The White House on Saturday withdrew Jared Isaacman’s nomination to head NASA, unexpectedly removing the Elon Musk ally from consideration for the top post at the US space agency. President Donald Trump said he would announce a new candidate soon. “After a thorough review of prior associations, I am hereby withdrawing the nomination of Jared […]
The Punjab Wildlife Department faces yet another hurdle in its animal import plans as the Animal Quarantine Department has withheld clearance for the import of giraffes, rhinos, and hippos from South Africa. The ambitious initiative to bring in large exotic animals for Lahore Zoo and Safari Park has now been delayed indefinitely, following a similar […]
Bangladesh’s Supreme Court has reinstated the political registration of the Jamaat-e-Islami party, overturning a 2013 High Court ruling that had barred the country’s largest religious party from participating in elections for over a decade. The ruling, issued on Sunday by a four-member Appellate Division bench headed by Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed, directed the Election […]
In a first, an incumbent district and sessions judge has come under an armed assault as Larkana and Sukkur divisions witness aggravation in the already poor law and order situation. The squad of Larkana district court’s top judge Simkan Hussain Mughal was attacked by unknown armed men as it passed through Tando Masti area of […]
A woman and her daughter were shot dead while their husbands were injured in an armed attack on the family in a village in Veeran Forest in Jhirk, Thatta district, on Saturday. Razia Khoso, 40, Azizan Khoso, 22, were gunned down and their husbands were injured. The police said they have started an investigation, though, […]
Spurred by the arrest of a cop for allegedly killing a female school teacher in Kambar Shahdadkot district, the Sindh University’s spokesperson has urged the IG Sindh Police to show similar eagerness to arrest the killers of his mother. In a vehement open letter addressed to the IGP Ghulam Memon, the Public Relations Officer Nadir […]
The Rizvia police, on the complaint of Advocate Riaz Ali Solangi, registered a case against two named officials of the SBCA, and 18 other unidentified individuals. The complainant stated that construction work was ongoing at his house in Nazimabad when, in his absence, the SBCA team forcibly entered the property. He further mentioned that when […]
The Judicial Magistrate South has ordered the investigation officer to submit the charge sheet in the next hearing in the case of operating an illegal call centre against Armughan, the prime accused in Mustafa Amir murder case. The court expressed displeasure over the failure to submit the Challan. The court inquired why the charge sheet […]
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said he is willing to sit across the table with “those who have been misled … who have been led astray” in Balochistan, as he pledged to deliver “social and economic justice” to the people of the province, which has been trapped in a spiral of deadly violence since 2006. “We […]
India’s defence chief on Saturday appeared to confirm his country had lost at least one aircraft during the brief conflict with Pakistan earlier this month, he told Bloomberg in an interview. India and Pakistan were engaged in a four-day conflict this month, their worst standoff since 1999, before a ceasefire was agreed on May 10. […]