ISLAMABAD, Nov 15 (EW): The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notices to PTI Chairman Imran Khan and other party leaders in a case related to the “contemptuous” remarks against the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). The ECP, on October 14, filed a plea in the apex court requesting transfer and consolidation of six petitions, filed by Imran Khan and …
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Nov 15 (EW): The world population surged past 8 billion people on Tuesday, the United Nations said, warning that more hardship is in store for regions already facing resource scarcity due to climate change. Whether its food or water, batteries or gasoline, there will be less to go around as the global population adds another 2.4 billion …
KARACHI, Nov 15 (EW): Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is set to inaugurate the four-day International Defence Exhibition and Seminar IDEAS-2022 at the Karachi Expo Centre today on Tuesday. Reports in local media said Defence Export Promotion Organization (DEPO) has arranged the exhibition, which brings together defense industries from around the world to showcase their latest technological innovations. The defence exhibition, …
ISLAMABAD, Nov 15 (EW): With Pakistan’s exit from the Financial Action Task Force list, the United Kingdom has removed South Asian country from its list of ‘High-Risk Third Countries’. Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari shared the good news on Twitter by sharing a picture of the official document. FM mentioned that the decision was taken on Islamabad’s early completion of …
ISLAMABAD, Nov 14 (EW): The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has sought a report from inspector general of police (IGP) Islamabad on a petition against the closure of roads in Islamabad due to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) protests. IHC on Tuesday heard a case against the closure of roads due to PTI sit-ins by traders. “Motorways is the federal subject, why …
ISLAMABAD, Nov 14 (EW): Pakistan has voted against the draft resolution calling for a moratorium on the capital punishment but a body of the UN General Assembly passed it anyway arguing that the death sentence was against the principles of human rights. In Pakistan, the moratorium on the death sentence was imposed in 2008. No executions were carried out …
Captain Babar Azam told his rejuvenated Pakistan side on Saturday to ride the wave of four consecutive victories and win the Twenty20 World Cup final. The 2009 champions suffered last-ball losses to India and Zimbabwe to start their tournament but bounced back to surge into Sunday’s final against England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. “We have lost the first …
ISLAMABAD, Nov 12 (EW): The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) Haqeeqi Azadi March will resume from Lala Musa and Jhang today, party leader Musarrat Cheema said on Saturday. Musarrat said Lala Musa was the last pit stop, adding that a second procession will march from Jhang, under the leadership of PTI Secretary General Asad Umar. She said that besides the two …
Pakistan will not be satisfied unless UN climate summit negotiators unlock emergency cash for the country to rebuild after this year’s devastating floods, its climate minister said Thursday. “The dystopia has already come to our doorstep,” the country’s climate minister, Sherry Rehman, told Reuters in an interview on the sidelines of the COP27 summit in Egypt. She lamented the glacial pace of …
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Nov 10 (AP): The foreign minister repeated calls for compensation for the unprecedented destruction caused to Pakistan by this summer’s flooding, saying debt relief could be a mechanism for doing so. Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari told The Associated Press that at the UN climate summit in Egypt that the world is unequipped to deal with weather-related disasters of this scale …
