Former US President Donald Trump is fighting to overturn a decision by Maine’s election official, Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, that disqualified him from participating in the state’s Republican presidential primary ballot next year. Reports from US media reveal that Donald Trump appealed on Tuesday, contesting Bellows’ decision, attributing his exclusion to his alleged involvement […]
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International students enrolling at universities in the United Kingdom starting this month will have to comply with stricter visa requirements that restrict the number of family members they may bring. The changes, initiated by former home secretary Suella Braverman to “slash migration and curb abuse of the immigration system” came into effect from Monday, according […]
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ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency (Pildat) has called for an urgent transition from a hybrid system to a normal functional democracy, The News reported Wednesday. “The year 2023 has only made the transition towards improved democracy harder for Pakistan which is now called an electoral autocracy by some international democracy rating think tanks,” said the institute […]
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LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) is currently in a fix with its heavyweights got engaged in a rift over party tickets to compete in the upcoming elections, scheduled to take place on February 8, The News reported citing sources on Wednesday. The party has, therefore, not yet resolved the tussle between these party leaders for the […]
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PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Wednesday reserved the verdict on the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) petition challenging its single-bench ruling on Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) electoral ‘bat’ symbol and intra-party polls. A single-member bench comprising Justice Ejaz Khan conducted a hearing on the matter. ECP’s lawyer Sikander Bashir Mohmand and PTI’s legal team comprising Advocates […]
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ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notices to the Punjab Inspector General of Police (IGP), chief secretary and advocate general on Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) petition seeking level-playing field ahead of the February 8 general elections. A three-member bench led by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa and comprising Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar […]
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RAWALPINDI: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday indicted Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan and former information minister Fawad Chaudhry in a case of contempt against the electoral body and the chief election commissioner. A four-member bench of the electoral body conducted the hearing of the case in Adiala jail, Rawalpindi.
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Assailant subdued by men refused to answer police questions about motives, according to Busan media South Korea’s opposition Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung was stabbed in the neck Tuesday during a visit to the southern city of Busan to tour the site of a proposed airport, according to party and fire officials. After receiving emergency […]
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Half of the fatalities confirmed in hard-hit Wajima city near quake’s epicentre, according to authorities More than 40 people were killed after a strong 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck Japan on New Year’s Day with rescue teams on Tuesday struggling to reach remote locations where buildings had collapsed to look for possible survivors. Monday’s quake that struck […]
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Plane, which took off from Sapporo, collided with coast guard plane, according to Japanese media A Japan Airlines plane burst into flames as it landed on a runway at Tokyo’s Haneda airport on Tuesday evening, according to footage broadcast by Japanese public broadcaster NHK. The footage showed flames coming out of the aircraft’s windows and beneath […]
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