Новости за 21.11.2024

Anchorperson Orya Maqbool Jan was released on Thursday from Lahore’s Camp Jail after he was granted post-arrest bail a day ago in a cybercrime case pertaining to alleged hate speech against the former top judge of the country regarding the Mubarak Sani case.

Hardline Republican Matt Gaetz withdrew his name from consideration as President-elect Donald Trump’s attorney general, in the face of opposition from the Senate Republicans whose support he would have needed to win the job.

The country lost at least 55 security personnel in the first three weeks of November in a string of clashes and suicide bombings, suggesting a protracted surge in violence across the country.

The PTI suffered a big blow on Thursday ahead of its power show planned for November 24 as the Islamabad High Court ruled that no protest or rally in violation of a recent law regulating public gatherings in the capital would be allowed over the weekend amid the Belarusian president’s visit.

Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants on Thursday for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defence chief and a Hamas leader for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Thursday announced the appointment of its Chief Operating Officer Sumair Ahmad Syed as the Tournament Director for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, scheduled to take place in Pakistan.

Bangladesh’s illness-stricken opposition leader Khaleda Zia made her first public appearance in six years on Thursday, months after her release from house arrest following the ouster of longtime foe Sheikh Hasina.

At least 38 people were killed in a gun attack carried out on passenger vans in the Ochat area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s lower Kurram region on Thursday, according to the police.

The interior ministry on Thursday wrote to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief secretary to ensure that state machinery, equipment or finances were not used for PTI’s power show planned for November 24 (Sunday).

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defence Minister Yoav Gallant, as well as Hamas’s military chief Mohammed Deif.

India’s Adani Group on Thursday called US charges that their billionaire tycoon founder Gautam Adani had paid more than $250 million in bribes “baseless”, as the opposition leader demanded his arrest.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi on Thursday announced a multi-party conference (MPC) in the first week of December to discuss various issues faced by the province, including terrorism.

Fertiliser drove optimism at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Thursday as shares surged more than 1,700 points, crossing the 97,000 barrier for the first time after a bearish spell the day before.

Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir has said that “nothing, including politics,” was above Pakistan and urged people to prioritise their country over “personal interests”, the Associated Press of Pakistan reported.

Sri Lanka’s new leader on Thursday backed a controversial bailout of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), marking a U-turn from his election pledge to renegotiate the deal secured by his predecessor.

Bulls regained their control over the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Thursday as shares surged more than 1,400 points in intraday trade, crossing the 97,000 barrier for the first time after a bearish spell the day before.

The interior ministry on Thursday wrote to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief secretary to ensure that state machinery, equipment or finances were not used for PTI’s power show planned for November 24 (Sunday).

The factories of Manchester and New York were the proud symbols of industrialisation, ushering in an era of progress and prosperity in the 18th century. But beneath the chimneys that fuelled this golden era lay a darker legacy — they sowed the seeds of the environmental crises we face today.

Investment banker Howard Lutnick’s exposure to China came into sharp relief on Wednesday, after Republican President-elect Donald Trump tapped him to lead the agencies that have become the tip of the spear in the US-China trade war.

Indian billionaire Gautam Adani has been indicted by US prosecutors for his alleged role in a $265 million bribery scheme, plunging his conglomerate deep into crisis for the second time in two years.

• Currently a member of the constitutional bench, Justice Ayesha Malik was also part of the five-judge panel that authored Oct 23, 2023 judgement on military courts
• Three-member committee tasks SC registrar with drafting rules for constitutional bench

DUBAI: An Israeli attack on Syria’s historic city of Palmyra killed 36 people and wounded more than 50 on Wednesday after it hit residential buildings and an industrial zone, the Syrian state news agency SANA reported. The Syrian defence ministry also confirmed the incident.

RAWALPINDI: The law enforcement agencies have planned to “lay a virtual siege” to the garrison city by sealing it from 50 points to prevent Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf workers from entering the federal capital territory on Nov 24.

ISLAMABAD: The population of children in Pakistan is estimated to be 129 million by 2050, whereas India and China will have an average of 350m and 141m respectively, according to the ‘State of the World’s Children 2024, released by Unicef on Wednesday.

Researchers procured two specimens for Rs16,000.—Courtesy Dr Sher K. Panhwar

KARACHI: Two new species of cobia fish — the long, meaty variety often featured in Hollywood movies depicting fishing competitions — were discovered off the coast of Pak­istan, according to a recently published study in peer-reviewed journal Zoologischer Anzeiger.