The Sindh Transport Department has warned all transporters to strictly comply with traffic rules and the conditions of route permits, cautioning that vehicles found in violation will be seized and cases will be registered. Senior Minister of Sindh and Provincial Minister for Information, Transport and Mass Transit, Sharjeel Inam Memon, said that all vehicles must […]
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Israel’s parliament ends Netanyahu’s 12-year rule as ‘crime minister’
TEL AVIV: An alliance of Israeli parties on Sunday ousted Benjamin Netanyahu, the country’s longest-serving prime minister, and formed a new government in a seismic shift in the country’s turbulent politics. Naftali Bennett, a right-wing nationalist and former tech millionaire, was to take over at the helm of the eight-party bloc, united only by their […]
How the 30-year rule of Sudan’s Omar Hassan al-Bashir ended
On the night of April 10, Sudan’s feared spymaster, Salah Gosh, visited President Omar Hassan al-Bashir in his palace to reassure the leader that mass protests posed no threat to his rule. For four months, thousands of Sudanese had been taking to the streets. They were demanding democracy and an end to economic hardship. Gosh […]
Egyptologist presents theory of two queen rule before Tutankhamun
Tutankhamun, the boy king of ancient Egypt, came to power only after two of his sisters jointly held the throne, according to an Egyptologist at Canada’s Universite du Quebec a Montreal (UQAM). Researchers have known for more than half a century that a queen had reigned before Tutankhamun, whose intact tomb was discovered in 1922, […]
Egypt vote firms up El-Sisi rule as regional unrest flares
As mass protests rock other Arab countries, a snap referendum in Egypt has gone against the grain and cemented President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi’s rule for years to come. The three-day ballot saw constitutional changes sail through that allow the former military chief to stay in power until 2030, boost his control over the judiciary and […]