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Due to a PTI member being absent from the meeting, as the committee sought input on plan to redraw Punjab’s map ISLAMABAD: A proposed constitutional amendment to carve out a new South Punjab province dominated a Senate panel on Thursday, with deliberations on the bill deferred after a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) member skipped the meeting, … Read more
[A reordering of the rules of trade, set on top of transformational change in technology, demographics and climate, is remaking jobs, politics and lives.
Workers at the budget hotel in the southern Philippines, a region that has long battled Islamist insurgencies, said the two men rarely left their room.
PARIS: Three films about Russian anti-Kremlin journalists and activists under President Vladimir Putin have been shortlisted for the Oscars, in what critics said Wednesday sent a clear anti-war, anti-authoritarian message. David Borenstein’s “Mr Nobody Against Putin”, based on footage smuggled out of Russia, and “My Undesirable Friends: Part 1 – Last Air in Moscow”, by … Read more
The Swiss star edged compatriot Franjo von Allmen on a shortened Saslong course, with Italy’s Dominik Paris third Switzerland’s Marco Odermatt in action during the first run. Photo: REUTERS ITALY: Marco Odermatt tightened his grip on the Alpine skiing World Cup when he won the first of two downhills in Val Gardena on Thursday, joining … Read more
. GILGIT: The Gilgit-Baltistan’s Inspector General of Police (IGP) Afzal Mahmood Butt has announced a major breakthrough in the investigation into the attack on Qazi Nisar Ahmad, the leader of Ahl-e-Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ). In a news conference, IGP Butt confirmed that significant arrests have been made concerning the incident that occurred on October 5, … Read more
. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Photo: File WASHINGTON: The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on two more judges of the International Criminal Court after they rejected an attempt by Israel to end a war crimes probe in Gaza.Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who had already ordered sanctions on judges and prosecutors in … Read more
[The Bank of Japan moved to slow inflation as the prime minister is borrowing more to fund an ambitious effort to build up industry and support households.
SYDNEY: Australia’s prime minister vowed to stamp out extremism Thursday as the nation mourned the youngest victim of the Bondi Beach shooting, a 10-year-old girl remembered as “our little ray of sunshine”. Father-and-son gunmen are accused of firing into crowds at a beachside Jewish festival on Sunday evening, killing 15 in an onslaught authorities linked … Read more
An unusual object orbiting a rapidly spinning star might be a new phenomenon in the universe.