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Day: March 7, 2023

ATC issues non-bailable arrest warrants for Rana Sanaullah

GUJRANWALA: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Gujranwala rejected Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah’s request for exemption from personal attendance on Tuesday and issued a non-bailable arrest warrant in a life-threatening hurling case. In August of last year, ATC judge Rana Zahid Iqbal Khan heard the terrorism case filed against Sanaullah. During the hearing, the ATC judge denied Sanaullah’s exemption and issued…

ECP begins staff training for election

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) began training staff for the general elections on Tuesday. At the ECP secretariat, senior officials from the country’s supreme electoral body are training 40 master trainers. The training will last three days, after which the master trainers will conduct field training for district returning officers, returning officers, and assistant returning officers. Earlier in…

Qureshi, Fawad charged for “incitement against state institutions”

Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Fawad Chaudhry are being sued for instigating violence and claiming that state institutions were involved in a plot to kill Imran Khan, according to court documents filed in Lahore on Tuesday. Sub-inspector Waseem’s allegation was investigated and a first information report (FIR) was filed at the Race Course Police Station in Lahore. According to the FIR,…

Imran’s non-bailable arrest warrant challenged in IHC

ISLAMABAD: Former Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan moved the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday to quash non-bailable arrest warrants issued in the Toshakhana case. On February 28, Additional Sessions Judge Zafar Iqbal of an Islamabad court issued a non-bailable arrest warrant for the former prime minister due to his non-appearance. Because the lower court issued…

It’s wrong to associate players with formats: Abdullah Shafique

ISLAMABAD: Lahore Qalandars’ top-order batter Abdullah Shafique believes that associating any player with a specific format is not the best approach. The batter said while speaking to the media on the sidelines of Qalandars’ practice session at Islamabad Club that the fundamentals of cricket do not change with the format and that a player only needs to make minor adjustments…

Alarm raised as emissions threaten to push Earth’s temperature past critical point

PARIS: Scientists have warned that greenhouse gas emissions from the global food system are likely to cause an increase in Earth’s surface temperatures of nearly one degree Celsius by 2100, exceeding the Paris Agreement’s climate goals. They reported in Nature Climate Change that a major overhaul of the sector – from production to distribution to consumption – could cut emissions…

Ranbir Kapoor decides to take break after release of ‘Animal’

Ranbir Kapoor recently stated in an interview that he has decided to take a break from acting for a while. He recently appeared in an interview with Pinkvilla, where he was asked why he made this decision. “Well, I hope I like something soon, but I am happy with this break because I have just become a father, so I…

Saudi Arabia deposits $5 billion in Turkish central bank

DUBAI: The Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) announced on Monday that Saudi Arabia and Turkey have agreed to deposit $5 billion into the Turkish central bank. Mohammed Bin Abdullah Al-Jadaan, the Saudi Arabian minister of finance, said in December that his nation will make the deposit. Even though Turkey’s net foreign exchange reserves have increased from just over $6 billion…

Textile exports fall by 28% to $1.2 billion: APTMA

KARACHI: According to a study released on Monday by Pakistan’s top textile organization, the country’s textile exports fell a staggering 28 percent in February of this fiscal year, from $1.67 billion to $1.2 billion. The All-Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) presented preliminary data that painted a bleak image of textile exports, the largest contributor to the overall export sector and…

Zardari speaks “reservations” with ruling coalition

VEHARI: Former President Asif Ali Zardari said on Monday that his party has its own stance on the digital census, which is currently being conducted across the country, and the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) has its own. Speaking to reporters at the home of local PPP leader Shehryar Khakwani, Mr. Zardari said his party was “part of the government” but…