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ISLAMABAD: Former attorney general for Pakistan (AGP) Khalid Jawed Khan on Saturday explained that he wanted a proper inquiry into the serious allegations levelled by Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui, though he was unaware of any previous government letter in this regard. Mr Khan said he, as the then first law officer, and not Anwar Mansoor, had furnished a letter dated June 10, …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Secretary General Omar Ayub Khan on Monday alleged that violation of human rights was at its peak in Pakistan, announcing that police would be summoned in the Public Accounts Committee (PAC). He also claimed that Bushra Bibi, wife of PTI’s founding chairman Imran Khan, was confined to a small room in Banigala. He termed the president’s election …

LAHORE: At last, Yasir Arafat will get the chance to be part of Pakistan’s coaching panel. The former all-rounder is set to be Pakistan’s coach for the upcoming five-match T20I series in New Zealand, Dawn has learnt, less than a year after he was in the fray to become the team’s bowling coach. Former Pakistan team director Mickey Arthur had wanted Yasir …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A Houston woman was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Thursday after pleading guilty to murdering her own mother in 2021. Ericka Nicole McDonald, 31, fatally stabbed her 51-year-old mother, Terri Mendoza, at her apartment on Willow Place Drive in northwest Houston on Aug. 16, 2021. Authorities reported that before the attack, McDonald got into an …

Former wicketkeeper batter Kamran Akmal caught attention with his statements about the Pakistan team ahead of the high-octane ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 fixture against arch-rivals India at Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium. Pakistan and India, who are unbeaten in the tournament, will go head to head against each other for the eighth time in the hisory of the 50-over World …

ISLAMABAD: After weeks of deliberations, Bal­o­chistan Awami Party (BAP) Senator Anwarul Haq Kakar was named the caretaker prime minister after Prime Minister She­h­baz Sharif and Opposi­tion Leader Raja Riaz reached a consensus over his “surprise” nomination. Mr Kakar, who hails from Balochistan, will bec­ome the eighth caretaker prime minister. Pre­sident Dr Arif Alvi signed a summary sent to him by …

Unofficial results on Monday of by-elections held on 63 local body seats in five divisions of Sindh showed the PPP emerging victorious in Karachi. According to Radio Pakistan, the PPP emerged as the single largest party in the by-polls. Quoting unofficial results, the report said that the PPP bagged seven out of the 11 union committees in Karachi while the remaining …

Samsung Electronics said Tuesday that its fourth-quarter operating profits plunged nearly 70 percent, the biggest drop in more than eight years, as the global economic slowdown dealt a blow to electronics and chips sales. The South Korean tech giant said operating profits for the October to December period slumped to 4.3 trillion won ($3.4 billion), a 69 percent drop from …

PARIS: Europe has seen “extreme” warm winter weather in recent days, experts have said, with 2023 alrey posting record temperatures for January across the region. As temperatures rise globally because of human-caused climate change, scientists say heatwaves and spells of warmer-than-average weather are becoming more common throughout the year. After experiencing searing summer heat and a drought unprecedented in centuries, …

KARACHI: While the killer of a teenage student, who was murdered at a coaching centre in Gulshan-i-Iqbal on Friday, is still at large, victim’s family and relatives took the coffin and held a protest demonstration outside the Karachi Press Club on Saturday demanding justice for the victim. A student armed with a Kalashnikov rifle along with his accomplices shot dead …