A recent letter from the chairman of Higher Education Commission (HEC) is doing the rounds of offices of vice chancellors and harassment committees of Higher Education Institutes (HEIs), expressing grave concerns over a significant surge in harassment cases, unprofessional attitude, and unbecoming behaviour of faculty and students on and off campus. The letter directs HEIs […]
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A military aircraft crashed into a residential building in the southern Russian city of Yeysk after what the defence ministry said was engine failure. Unconfirmed footage on social media showed a large fireball erupting from a multi-story building on Monday. There were no immediate reports on the number of casualties. The aircraft was identified as […]
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Srinagar: Six years ago, 60-year-old Anantnag farmer Hilal Ahmad converted his paddy field into an apple orchard after incurring huge losses. What seemed a tough decision at that time has turned into a blessing for him now. “My land is the only source of earning livelihood so it was a very tough call to make. […]
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New UK Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt scrapped Prime Minister Liz Truss’s economic plan and scaled back her vast energy subsidy on Monday, launching one of the biggest U-turns in British fiscal policy to stem a dramatic loss of investor confidence. Tasked with halting a bond market rout that has raged since the government announced huge […]
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Australia stepped back from its earlier decision to recognise West Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and quietly dropped its recognition, according to media reports. Australian Foreign Ministry retained the bipartisan position that Australia “is committed to a two-state solution in which Israel and a future Palestinian state co‑exist, in peace and security, within internationally […]
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The United Nations’ refugee agency has said it is “deeply distressed” by the discovery of almost 100 naked men at the border between Greece and Turkey. The two countries have blamed each other for the plight of the 92 migrants. Greece laid the blame at Turkey’s door, saying its “behaviour” was a “shame for civilisation”. […]
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Iran vows ‘immediate’ response to new EU sanctions. Iran vowed Monday an “immediate” response to the European Union as it prepares new sanctions on the Islamic republic after over a month of protests sparked by Mahsa Amini’s death. EU foreign ministers met Monday to adopt sanctions on Iran, including on the morality police in whose […]
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As former ruling party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) upped the ante for its much-hyped long march to the federal capital, former prime minister and party chief Imran Khan was asked about his response about possibility of the imposition of martial law as a result of the long march. He was asked the question by a journalist […]
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A Hong Kong pro-democracy protester was pulled into Chinese consulate grounds in Manchester on Sunday and beaten up. Unidentified men came out of the consulate and forced a man inside the compound, before he escaped with the help of police and other demonstrators. The protester told the BBC: “They dragged me inside, they beat me […]
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ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Imran Khan made history on Sunday after he managed to win the most number of National Assembly seats simultaneously in six constituencies. Khan won five NA seats in the 2018 elections. The polling was held on seven National Assembly seats on Sunday, which were, NA-22 Mardan III, NA-24 Charsadda II, NA-31 […]
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