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. VICTORY CELEBRATIONS: A convoy of Taliban security personnel take part in a parade in front of the former US Embassy building in Kabul. PHOTO: AFP KABUL: The Taliban marked five years in power on Saturday, seeking to portray their government as in control even as aid and rights groups warned of escalating crises. Outside … Read more
[ ISLAMABAD: Pak Datacom (PDL) has shifted its satellite-based connectivity to Yahsat, a UAE-based satellite operator, for a major bank and some other institutions, which could pose security challenges to the country. In a letter addressed to the secretary, IT and telecom ministry, former chief executive officer (CEO) of PDL Brig (Retired) Syed Zulfiqar Ali … Read more
[ Govt mulls over setting up development bank, rationalising import and export policies Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Establishment Division Senator Ahad Cheema ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Establishment Division Senator Ahad Cheema chaired a high-level meeting to oversee major regulatory, operational and financial reforms within the construction sector. The meeting was … Read more
. HARARE, ZIMBABWE: The death toll after a ferry capsized on Zimbabwe’s Lake Kariba this week has risen to 68 after more bodies were recovered on Saturday, the police said. The overloaded passenger ferry run by the government’s Rural Infrastructure Development Agency (RIDA) overturned on Tuesday in choppy waters. The police “advises Zimbabweans and relevant … Read more
Widespread online abuse and visits from the police show the added risks women take standing up for their beliefs in a patriarchal society.
CEASEFIRE VIOLATIONS: First aid responders and residents rush to the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the neighborhood in the southern Lebanese village of Deir al-Zahrani. PHOTO: AFP BEIRUT: At least 11 people were killed in Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon on Saturday, Lebanon’s health ministry said. The Israeli military said it struck Hezbollah … Read more
Immigrants have long eased labor shortages on farms and factories in Italy. But churches also need foreign-born priests, like the Rev. Vincent Souly of the Ivory Coast.
. RABAT: Moroccan police arrested at least 111 people on Saturday as they tried to enter Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta, amid tightened security on both sides of the border after social media posts called for another mass migrant crossing. The attempted crossing came two weeks after more than 72,000 migrants surged into Ceuta, … Read more
Urges PML-N to make merit basis of AJK cabinet Wants region to catch up with Punjab on development Qadir, Tariq Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif. Photo: Screen grab MURREE: A day after the ruling coalition moved to put its differences behind it, PML-N President Nawaz Sharif on Saturday offered a veteran’s counsel on Saturday, urging … Read more
. CAMBRIDGE: UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham called for “reflection” Saturday after the death of Cambridge academic Jason Arday as his family denounced what they called years of harassment amid accusations of plagiarism. Arday, 41, was found dead Friday, just over a week after he quit as a Cambridge University professor and Jesus College fellow … Read more