ADDIS ABABA:The number of people arriving in Ethiopia due to the ongoing situation in Sudan has surpassed 25,700, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) has said. “With hundreds of daily arrivals from Sudan in the past couple of weeks, Ethiopia’s Metema border crossing point has now registered over 20,400 people, mostly […]
WASHINGTON:US President Joe Biden would meet prime ministers Narendra Modi of India and Anthony Albanese of Australia on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Japan, the White House said on Tuesday on the eve of the President leaving on his now-curtailed foreign trip. “He (Biden) will also have the opportunity to meet with the […]
DHAKA:Rescuers early Monday evacuated about 1,000 people trapped by seawater 3.6 meters (12 feet ) deep along western Myanmar’s coast after a powerful cyclone injured hundreds and cut off communications. Damage and six deaths have been reported, but the true impact was not yet clear in one of Asia’s least developed countries. Strong winds injured […]
ISLAMABAD:A special bench of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday granted bail to former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan for two weeks in a corruption case. A division bench comprising Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb and Justice Saman Rafat Imtiaz heard the Al-Qadir trust corruption case, a day after the Supreme Court termed Khan’s arrest […]
RAWALPINDI:Following the attack on the General Headquarters (GHQ) of the Pakistan Army and ransacking of the Lahore Corps Commanders home, authorities have registered cases against senior Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders. In Rawalpindi, the FIR was registered under 10 criminal sections, Geo News reported. The FIR said that a police team deployed near Gate No 1 […]
ISLAMABAD:Following the arrest of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan, the partys supporters took to the streets across the country, engaging in violent protests and riots that have caused significant destruction of property and loss of life, the media reported. During the unrest since Khan’s arrest on Tuesday, demonstrators hurled stones, and set vehicles ablaze, […]
ISLAMABAD:Following the arrest of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan from the premises of the Islamabad High Court (IHC), government sources have confirmed that the countrys army has nothing to do with the development. The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) arrested Khan on Tuesday in accordance with the law, which has no connection whatsoever with the […]
ISLAMABAD:Amid violent protests, vandalisation of security installations and road blockades in Pakistan against the arrest of Imran Khan, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) is set to seek a 14-day judicial custody of the former Prime Minister to question him in the Al-Qadir Trust case, sources said. As per the latest reports, Khan is currently being […]
FUJAIRAH:Muhammad Hanifa Basheer (68) of Khorfaqan, who was a favourite of Malayalees in Fujairah, passed away. He felt unwell at his home and was rushed to the hospital, but his life could not be saved. Basheer, a native of Mayyanad in Kollam district, has been living in Khorfaqan in Fujairah for four decades with his […]
KARACHI:The Health Department in Pakistan’s Sindh province has confirmed this year’s first case of the life-threatening Congo virus in Karachi, media reports said on Sunday. According to health officials, Muhammad Adil, a 28-year-old resident of Nazimabad, visited the Ziauddin Hospital as an outpatient on Thursday this week. Qasim Siraj Soomro, the parliamentary secretary on health […]