Justice Athar Minallah on Tuesday said the state had to protect the country’s judges and the independence of the judiciary. He made the remarks as a six-member Supreme Court (SC) bench resumed hearing a case pertaining to allegations made by six Islamabad High Court (IHC) judges regarding interference by the country’s security apparatus in judicial […]
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WASHINGTON: The White House said on Monday it viewed the reported role of the Indian intelligence service in two assassination plots in Canada and the United States as a serious matter. The Washington Post reported that an officer in India’s intelligence service was directly involved in a foiled plan to assassinate a US citizen who […]
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The world court rules against issuing emergency order to stop German military exports in case brought by Nicaragua. The International Court of Justice has ruled against issuing emergency measures over German arms sales to Israel as requested by Nicaragua, which had argued that there was a serious risk of genocide in Gaza amid Israel’s assault […]
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that the Israeli military will launch a ground offensive in Rafah “with or without” a truce with Hamas in Gaza. “The idea that we will halt the war before achieving all of its goals is out of the question. We will enter Rafah and we will eliminate the […]
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Four law enforcement officers have been fatally shot and four others were wounded while serving an arrest warrant in Charlotte, North Carolina. A suspected attacker was found dead in the front yard of a barricaded home after a standoff that lasted three hours, police said. Two other persons of interest were taken into questioning, authorities […]
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has expressed her opposition to a planned military operation in Rafah, a southern Gaza Strip city packed with 1.4 million displaced Palestinians. “It would be “completely unacceptable” for Israel to attack Rafah, von der Leyen told a debate on Monday co-hosted by POLITICO in Maastricht, the Netherlands. The […]
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Although the BJP’s chances of electoral success may have diminished elsewhere in India, the circumstances in Jammu & Kashmir are indicative that the party’s long-term carrot and stick strategy has come to fruition. Jammu and Kashmir is holding elections, and there is an eerie silence in the region. Even the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, whose […]
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Khalsa Day festivities in Canada’s Toronto were marked by slogans raised in favour of the Khalistan movement during a speech by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Indian media outlets reported on Monday. The festival of Vaisakhi — also known as Baisakhi — honours the founding of the Sikh community known as the Khalsa in 1699. It […]
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Israeli officials are growing wary that they could face prosecution by the International Criminal Court (ICC) over the war in Gaza. After days of conjecture in Israeli media, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said late on Sunday that it has issued warnings to senior political and military officials that they could soon face arrest warrants. […]
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LAHORE: Punjab police has initiated arrest of the farmers’ leaders across the province after they announced protest in front of the Punjab Assembly. Punjab’s farmers protesting against delay in purchase of wheat on the fixed government price amid a wet spell in the province. The farmers had to stage a protest demonstration in front of […]
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