ISLAMABAD – Pakistani human rights lawyer Imaan Mazari and her husband Hadi Ali Chatha were arrested by police in Islamabad despite a High Court order granting them protection from arrest in an ongoing case.The arrests occurred near Serena Chowk underpass when police stopped their vehicle. The couple was traveling from the Islamabad High Court Bar…
Heavy snowfall has paralyzed normal life in the mountainous regions of the country. Link roads have been closed at several locations, trapping hundreds of tourists, while 2 people have lost their lives in various incidents.A series of snowstorms continues in the northern mountainous areas of Balochistan. Dozens of vehicles carrying tourists to Ziarat have been…
Reuters US President Donald Trump has withdrawn an invite for Canada to join his newly constituted Board of Peace, in the latest spat between the North American neighbours. “Please let this Letter serve to represent that the Board of Peace is withdrawing its invitation to you regarding Canada’s joining,” Trump said on Truth Social in…
EPA US President Donald Trump has announced there is a “framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland”. Wednesday’s statement came as a surprise after days and weeks of mounting tensions – even a threat to use military force to seize the semi-autonomous territory of Nato ally Denmark. So what could this deal entail…
Ugandan police have detained a lawmaker, and close ally of opposition leader Bobi Wine, for his alleged role in election-related violence last week. Muwanga Kivumbi, a deputy leader of Wine’s National Unity Platform (NUP), is accused of organising attacks on a police station and a vote-tallying centre after their electoral loss, which the party denies….
Bethany BellVienna correspondent Reuters Egisto Ott is accused of collecting large amounts of data and handing information to Russian intelligence Former intelligence official Egisto Ott has gone on trial in Vienna, accused of spying for Russia in what is being dubbed Austria’s biggest spy trial in years. Egisto Ott, who told the court on Thursday…
DAVOS, Switzerland – Pakistani Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif and Chief of Army Staff General Syed Asim Munir participated in the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, drawing significant attention from global leaders.The Pakistani delegation engaged in warm and productive discussions with several key international figures during the forum. Prime Minister Sharif…
Japan has suspended operations at the world’s largest nuclear power plant, hours after its restart, its operator has said. An alarm sounded “during reactor-start-up procedures” at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa north-west of Tokyo but the reactor remained “stable”, Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) spokesperson Takashi Kobayashi said. Reactor number six restarted on Wednesday a day later than planned…
Davos:U.S. President Donald Trump has formally announced the establishment of the Gaza Board of Peace, marking a new international initiative aimed at promoting peace and stability in Gaza.The signing ceremony of the Gaza Board of Peace agreement was held in Davos, Switzerland, where Prime Minister of Pakistan Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, along with leaders and representatives…
The life of Uganda’s veteran opposition figure Kizza Besigye is in danger, his wife has said after visiting him in prison. ”He is extremely weak,” said Winnie Byanyima in a statement posted on X. The 69-year-old politician had been taken overnight to a medical facility, the People’s Front for Freedom (PFF) party said, without specifying…
