Supreme Court prohibits heavy motorcycles on highways. On Friday, the Supreme Court (SC) overturned a four-year-old high court decision that had allowed heavy-bike riders to use the highways. The SC stated that to ensure public safety, the authorities had correctly limited motorcycle riders under the law. The Islamabad High Court (IHC) ruling that was issued […]
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Why Pakistan’s default risk drastically growing?
Why Pakistan’s default risk drastically growing? According to sources, Pakistan’s default risk has drastically grown due to political unrest and uncertainty surrounding negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Five-year credit-default swaps (CDS), insurance contracts that shield an investor against a default, were used to gauge the country’s default risk, according to sources. The credit-default […]
US VP’s brief encounter with China’s Xi to ‘keep lines open’
US VP’s brief encounter with China’s Xi to ‘keep lines open’ BANGKOK (AP) — U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris spoke briefly with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Saturday in another step towards open communication between the two biggest economies. Harris and Xi exchanged remarks Saturday while heading into a closed-door meeting at the Asia-Pacific Economic […]
FIFA President Gianni Infantino accuses West of ‘hypocrisy’
FIFA President Gianni Infantino accuses West of ‘hypocrisy’ FiFA President Gianni Infantino has accused the West of “hypocrisy” in its reporting of Qatar’s treatment of migrant workers on the eve of the World Cup. In an extraordinary monologue at a news conference in Doha, Infantino spoke for nearly an hour and made a passionate defense […]
Ronaldo speaks up on his retirement
Ronaldo speaks up on his retirement Cristiano Ronaldo speaks up on his retirement, the five-time Ballon d’Or winner, has declared that if Portugal wins the FIFA World Cup in Qatar this year, he will stop playing football professionally. The 37-year-old footballer gained notoriety for his explosive interview with Piers Morgan, in which he made some […]
North Korea warns of nuclear reaction to US aggression
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has warned about the usage of nuclear weapons to counter threats from the United States hours after test-firing an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICMB), the latest escalation as the UN Security Council prepares to convene an emergency session on Pyongyang’s actions. The United Nations Security Council, at the behest of […]
What’s the method of appointing Army Chief in Pakistan?
The government is anticipated to make the announcement next week, and the choice of the new chief of army staff (COAS) is now the focus of political debate in Pakistan. The method used to appoint the army chief is still up for discussion. The procedure through which the PML-N chose General Qamar Javed Bajwa to […]
Azerbaijan being 1st Shi’ite Muslim country to open embassy in Israel
Azerbaijan being 1st Shi’ite Muslim country to open embassy in Israel Azerbaijan will open an embassy in Israel, following parliamentary approval on Friday becoming the first country with a majority of Shi’ite Muslims. The new embassy will be located in Tel Aviv, where the state already maintains a tourism office and a trade representative office, […]