A video ad from Nike Japan against bullying and racism that features biracial athletes and other minorities, such as those of Korean descent, has prompted a sharp online response including calls to boycott the company. Japan has traditionally prided itself on being racially homogeneous, although successful mixed-race athletes such as tennis star Naomi Osaka are challenging that image. The commercial, …

SINGAPORE: Lab-grown chicken will soon be available in restaurants in Singapore after the country became the first to green-light meat created without slaughtering any animals. US start-up Eat Just said on Wednesday that its meat had been approved for sale in the city-state as an ingredient in chicken nuggets. The news marks a “breakthrough for the global food industry”, said …

Azerbaijan said on Thursday that nearly 2,800 of its soldiers were killed in recent fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh, the first details it has released of military losses in weeks of clashes with Armenian forces. The defence ministry in Baku said in a statement that “2,783 servicemen of the Azerbaijani armed forces were killed in the patriotic war”, adding that 100 more …

ISLAMABAD: Employees of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) on Wednesday, while protesting against the Medical Teaching Institution (MTI) Ordinance, suspended all services, apart from the coronavirus and emergency ward. The ordinance was promulgated by President of Pakistan Dr Arif Alvi last month, which suggests that the hospital will be run through a board of governors. Protesters came out of …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) leader Hamza Shehbaz moved before the Supreme Court on Wednesday an application seeking early fixing of his bail plea filed in April 25 this year. “It is expedient in the interest of justice that the titled CPLA (civil petition for leave to appeal) may be fixed at an early date,” said the one-page application filed …

ISLAMABAD: The Judi­cial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) is expected to deliberate on Thursday over the elevation of two prominent lawyers to the position of judge of the Islamabad High Court (IHC). Picked by IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah for the coveted posts, the nominees are Babar Sattar and Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri. The JCP is also expected to consider elevation to …

ISLAMABAD: Adviser to Prime Minister on Accountability and Interior Barrister Mirza Shahzad Akbar Wednesday said that United Kingdom (UK) authorities have been asked to deport the convicted former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from their country. Addressing a news conference in Islamabad flanked by Special Assistant to Prime Minister for Political Communication Shahbaz Gill, he said Pakistan has written a letter …

KARACHI: As the Covid-19 cases are soaring across the country, the second wave of the pandemic is taking a high toll on medical professionals, causing the death of 10 doctors within five days and forcing some 3,000 health workers into isolation across Pakistan, it emerged on Wednesday. A list prepared by the Pakistan Medical Association shows that six of the …

PESHAWAR: Major government and private hospitals in Peshawar have run out of beds for coronavirus patients due to a surge in cases, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly was informed on Wednesday. Culture and labour minister Shaukat Ali Yousafzai told the house that two government-run tertiary healthcare facilities in Peshawar, including Hayatabad Medical Complex and Khyber Teaching Hospital, and a private hospital …

• Says ‘stress’ root cause of diseases in reference to Dar’s interview • Vows speedy work for grant of new status to GB • Congratulates members of cabinet at oath-taking ceremony • Two national parks, formation of Park Service Nigahbaans announced GILGIT: Prime Minister Imran Khan has said the opposition’s Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) is adamant about holding public rallies despite …