It’s been one year and nine months since the outbreak of the Gaza War; 77 years and two months since the occupation of Palestinian lands by the Zionist entity, with the backing of the Protestant Europe; around 2,600 years since the first destruction of the Temple by the Babylonians; 1,955 years since its second destruction […]
As another July 5th recedes into Pakistan’s collective memory, it remains a symbolic rupture: the night when the populist experiment of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was abruptly terminated by General Zia-ul-Haq’s martial law in 1977. Yet beyond the immediate tragedy of democratic collapse lies a deeper contradiction, one embodied in Bhutto himself. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto occupies […]
A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court (PHC) comprising Justice Ejaz Anwar and Justice Faheem Wali on Thursday dismissed a contempt of court petition filed against the arrest of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) provincial leader Syed Haider Shah Bacha. During the hearing, Justice Ejaz Anwar remarked that summoning the police in every case could […]
The International Court of Justice’s landmark advisory opinion that states are obligated under international law to tackle climate change is a seismic shift in the global fight against climate catastrophe. By unequivocally declaring that states failing to curb fossil fuels and protect the climate system commit an “internationally wrongful act”, the world’s highest court has […]
An Antonov An-24 passenger plane carrying 48 people crashed in Russia’s far east on Thursday as it was preparing to land, killing everyone on board in an incident that spotlighted the continued use of old, Soviet-era aircraft. The burning fuselage of the plane, which was made in 1976, was spotted by a search helicopter after […]
The Senate on Thursday passed a resolution condemning the brutal murder of a man and a woman in Balochistan, carried out on the orders of a tribal jirga. The resolution was adopted with overwhelming support, with Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) being the only party that declined to endorse it. Tabled by Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Senator […]
Paceman Salman Mirza grabbed three wickets and opener Sahibzada Farhan struck an aggressive fifty in Pakistan’s consolation 74-run win in the third T20 on Thursday as Bangladesh took the series 2-1. Mirza, playing only his third international, demolished Bangladesh’s top order with figures of 3-19 as the home team was bowled out for 104 in […]
A double-cabin vehicle overturned and sank into the sea at Sea View on Wednesday night. Rescue 1122 teams reached the site and pulled the vehicle out of the water. The vehicle belonged to Mehran Soomro, a resident of Safoora, Scheme 33. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DMf2puUq8He/ According to Boat Basin SHO Muhammad Riaz Niazi, Mehran Soomro had visited Sea […]
Over 400 employees at the Sindh Government Children’s Hospital in Karachi, operated under a public-private partnership, have reportedly gone unpaid for the past four months. Staff members have warned the administration that if their salaries are not disbursed by August, they will launch protest demonstrations. Speaking to The Express Tribune, hospital administrators confirmed the delay […]