Wikipedia services degraded over unlawful content: PTA By: APP on February 1, 2023 Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has degraded Wikipedia services in the country on account of not blocking or removing sacrilegious contents. Wikipedia was approached for blocking or removal of the said contents by issuing a notice under applicable law and court order(s) said a news release issued here Wednesday. An opportunity of hearing was also […]
Fawad gets conditional bail By: APP/ Web Desk on February 1, 2023The District and Sessions Court on Wednesday conditionally granted bail to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s leader Chaudhry Fawad Hussain in a case of inciting the public to violence against the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). Additional Session Judge Faizan Gilani, in his order, observed that the court was accepting the bail petition on the condition that the […]
PM to inaugurate K3 nuclear power plant in Karachi on Thursday By: APP on February 1, 2023Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Wednesday that he would inaugurate K3 nuclear plant in Karachi on Thursday, that has been built in cooperation with China. The prime minister said this in a meeting with a delegation of China National Nuclear Corporation which called on him here. After operationalisation of K3 power plant, the generation […]
OIC condemns Holy Qur’an’s desecration; calls for joint action to stop recurrence By: APP on January 31, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation convened an open-ended Extraordinary Meeting of the OIC Executive Committee on Tuesday to express the organization’s common stance against the recent desecration of the Holy Qur’an in Sweden, the Netherlands, and Denmark. Held at the OIC headquarters in Jeddah, the meeting also discussed the possible actions that the OIC […]
Peshawar blast: Lady Reading Hospital receives 100 dead bodies By: APP/ Web Desk on January 31, 2023PESHAWAR: The spokesman of Lady Reading Hospital Muhammad Asim on Tuesday said that until now 100 dead bodies from the Peshawar mosque blast were received. He said that until now there were 53 injured in the blast, who were admitted to different wards of the hospital including seven in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), adding […]
COAS directs all commanders to continue focusing on anti-terrorism operations By: APP on January 31, 2023Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Syed Asim Munir on Tuesday directed all corps commanders to continue to focus on anti-terrorism operations in coordination with intelligence and law enforcement agencies (LEAs) with renewed resolve till the time sustainable peace is established. The Army Chief presided over the 255th Corps Commanders’ Conference held here at General […]
Biden rejects F-16s for Ukraine as Russia claims advances By: AFP on January 31, 2023President Joe Biden said Monday the United States would not provide F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, as Kyiv expands the list of weaponry it needs to be better able to drive Russian forces from occupied territories. Fighting continued at key points along the long front as Russian forces sought to expand their hold on territory […]
Fawad Chaudhry sent to jail on judicial remand By: webdesk on January 30, 2023Islamabad Court on Monday rejected plea seeking extension of physical remand of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader and former federal minister Fawad Chaudhry and sent him to jail on 14-day judicial remand. Judicial Magistrate Waqas Ahmed Raja heard the case. The accused was produced before the court around 3 p.m. At the request of the defence lawyer, the […]
Turkey’s opposition pledges to undo Erdogan’s legacy By: AFP on January 30, 2023Turkey’s opposition vowed on Monday to undo President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s two-decade legacy of Islamic-rooted rule and expand democratic freedoms if they take power in crucial May 14 elections. The six parties united against Erdogan also pledged to decide on February 13 on a joint candidate in the presidential vote — widely seen as Turkey’s […]
44 martyred, 175 injured in Peshawar Police Lines mosque blast By: APP on January 30, 2023PESHAWAR: An apparently powerful suicide blast here at the mosque of Malik Saad Shaheed Police Lines on Monday martyred some 44 worshipers, mostly policemen, and injured around 175 others during the Zuhr (afternoon) prayer. According to a police spokesman, the death toll rose to 44 with 12 more critically injured expired here at the Lady […]