Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. – AP BEIRUT: The militant group of the Islamic State confirmed the death of its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in a statement Thursday and named his replacement as Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Quraishi. "We cry to them … commander of the faithful," said Abu Hamza al-Quraishi, introduced as the group's new spokesman, in […]
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court ruled that the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority's act of preventing television channels from broadcasting the press conference of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman was illegal and a violation of the Constitution and Ordinance of Pemra 2002. A bank composed of the President of the Supreme Court, Waqar Ahmad
LAHORE: As Lahore's smog levels exceeded 550 in the Air Quality Index, meant as dangerous, environmental experts and activists express their dismay and horror at what will develop further. According to some instruments installed in Lahore, the Gulberg area even registered 600 AQI. The last level of "dangerous" in the AQI is between 250 and
ISLAMABAD: A delegation from the World Bank Group led by its president David Malpass meets with Prime Minister Imran Khan. – APP ISLAMABAD: The president of the World Bank Group, David R. Malpass, said Thursday that the reforms carried out by Pakistan to facilitate business would help create jobs, attract investments and generate more tax
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has decided to hold a regular day-to-day hearing in cases related to the Cess of Gas Development Infrastructure (GIDC) starting next Thursday. The decision was made by a court of three Supreme Court judges composed of Judge Mushir Alam, Judge Faisal Arab and Judge Syed Mansoor Ali Shah when he resumed
ISLAMABAD: At least 33 journalists were killed for their journalism work in Pakistan during the last six years, including seven in the last year (November 2018 to October 2019) alone, according to Freedom Network. The new report entitled "100{7be40b84a6a43fc4fae13304fce9a2695859798abfc41afd127b9f8b21c5f9c5} impunity for murderers, 0{7be40b84a6a43fc4fae13304fce9a2695859798abfc41afd127b9f8b21c5f9c5} justice for journalists killed in Pakistan: crime and punishment in the journalistic
ISLAMABAD: The Azad march of the opposition parties led by Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl finally entered Islamabad on Thursday, but not before exposing the lack of coordination between them. JUI-F's decision to keep his royal plan secret until the last moment not only perplexed the government and the local administration of the capital, but was also criticized
KARACHI: The Pakistani authorities sent more than 200 content removal requests to Twitter in the first half of this year, the highest so far, according to a semi-annual report from the social media website. The website's transparency report published on Thursday said that between January and July 2019, the government sent 273 content removal requests
Sara Ali Khan, the daughter of Saif Ali Khan, has heard of her since she stepped into Bollywood last year at Kedarnath. Sara Ali Khan, who impressed everyone with her powerful performance at Kedarnath, now remains the first choice of all filmmakers, so everyone wants to make a film with her. Talking about the latest
New difficulties have drastically reduced the problems faced by US manufacturers. This led to the CEO's resignation after a fatal crash in connection with the sharp profits, federal investigations, and the 737 MAX, the successor to the 737NG. The Boeing 737 MAX plane is parked at Grant County International Airport in Moses Lake, Washington, October
