Category: International

Supreme Court’s senior puisne judge mafias have been controlling the judicial system, adding that it cannot be that favourable judges are appointed just to get a verdict of choice. He further said that globally, questions have been raised on the performance of … Supreme Court of Pakistan’s Senior Puisne Judge Masoor Ali Shah said on […]

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leadership stated that the 100-page starling US state department report on grave human rights abuses in Pakistan substantiated PTI’s submissions, as lawlessness and fascism pervaded in the country during the past two years, demanding that Chief Justice of Pakistan to fulfill his legal and constitutional obligations to rein in the reign […]

ISLAMABAD – The federal government is considering a proposal of levying tax on the installation of 12KW and above solar panels, it is learnt reliably here yesterday. Similarly, the government is also considering downward revision of tariff for net metering, an official source said. According the source, there is a proposal to levy tax on […]

WASHINGTON: An independent US Congressional research report has said that the scope and scale of human rights abuses in India has increased under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The report titled ‘India: Human Rights Assessment’ and released by the independent Congressional Research Service (CRS), said, “The reported scope and scale of abuses has […]

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has outrightly dismissed the 2023 Country Report on Human Rights Practices recently released by the United States State Department. “The contents of the report are unjust, relying on inaccurate information and are disconnected from the realities on the ground,” stated the foreign office on Thursday. In a strongly worded statement, the foreign office […]

New Department of Transportation (DOT) rules now require airlines to provide automatic cash refunds for cancelled and significantly delayed flights, CBS News reported. According to CBS News Baltimore, this is welcoming news for travellers at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport where cancellations and delays are common. People said that they would now feel more comfortable when […]

Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has dismissed the assertions made by PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Khan, alleging that incarcerated former prime minister Imran Khan was being pressured to accept a “deal”. “There is no truth in claims of pressuring Imran Khan to come to the negotiating table,” the defence minister said in an interview published on […]

Students at the University of Maryland on Wednesday joined ongoing pro-Palestine campus protests across the US, demanding their school to cease doing business with military firms amid Israel’s war on Gaza. Gathering at its College Park campus, they also called for the university to denounce the “genocide” in Gaza and end policing on the campus. […]

A six-member bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday decided that a larger bench should hear a set of intra-court appeals (ICAs) against the court’s Oct 23 unanimous ruling that had nullified the military trials of civilians involved in the May 9 riots, and referred the matter to bench reconstitution committee. The development came as […]

The UN’s human rights chief has said he is “horrified” by the destruction of Gaza’s Nasser and al-Shifa hospitals and the reports of “mass graves” being found at the sites after Israeli raids. Volker Türk called for independent investigations into the deaths. Palestinian officials said they had exhumed 283 bodies at Nasser, some with their […]