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National Geographic planning documentary about legendary astronomer Carl Sagan Latest
  • March 31, 2023

National Geographic planning documentary about legendary astronomer Carl Sagan

Carl Sagan, the legendary astronomer, and astrophysicist will be the subject of an upcoming documentary film by National Geographic Documentary Films. The Untitled Carl Sagan Film will be produced by Seth MacFarlane and Erica Huggins of Fuzzy Door, Emmy and Peabody Award winner Ann Druyan – Sagan’s life partner and Academy Award nominee Nanette Burstein, with Burstein directing. Hungry Man…
Mickey Arthur upbeat about prospect of rekindling relations with Pakistan Sports
  • March 31, 2023

Mickey Arthur upbeat about prospect of rekindling relations with Pakistan

Former Pakistan cricket team coach Mickey Arthur has expressed his delight at being given another chance by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). Mickey Arthur told ESPNcricinfo that, like Pakistan, Derbyshire is very important to him. “I’ve been telling Najam Sethi how important Derbyshire is to me,” he said. “I’ve got a four-year contract here, and I’m only in year one…
Polls delay case: Govt's full court request rejected Latest
  • March 31, 2023

Polls delay case: Govt’s full court request rejected

ISLAMABAD: Following the recusal of Justices Jamal Khan Mandokhail and Amin Uddin, a three-member Supreme Court (SC) bench led by Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial has resumed hearing PTI petition challenging the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) decision to postpone polls in Punjab and KP. CJP Umar Ata Bandial, Justice Ijaz Ul Ahsan, and Justice Munib Akhtar make…
China rolls over $2 billion loan to Pakistan: Ishaq Dar Business
  • March 31, 2023

China rolls over $2 billion loan to Pakistan: Ishaq Dar

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has confirmed that Beijing has rolled over its $2 billion loan to Pakistan for another year, despite rumors to the contrary. Speaking in the Senate today on a point raised by PPP leader Raza Rabbani, he dismissed as speculative a report in foreign media that Pakistan is still waiting for the Chinese loan to be…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Senior Vice President and former Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said on Thursday that the government is causing ethnic divisions in the country, which is leading to financial and political crises. Politics
  • March 31, 2023

PTI to be on roads with lawyers beginning May 1: Fawad Chaudhary

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Senior Vice President and former Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said on Thursday that the government is causing ethnic divisions in the country, which is leading to financial and political crises. “We will be on the road with the lawyers beginning May 1 to restore the Constitution.” He expressed these opinions during a private TV channel program.…
Turkish parliament ratifies Finland's NATO membership World
  • March 31, 2023

Turkish parliament ratifies Finland’s NATO membership

ANKARA: Turkey’s parliament approved a bill on Thursday allowing Finland to join NATO, paving the way for the country to join the Western defense alliance as the war in Ukraine rages on. After Hungary’s legislature approved a similar bill earlier this week, the Turkish parliament was the last of the alliance’s 30 members to ratify Finland’s membership. President Tayyip Erdogan…
All PIA pilots want to quite: CAA DG claims Business
  • March 31, 2023

All PIA pilots want to quite: CAA DG claims

ISLAMABAD: The director general of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) told a Senate panel on Thursday that all Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) pilots wanted to leave the national airline. CAA DG Khaqan Murtaza explained the reason for this to the Senate Standing Committee on Aviation, saying that a 35% tax was deducted from pilot salaries. He went on to say…
SC bench on KP, Punjab election delay cases dissolved once again Latest
  • March 31, 2023

SC bench on KP, Punjab election delay cases dissolved once again

ISLAMABAD: Following Justice Amin-Ud-Din Khan’s recusal, Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail recused himself from the Supreme Court bench hearing the Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa election delay case on Friday, dissolving the bench for the second time in two days. On Monday, a five-member larger bench of the Supreme Court was formed to hear Pakistan Tehreek-e-(PTI) Insaf’s petition against the postponement of…
Trump indicted, first US president to face criminal charges World
  • March 31, 2023

Trump indicted, first US president to face criminal charges

A New York grand jury indicted Donald Trump on Thursday for making hush money payments to a porn star during his 2016 presidential campaign, making him the first former US president to face criminal charges. The historic indictment of the 76-year-old Republican, who denies any wrongdoing in connection with the payments made ahead of the election that sent him to…