Ousted Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced to another seven years in jail as her long series of trials ended on Friday, with the Nobel laureate now facing more than three decades behind bars. A prisoner of the military since a coup last year, Suu Kyi, 77, has been convicted on every charge levelled against her …
The United Nations (UN) aid chief Martin Griffiths will visit Afghanistan in the coming weeks and will seek to meet the highest possible officials within the Taliban-led administration after it banned female aid workers, a senior UN official said. “We regret to see that there is already an impact of this decision on our programs,” Ramiz Alakbarov, UN humanitarian …
Keeping in view the current security situation in Pakistan, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif summoned a meeting of the National Security Committee (NSC) on Friday (today) to discuss the matters related to it. The meeting will take place at the Prime Minister’s House which will be attended by Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, …
ISLAMABAD, Dec 30 (APP) : Minister for Planning Development & Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal on Thursday dispelled the rumors related to default risks of the country and called for adopting export oriented policies for public and private sector to accelerate export led growth. He made these remarks while chairing a roundtable meeting titled Conducive Business Environment. The meeting was …
The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday nominated Pakistanis Men’s team skipper Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan and women’s team’s all-rounder Nida Dar for ICC awards 2022. Mohammad Rizwan has been nominated for ICC Men’s T20I Cricketer of the Year 2022 while Nida Dar has been nominated for women’s award. While skipper Babar Azam has been shortlisted for the ICC …
IISLAMABAD, Dec 29 (EW) : The meeting between the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) delegation and Speaker of the National Assembly Raja Pervaiz Ashraf ended inconclusively on Thursday as the latter refused to accept en masse resignations of the PTI members of the National Assembly (MNAs). On the other hand, the PTI delegation demanded the speaker accept the collective resignations. The …
The Melbourne Cricket Club (MCC) is looking into the possibility of hosting a Test match between India and Pakistan, who have not played each other in the longest format of the game since 2007 with bilateral cricket between the neighbours suspended. Since India hosted Pakistan in a bilateral limited-overs series in 2013 the pair have only competed against each …
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 29 (Reuters): The United Nations has announced that some “time-critical” programmes in Afghanistan have temporarily stopped and warned many other activities will also likely need to be paused because of a ban by the Taliban-led administration on women aid workers. UN aid chief Martin Griffiths, the heads of UN agencies UN agencies and several aid groups …
ISLAMABAD, Dec 29 (EW): – Awami Muslim League (AML) patron Sheikh Rashid Ahmad on Thursday said only political stability could lead to economic stability in the country as in prevailing circumstances all financial wizards would fail. Taking to Twitter, he said those who were not holding the local government elections right now how they could express willingness to organise …
WASHINGTON, Dec 29 (AFP): The US government’s two-year-old policy of invoking Covid-19 precautions to turn away hundreds of thousands of migrants at the Mexican border will remain in place for now, the Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday. The decision to uphold the controversial rule known as Title 42 delayed a looming political crisis for President Joe Biden, as thousands …
