US President Donald Trump said that representatives from Pakistan are coming to the United States next week as the South Asian country seeks to make a deal on tariffs. Pakistan faces a potential 29% tariff on its exports to the United States due to a $3 billion trade surplus with the world’s biggest economy, under […]
A federal judge in Washington suggested on Friday he is considering making Alphabet’s Google take less aggressive measures to restore competition in online search than the 10-year regime proposed by antitrust enforcers. US District Judge Amit Mehta heard closing arguments on Friday at a trial on proposals to address Google’s illegal monopoly in online search […]
A part of Muhammad Khan forest caught fire on Thursday night, destroying mostly wild plantations, and around 50 mature trees, on a piece of land between seven to 10 acres. The forest, spread on 181 acres of land, is located in Kathri in the jurisdiction of Hatri police station. District Forest Officer Rizwan Memon told […]
A polio worker, Sanji Chand Odho, was abducted by armed men on motorcycles on Friday. He was working in the UC Pir Bakhsh Shajra of Taluka Khanpur in Shikarpur district when the suspected abductors pursued him. However, the worker was freed within six hours. Upon receiving information about the incident, Deputy Commissioner Shikarpur Shakeel Ahmed […]
National Assembly Standing Committee on Home Chairperson Faryal Talpur chaired a high-level meeting of the committee and discussed serious issues including sale of drugs online, drug use in educational institutions, crackdown on terrorists, and prevention of opium cultivation in Sindh. The panel also took up the issue of the sale of chemically manufactured milk. Faryal […]
A policeman, who had allegedly shot dead his fiancé, a government primary school teacher, on April 7, was arrested in a police raid at the residence of a lawyer in Kambar-Shahdadkot district on Friday. The district’s SSP Sajid Amir Saddozai told a press conference that Fareed Hasilo has been rounded up in a raid led […]
Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah, addressing the Members’ Convocation Ceremony for the Winter Batch 2024 of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP), stated that the rigorous journey to obtaining Chartered Accountant qualification instils discipline, ethics, and leadership qualities, transforming these professionals into trusted advisors and visionary leaders beyond mere numbers crunchers. The event, […]
Pakistan on Friday officially confirmed that it was upgrading diplomatic ties with Afghanistan and would soon exchange ambassadors with Kabul, in a significant shift in Islamabad’s policy towards Kabul. The announcement of upgrading ties was first made by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi last week when he hosted foreign ministers of Pakistan and Afghanistan in […]
Pakistan and India are close to reducing the troop buildup along their border to levels before conflict erupted between the nuclear-armed neighbours this month, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Gen Sahir Shamshad Mirza told Reuters on Friday. However, he warned the crisis had increased the risk of escalation in the future. Both sides used […]
Supreme Court Justices Jamal Khan Mandokhail and Naeem Akhtar Afghan on Friday released a dissenting opinion in the case concerning the trial of civilians in military courts, declaring such court-martials unconstitutional. The 35-page minority decision firmly states that the jurisdiction of court-martials was exclusively limited to military personnel and cannot be extended to ordinary civilians. […]