The PTI confronted significant organisational changes Tuesday as Secretary General Salman Akram Raja announced his resignation and former Punjab leader Hammad Azhar withdrew from contesting a crucial Lahore by-election. Raja’s departure from the secretary general position stems from what he characterised as irreconcilable differences regarding his responsibilities within the party structure. The senior lawyer revealed […]
India alerted Pakistan about an impending flood despite keeping the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) in abeyance – a move Islamabad on Monday said should have been routed through treaty obligations instead of diplomatic channels. India shared the flood data on Sunday morning through its High Commission in Islamabad, according to officials here on Monday. […]
Pakistan has decided to release over Rs100 billion to Chinese power plants ahead of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s visit, cutting outstanding dues by nearly one-fourth in a bid to address one of Beijing’s key concerns. According to officials, the Finance Ministry has instructed that the payments be made from the power sector subsidies allocated in […]
Israel struck Nasser hospital in the south of the Gaza Strip on Monday, killing at least 20 people, including five journalists who worked for Reuters, the Associated Press, Al Jazeera and others. Cameraman Hussam al-Masri, a Reuters contractor, was killed near a live broadcasting position operated by Reuters on an upper floor just below the […]
Elon Musk’s companies xAI and X filed a sweeping US antitrust lawsuit Monday against Apple and OpenAI, alleging the tech giants formed an illegal partnership to stifle competition in artificial intelligence and smartphone markets. The 61-page complaint, filed in federal court in Texas, accuses Apple and OpenAI of entering an exclusive deal that makes OpenAI’s […]
The rain was relentless the night Mohammad Kaisar fled for his life from his home in Myanmar’s Maungdaw township. Barefoot and exhausted, he trudged with his parents and four siblings on mud paths until they reached the Naf River. On a flimsy boat, they crossed into Bangladesh, joining around a million of the largely Muslim […]
The 3.18-million-year-old bone fragments of human ancestor Lucy, which rarely leave Ethiopia, went on display in Prague on Monday, with the Czech prime minister hailing the fossils’ “first ever” showing in Europe. The ancient remains of the Australopithecus afarensis were discovered in Ethiopia in 1974. The find was, at the time, the most complete ever […]
Vietnam’s central belt was lashed by Typhoon Kajiki on Monday, with at least one person killed by deluges and gales howling more than 130 kilometres per hour, as tens of thousands of residents were evacuated from the path of the tempest. The typhoon — the fifth to affect Vietnam this year — roiled the Gulf […]
Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has issued strict directives to ensure the timely evacuation of populations in flood-hit areas, ahead of expected flood torrents, the Associated Press of Pakistan reported on Monday. In a statement, the CM emphasised the need to utilise all available resources to minimise loss of life. She ordered the immediate […]