The National Accountability Bureau sought more time on Monday to present its arguments in the appeals challenging PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari’s acquittal in the bureau’s 25-year-old references, according to The Asian Mirror. On Monday, the appeals were heard by a two-judge bench of the Islamabad High Court, led by Chief Justice Athar Minallah and […]
Day: May 16, 2022
Fire erupts in forests of Abbottabad
A fire broke out in the forests near tourist destinations such as Galiyat, Ayubia, and Circle Bakote in Abbottabad. A fire has also been reported on Shimla Hill, near Abbottabad city. The fire is rapidly spreading through the forests, destroying a large number of trees, plants, and wildlife. The Rescue 1122 teams are working hard […]
Mali government pulls military out of regional G5 Sahel force
Mali is pulling out of a multinational military force in West Africa’s Sahel region combatting an armed rebellion, the country’s military government has said. The G5 Sahel force, which includes troops from Niger, Chad, Burkina Faso, and Mauritania, was set up in 2017 to counter armed groups who have swept across the region in recent […]
First commercial flight in 6 years leaves Yemen’s capital Sanaa
The first commercial flight in nearly six years has taken off from Yemen’s rebel-held capital, a major step forward in a peace process that has provided rare relief from conflict. The Yemenia plane carrying 137 passengers, including patients needing treatment abroad and their relatives, took off from Sanaa on Monday for the Jordanian capital, Amman, […]
Billionaire Adani to buy Holcim’s India cement biz for $10.5bn
Swiss building-materials firm Holcim Ltd. agreed to sell its Indian operations to local billionaire Gautam Adani, currently the richest person in Asia, another step in Chief Executive Officer Jan Jenisch’s pivot away from traditional cement. The company will sell its 63% stake in Mumbai-listed Ambuja Cements Ltd. to Adani Group, it said in a statement […]
Poor workers suffer amid India’s brutal heatwave
Life on a construction site in Noida, a satellite city of the Indian capital New Delhi, is difficult enough for Yogendra Tundre. Record high temperatures are making it unbearable this year. As India deals with an unprecedented heatwave, the vast majority of the country’s poor workers, who typically work outside, are vulnerable to scorching temperatures. […]
Woman suicide bomber detained from Turbat
The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) arrested an alleged woman suicide bomber—a member of the Balochistan Liberation Army Majeed Brigade—on Monday in Turbat for attempting to target Chinese nationals on the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) route. CTD teams recovered detonators and explosives from the accused. CTD stated that they have continued their raids and operations to […]
Israel’s proposal to investigate Shireen Abu Akleh’s murder: A high-level whitewash
The only possible response to the hasty offer Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid made to the Palestinians to conduct “a joint pathological investigation” into the killing of renowned Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh can be a rage. Such “investigations” conducted by Israel serve not to uncover the truth but to bury it, not to establish accountability […]