the case on January 5, after arguments were completed. While reserving the verdict, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa […]
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KARACHI: Millions of kitchens in Karachi have gone cold as utilities are supplying the gas meant for domestic consumers to fertiliser plants blatantly ignoring the plight of the people, who are unable to cook food or keep their homes warm as winter takes a turn for the worse. According to Geo News, a reduction in […]
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