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PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan has called for dialogue to resolve political issues, warning that tensions should not be allowed to escalate further. Speaking to the media at the Peshawar High Court on Tuesday, Gohar also criticised what he described as the government’s failure to implement a court order allowing a meeting with party founder Imran Khan at Adiala Jail. Referring to the detention of former chief minister Sohail Afridi and the former KP Assembly speaker, Gohar welcomed the decision to refer the matter to the high court’s chief…

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Iran’s top military commander has warned that the country’s armed forces would respond to any threat without geographical limits, while setting out five conditions Tehran considers necessary for lasting security. Maj-General Ali Abdollahi, chief of staff of Iran’s Armed Forces and commander of the Khatam Al Anbiya Central Headquarters, said the military had the capacity to strike both the material and non-material assets of its adversaries, according to state broadcaster IRIB. He described Iran as a “fourth centre of global power”, citing its control over the Strait of Hormuz, a…

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Americans began casting ballots on Tuesday in midterm elections that will determine control of Congress and shape the remainder of President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda. The nationwide vote will decide all 435 seats in the House of Representatives, 35 Senate seats and governorships in 36 states. State legislative positions and local offices are also up for election, alongside policy referendums in some states, according to Anadolu news agency. The first polling stations opened at 6am local time in New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Virginia and parts of Indiana and Kentucky,…

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The Islamabad High Court on Tuesday granted protective bail to TikToker Mr Patlo until November 10 in a case registered against him in Sialkot. According to sources, Mr Patlo appeared before the court in a wheelchair alongside his lawyer Qasim Abbasi. The Islamabad High Court chief justice approved his protective bail after hearing his petition. The case against Mr Patlo was registered following a stampede at his mehndi ceremony at Faraz Cricket Ground on Daska Road in Sialkot on Saturday. At least two people were killed and 13 others were…

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Indian farmer Amarsingh Gushinge wants to sow wheat and chickpeas in coming weeks to capitalise on attractive prices, but dwindling water supplies after below-average monsoon rains are preventing him from planting either crop. Like Gushinge, millions of farmers, especially in southern and western India, are facing water shortages as they prepare to plant winter crops. “There’s not enough moisture in the soil to sow ​the next crop, and no money left to do so either,” said Gushinge, 78, at Rajewadi village, about 400 km east of Mumbai. The Jalna district…

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The Singles’ Day ​shopping extravaganza in China unveiled a new attraction this year as it graduates beyond a long ‌association with cut-price cosmetics and home appliances: computing credits used to access artificial intelligence tools. The launch is the first time AI token packages have been offered as a significant consumer product category during Singles’ Day, the world’s largest shopping festival originally held on November ​11 each year. Top livestreamer Austin Li sold 100,000 monthly memberships of Alibaba’s QwenWork office AI service within ​half an hour during a Taobao Live broadcast…

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Democrats have held a significant lead in early voting ahead of the US midterm elections, with pre-election turnout higher than in 2022 and a more diverse group of voters casting ballots, according to data tracked by CNN. Data compiled by CNN, the Associated Press and analytics firm Catalist show that Democratic voters accounted for a larger share of early ballots than Republicans across 25 states. Democrats led Republicans by 13 percentage points in early voting, an increase of more than three points compared with the same stage of the 2022…

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The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has issued a show-cause notice to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) for failing to hold mandatory intra-party elections within the extended deadline of October 15, 2026. According to the ECP, the notice was issued on October 26, giving the party 14 days to explain its failure to meet the legal requirement. The commission said that political parties were required under the Elections Act 2017 to hold regular elections for their office-bearers and submit an election certificate within seven days of completing the process. The…

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The family of Hina Javed, a digital media executive who was found murdered in the bathroom of her apartment in Rawalpindi, has rejected the police decision to reopen investigations into her case and reiterated its demand for the formation of a judicial commission. The family also expressed its lack of confidence in the Punjab Police’s impartiality. According to the family, SSP Investigation Saifullah contacted them and asked them to visit his office to sign a request seeking the transfer of the investigation to police in another district. However, the family…

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Britain watered down plans on Monday to ‌impose long delays on immigrants seeking to receive permanent residence, announcing exemptions for hundreds of thousands of care workers to defuse a political outcry within the governing Labour Party. The government had announced plans last year to require lower-skilled workers to wait 10-15 years to receive permanent residence, up ​from five years previously. But under the plans unveiled on Monday, it said hundreds of thousands of workers in the ​care sector would now be exempt from the longer waits. Refugees who arrived illegally…

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