Elon Musk said Tuesday he would resign as chief executive of Twitter once he finds a replacement, in apparent response to a poll he launched that suggested users wanted him to step down. Elon Musk has fully owned Twitter since October 27 and has repeatedly courted controversy as CEO, sacking half of its staff, readmitting far-right figures to the platform, suspending journalists …
MUMBAI, Dec 21 (Reuters): At least 100 ethnic Rohingya are stranded in a boat off India s Andaman Islands and as many as 16-20 may have have died of thirst, hunger or drowned, said two Myanmar Rohingya activist groups. Each year many Rohingya, members of a Muslim minority, risk their lives boarding rickety vessels to escape violence in Myanmar …
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif made it clear that the state will not surrender or bow down before any terrorist outfit or organisation after 25 terrorists were killed in an operation in Bannu. A hostage crisis took place at the Counter-Terrorism Department’s (CTD) compound in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa when TTP terrorists took over the center and made several security personnel …
ISLAMABAD, Dec 20 (EW): Society for the Protection of the Rights of Child (SPARC) organized an interactive session with social media influencers to address the need to ban the online sale and advertisement of emerging tobacco products. The speakers emphasized that tobacco industry has been manipulating our children and youth into buying novel tobacco products such as e-cigarettes, nicotine …
ISLAMABAD, Dec.20 (INP): “After the successful synchronization of the second 660 MW unit of Thar Block-1’s 1,320 MW coal-fired power plant this month, the Thar Block-1 Integrated Mine-Power Project is on track to achieve its commercial operating date (COD) very soon.” This was stated by Meng Dong Hai, Chairman of Thar Block-1 Integrated Mine -Power Project and CEO of TCB-1 in an interview to Gwadar Pro. According to …
ISLAMABAD, Dec.20 (INP): In order to materialize the $4.5 b oil refinery project in Gwadar, five-member delegation of Chinese Company “East Sea Group Limited (ESGL)” is visiting Gwadar, Gwadar Pro reported on Tuesday. ESGL official Jason Zhou said that ESGL chief engineer Mr Liu along with other officials will be in Gwadar from December 20. The delegation consisting of technical …
BANNU, Dec 20 (EW): The hostage situation at the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) police station in the Bannu district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa entered its third day on Tuesday as talks to resolve the stand-off with the militants failed to make headway. Since no breakthrough was made and the situation remains tense in the town, deputy commissioner Bannu declared that all government …
ISLAMABAD, Dec 20 (EW) : With the onset of winter season, a lot of young tea lovers are being drawn towards the federal capital’s kiosks and restaurants offering aromatic, flavourful varieties of tea. Tea is one of the most frequently consumed beverages in Pakistan and like anywhere in the world, gatherings remain incomplete without a hot cup of tea. …
LAHORE, Dec 20 (EW): Punjab School Education Department mulls extending winter holidays due to worsening air pollution in the provincial capital. Reports in local media suggest that Lahore High Court on Monday directed Education Department to consider extending winter break to two weeks as bustling Lahore ranked first among the top ten most polluted cities in the world over …
LAHORE, Dec 20 (EW): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has called a meeting of party’s legal experts and senior leadership to discuss the no-confidence move filed by the opposition against Punjab Chief Minister Parvez Elai. A delegation of the PPP and PML-N provincial lawmakers submitted a no-confidence motion against Mr Elahi, Speaker Sibtain Khan, and deputy speaker Wasiq …
