Lawmakers in Taiwan jostled, unfurled banners and shouted at each other on Tuesday in a dispute about efforts to widen parliament oversight pushed by the opposition, despite the anger of the ruling party, which says there has been no consultation. The squabble comes as Lai Ching-te took office on Monday as the new president, facing […]
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Australia’s Defence Minister Richard Marles said on Tuesday Solomon Islands’ newly elected Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele had told him the Pacific Island nation is undertaking a security review that will determine the future of policing cooperation. A security pact struck with China in 2022 by the previous pro-Beijing leader Manasseh Sogavare, who encouraged Chinese infrastructure […]
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Vietnam’s National Assembly said on Tuesday it will vote to dismiss To Lam from the post of Minister of Public Security, paving the way for him to be elected state president this week as part of a shakeup in the country’s leadership. To Lam, 66, has been nominated by a top committee of the ruling […]
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The first trial in France of officials of the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad is to begin on Tuesday, with three top security officers to be tried in absentia for complicity in crimes against humanity and war crimes. The Paris Criminal Court will try the three officials for their role in the deaths of two […]
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Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) Monday forecast increased day temperatures from May 21 -27, advising the citizens to adopt precautionary measures to protect them from severe heat wave conditions. The PMD revealed that the day temperatures were likely to remain 4 to 6 Celsius degree above normal in Islamabad, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan and Balochistan from May […]
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The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday issued notices to the parties on the petition challenging the appointment of Ishaq Dar as deputy prime minister and sought their response. IHC Chief Justice Amir Farooq asked the counsels for petitioners Fahad Shabbir and Sher Afzal Marwat about the judgement of Lahore High Court on the matter […]
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Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf on Tuesday announced to move the court against a controversial defamation bill passed by the Punjab Assembly. Speaking to media persons outside an anti-terrorism court, Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Omar Ayub Khan said government was going to enact a black law. Ayub said, “According to the Constitution, freedom of expression cannot […]
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GUJRANWALA (Pakistan Post) – An anti-terrorism court of Gujranwala on Tuesday framed charges against three people allegedly involved in attack on PTI founder Imran Khan in Wazirabad during the long march. A judge of the anti-terrorism court in Gujranwala conducted hearing of Wazirabad attack case. During the hearing, the charges were read out to the […]
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LAHORE (Pakistan Post) – Former Punjab chief minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi has been nominated in 20 new cases related to the May 9 violent riots, it is learned. A report was submitted to the Lahore High Court by the inspector general of Punjab Police in this respect on Tuesday. According to the report, a copy […]
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ISLAMABAD (Pakistan Post) – The inquiry committee, established to investigate the wheat import scandal, has recommended action against four officers of the Federal Ministry of National Food Security & Research in its findings presented to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. According to sources, the premier has approved the recommendations of the committee which had been ordered […]
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