NEW YORK: World leaders were on the defensive on Monday after the release of millions of documents detailing how heads of state use offshore tax havens to stash assets worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Thirty five current and former leaders are featured in roughly 11.9 million documents leaked from financial services companies that include reports of luxury mansions on …

More than 100 music students and teachers have fled Afghanistan in a nail-biting flight from Kabul following the Taliban’s takeover of the country, their institute’s founder and principal told AFP. Fearing a crackdown on music by the country’s new leaders, a total 101 members of Afghanistan’s top musical institute landed in Doha on Monday evening, Ahmad Sarmast said. The group, about half of them …

u Top US officials will tell their Israeli counterparts on Tuesday that the Biden administration remains committed to diplomacy with Iran, but if necessary would be prepared to pursue “other avenues” to ensure Tehran does not acquire a nuclear weapon, a senior US official said. A visit to Washington by Israel’s national security adviser, Eyal Hulata, will allow the two …

An independent inquiry into alleged sex abuse of minors by French Catholic priests, deacons and other clergy has found some 216,000 victims of paedophilia from 1950 to 2020, a “massive phenomenon” that was covered up for decades by a “veil of silence.” The landmark report, released on Tuesday after two and a half years of investigations, follows widespread outrage over a string …

Facebook blamed a “faulty configuration change” for a nearly six-hour outage on Monday that prevented the company’s 3.5 billion users from accessing its social media and messaging services such as WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger. The company, in a blog post published late on Monday, did not specify who executed the configuration change and whether it was planned but said that its systems were back …

ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) moved the Islamabad High Court (IHC) seeking action against owner of a private housing society in tree-chopping case under the Martial Law Regulations. CDA’s Environment Directorate petitioned before the IHC against the order of the additional district and sessions judge (ADSJ) granting bail to Chaudhry Mohammad Usman, owner of Ghauri Town housing society. ADSJ …

shaik ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Monday announced that an Air Patrolling Unit would soon be established in the capital. Speaking at a news conference, he said he would inaugurate the unit and a dozen drone cameras had also been bought in this regard. Manpower of the capital police is also being increased and 1,000 personnel will be …

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday sought comments from the Islamabad chief commissioner and others in a petition seeking de-sealing of the office of Therapyworks. The organisation’s office was sealed following the murder of Noor Mukadam, daughter of former ambassador Shaukat Ali Mukadam. Chief Justice Athar Minallah heard the case filed by Therapyworks Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr …

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has held that arresting and detaining a person without any incriminating material offend his or her right to dignity. “The human dignity encapsulates the notion that every person has inherent equal worth; no one’s life and liberty are more important than any other person’s,” Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah observed in a judgement he wrote against …

ISLAMABAD: While the results of the Medical and Dental College Admission Test (MDCAT) are to be announced on Oct 9, the Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) Conduct of Examinations Regulations 2021, under which tests were held and a company hired for conducting the test in violation of rules, have put a question mark over the whole process. Passing the exam is …