Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif was elected prime minister of Pakistan for the second time on Sunday. Shehbaz, who served as prime minister for 16 months after ouster of the PTI founder in April 2022, polled 201 votes as against 92 of his rival PTI-SIC candidate Omar Ayub Khan. As Speaker Ayaz Sadiq […]
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE
President Yoon Sun Yeol vowed on Tuesday to go ahead with a plan to increase the number of students admitted into medical schools to improve healthcare in South Korea, and said there was no justification for the protests this reform had triggered. More than 9,000 young doctors, or about two-thirds of the total number of […]
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE
Buried in the soil, dotting riverbanks and bobbing along streams: a small Belgian town has waged a years-long fight against creeping pollution from plastic pellets – which the EU now has in its sights. A spectacular spill of microplastics on Spain’s Galician coast cast a spotlight on the problem late last year, after a container […]
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE
On a cold winter evening in a car park in the Cypriot capital Nicosia, queues are already forming before former airline pilot Pantelis Panteli arrives in a small van to sell his produce. After being made redundant following the closure of Cyprus Airways in 2013, Panteli decided to try his hand at cheese-making. He hasn’t […]
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday adjourned till tomorrow (Wednesday) hearing on pleas relating to inclusion of PTI-backed independents in the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) and allotment of reserved seats. A five-member commission headed by Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja heard six petitions against the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) in the Election […]
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE
A senior police officer was martyred and three others were injured in firing by terrorists on law enforcers in an intelligence-based operation on Tuesday. Terrorists opened fire on policemen as a result of which SP Ijaz Khan was martyred and three DSPs were injured. Teams of police and rescue personnel reached the spot and said […]
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Barrister Gohar hopes that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will announce its verdict according to the wishes of people. Speaking to media in Islamabad, he said the people of Pakistan gave their verdict on Feb 8 and now the ECP should follow the suit. “We always respect the decision of […]
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE
An accountability court indicted the PTI founder and his wife Bushra Bibi in the ill-famous 190 million pound case – also previously known as Al-Qadir Trust case – as the judge, Nasir Javed Rana, held hearing at the Adiala jail. All the cases involving the former PTI chairman are being heard on the jail premises […]
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE
Blasting him for not convening the National Assembly’s inaugural session, PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Tuesday said President Arif Alvi wasn’t suitable for the office and many legal issues would create problems for him. Alvi had completed his tenure and trampled the constitution in the past too, Bilawal and cited the dissolution of National […]
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE
The Islamabad High Court on Tuesday showed displeasure on Sindh police in the case registered against Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rashid. The court sought report from IG Sindh, prosecutor general Sindh and SSP Kemari over the petition of Sheikh Rashid already moved in IHC. Earlier, the veteran politician had moved a petition in […]
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE