Pakistan: Nawaz Sharif will return after Eid, claims Javed Latif

April 11, 2022, 12:27 pm Islamabad, April 11 : PML-N leader Mian Javed Latif has claimed that the party supremo Nawaz Sharif is expected to come back to Pakistan after Eid, Express Tribune reported on Monday. Latif’s statement is being seen as a belief that the coalition government won’t last longer than six months. The … Read more

Pakistan: KP governor to quit, Sindh Gov may follow suit

April 11, 2022, 8:50 am Islamabad, April 11 : The Governor of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province Shah Farman said that he will resign once PML-N leader Shehbaz Sharif is elected as the country’s prime minister, Dawn reported on Monday. Farman will likely be followed by Sindh Governor Imran Ismail who is also expected to resign. … Read more

Pakistan: Shehbaz set to be elected prime minister

April 11, 2022, 9:23 am Islamabad, April 11 : The Pakistan National Assembly is all set to elect a new prime minister for the country after Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz president Shehbaz Sharif and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf vice chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Sunday filed their nomination papers, Dawn reported on Monday. However, the PTI is still … Read more

PM Modi, President Biden to hold virtual meet ahead of 2+2 talks

April 10, 2022, 7:56 pm New Delhi, April 10 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden will hold a virtual meeting on Monday, ahead of the Fourth 2+2 meeting between their foreign and defence ministers in Washington. During the meeting, the two Leaders will review ongoing bilateral cooperation and exchange views on … Read more

Malaysia reports 8,112 Covid-19 cases, 12 deaths

April 11, 2022, 8:20 am Kuala Lumpur, April 11 ( /Xinhua) Malaysia reported 8,112 new Covid-19 infections, bringing the national total to 4,325,818, the country’s health ministry informed on Monday. There are 25 new imported cases, with 8,087 being local transmissions, data released on the ministry’s website showed. A further 12 deaths have been reported, … Read more

Melenchon bows out of French prez election

April 11, 2022, 8:30 am Paris, April 11 : French hardleft presidential candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon will not be making to the second round of presidential elections, Melenchon campaign manager, Manuel Bompard, said on Monday. Taking to Twitter, Bombard said, “Tonight, @JLMelenchon will end up with nearly 22 per cent of the vote. It is an … Read more

PTI supporters protest Imran Khan’s ouster

April 11, 2022, 7:50 am Islamabad, April 11 : Pakistan-Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) supporters came out on the streets in various cities across the country on the call given by former prime minister Imran Khan and protested his removal from office, Dawn reported on Monday. People protested in the cities of Karachi, Peshawar, Malakand, Multan, Khanewal, Khyber, … Read more

Macron and Le Pen to fight for presidency

April 11, 2022, 7:11 am Paris, April 11 : French President Emmanuel Macron won the first round of the French election held on Sunday, the BBC reported on Monday. He will be facing off with far-right rival Marine Le Pen for the presidency for a second time. While Macron has had a convincing win in … Read more

Candidatures for Pakistan PM filed

April 10, 2022, 5:16 pm Islamabad, April 10 : PML-N president Shehbaz Sharif and PTI’s Shah Mahmood Quereshi filed their nomination on Sunday to be next Prime Minister of Pakistan. This comes after the opposition’s no-trust motion against Imran Khan succeeded an hour past midnight on Sunday, with 174 members in the 342-strong house voting … Read more

Russian aggression targets Europe: Zelenskyy

April 10, 2022, 5:33 pm Kyiv, April 10 : Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned the European nations that the Russia’s aggression was never limited to just Ukraine and the whole of Europe was a target. During his late-night address on Saturday, Zelenskyy urged the West to impose a complete embargo on Russian energy products … Read more

PTI members to resign en masse from NA: Fawad Chaudhry

April 10, 2022, 7:23 pm Islamabad, April 10 : Pakistan’s Ex-information minister and senior Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Fawad Chaudhry on Sunday announced that the party’s members would resign en masse from the the National Assembly on Monday. The decision to resign was tied up with the acceptance of Pakistan Muslim League (N) President Shehbaz … Read more

Jay Shah now part of ICC Committee

April 10, 2022, 7:57 pm Dubai, April 10 : BCCI Secretary Jay Shah has been appointed as Member Board representative of the ICC Men’s Cricket Committee, the world cricket governing body announced on Sunday. At the ICC Board meeting, a number of appointments to the ICC Men’s Cricket Committee were made. Former Sri Lankan cricketer … Read more

PTI dissidents ready to contest on PML-N ticket

April 10, 2022, 12:20 pm Islamabad, April 10 ( |) The MPA belonging to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Jahangir Khan Tareen group, Malik Nouman Ahmad Langrial, said that he was ready to contest the by-polls after Punjab chief minister’s election on the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) ticket, Express Tribune reported on Sunday. Langrial said that … Read more

PTI wants rebel MPs de-seated

April 10, 2022, 12:44 pm Islamabad, April 10 : The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has submitted references against its 20 rebel lawmakers to the National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser before he stepped down, in an effort to de-seat them, Express Tribune reported on Sunday. The references were sent by former prime minister Imran Khan and handed … Read more

Imran Khan to chair PTI’s core committee meeting

April 10, 2022, 1:09 pm Islamabad, April 10 : PTI Chairman and former prime minister of Pakistan Imran Khan will preside over a meeting of his party’s core committee on Sunday to chalk out the party’s future strategy after being de-seated as the PM of Pakistan, Geo TV reported. This was informed through Twitter, by … Read more

New Zealand reports 6,718 Covid-19 cases

April 10, 2022, 9:01 am Wellington, April 10 ( /Xinhua) New Zealand has recorded 6,718 new comm ty cases of Covid-19, said the Ministry of Health in a statement on Sunday. Among the 6,718 new comm ty infections, 1,202 were reported in the largest city Auckland. There were 31 new cases of Covid-19 detected at … Read more

Malaysia reports 10,177 Covid-19 cases, 21 deaths

April 10, 2022, 9:05 am Kuala Lumpur, April 10 ( /Xinhua) Malaysia recorded 10,177 new Covid-19 infections, bringing the total tally to 4,317,706, the country’s health ministry informed on Sunday. The newly reported cases are 53 imported cases and 10,124 local transmissions, data released on the ministry’s website showed. A further 21 deaths from Covid-19 … Read more

‘The Eagle Has Landed’ author dies at 92

April 10, 2022, 10:00 am London, April 10 : Henry Patterson, the author of bestselling novel ‘The Eagle Has Landed’, has passed away at the age of 92. His publisher HarperCollins said that the writer died at his home in Jersey surrounded his family. The author, more famous by his pseudonym Jack Higgins, has penned … Read more

Cuba reports 609 Covid-19 cases

April 10, 2022, 8:20 am Havana, April 10 ( /Xinhua) Cuba reported 609 new Covid-19 cases but did not report any deaths from for the third consecutive day on Saturday, leaving the death toll at 8,517 and bringing the total number of infections to 1,096,234, the health authorities reported on Sunday. The Cuban Ministry of … Read more

Chinese mainland reports 1,318 new local confirmed Covid-19 cases

April 10, 2022, 7:24 am Beijing, April 10 ( /Xinhua) The Chinese mainland reported 1,318 new locally-transmitted confirmed Covid-19 cases on Saturday, down from 1,334 on Friday, the National Health Commission said Sunday. Of the local confirmed cases reported Saturday, 1,006 were in Shanghai, 242 in Jilin, 16 in Zhejiang, 10 in Guangdong, and three … Read more

Pakistan NA to vote for new PM on Monday

April 10, 2022, 8:53 am Islamabad, April 10 : The lower house of Pakistan’s parliament the National Assembly will meet on Monday to vote for a new prime minister after it removed Imran Khan from the premiership in a no-confidence vote in the early hours of Sunday, the acting speaking informed, Al Jazeera reports. Ayaz … Read more

First American private astronaut mission arrives at ISS

April 10, 2022, 9:01 am Washington, April 10 (Xinhua) The first private US astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS) arrived at the orbiting laboratory, it was reported on Sunday. The mission, codenamed Ax-1, was launched on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in Florida … Read more

We will not take revenge against political opponents: Shahbaz Sharif after ouster of Imran Khan

April 10, 2022, 2:32 am Islamabad, April 9 : Opposition leader and joint opposition candidate for of Prime Minister, PML-N president Shahbaz Sharif said late on Saturday that the joint Opposition — once it forms a government in Pakistan — would not take revenge against their political opponents. “We are grateful that a new dawn … Read more

French election expected to go down the wire

April 10, 2022, 6:42 am Paris, April 10 : As France goes to the polls on Sunday in the opening round of a presidential race it is expected that a very close contest is on the table, BBC reported President Emmanuel Macron has a very tough fight on his hands from far-right challenger Marine Le … Read more

Australian federal elections on May 21

April 10, 2022, 7:31 am Canberra, April 10 : Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced that federal election will be held on 21 May, BBC reported on Sunday. Morrison’s ruling coalition currently has 76 seats in the House of Representatives – the minimum needed to retain power. However, opinion polls suggest that there will … Read more

YouTube blocks Russian parliament channel

April 9, 2022, 6:31 pm California, April 9 : Online video sharing platform YouTube on Saturday blocked Duma TV that broadcasts from the Russian parliament’s lower house, drawing ire of the Russian officials. Daily Express quoted YouTube as saying that the Duma TV channel had been “terminated for a violation of YouTube’s terms of service”. … Read more

Speaker refuses to allow voting on no- confidence motion

April 9, 2022, 7:59 pm Islamabad, April 9 : Speaker of Pakistan’s National Assembly Asad Qaiser on Saturday evening refused to allow voting on no- confidence against the Imran Khan led government. The session of the National Assembly to decide his fate of PM Khan’s government started today at 10:30 am, and after three breaks … Read more

21-year-old Indian student shot dead in Toronto on way to work

Toronto, April 9 : A 21-year-old Indian student, Kartik Vasudev, was shot dead at a subway station in Toronto on way to work, becoming the latest victim of rising cases of homicide in Canada. Kartik, a student of Global Management at Seneca College, Toronto, was shot dead on Thursday evening outside the Sherbourne TTC subway … Read more

Pakistan: Opposition submits no-confidence motion against NA Deputy Speaker

April 8, 2022, 10:52 pm Islamabad, April 8 : Pakistan Opposition on Friday submitted a no-confidence motion against National Assembly Deputy Speaker Qasim Khan Suri. Murtaza Javed Abbasi of PML-N submitted the motion to the Secretary of the National Assembly. According to the resolution, the Deputy Speaker had “repeatedly violated the rules, parliamentary practices, democratic … Read more

Disappointed by Pakistan SC verdict: Imran Khan

April 8, 2022, 11:50 pm Islamabad, April 8 : Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday said that he was disappointed by the Supreme Court’s verdict regarding the restoration of National Assembly issued on Thursday. “I am disappointed by the Supreme Court ruling but I accepted it,” he said. The Prime Minister said he was … Read more

Pakistan Cabinet to set up commission to probe ‘foreign conspiracy’

April 8, 2022, 6:13 pm Islamabad, April 8 : Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Information Fawad Chaudhry said on Friday that the government has decided to form a commission to investigate the alleged “foreign conspiracy” behind the no-confidence resolution against Prime Minister Imran Khan. Talking to the press persons following a cabinet meeting, the minister informed … Read more

Death toll in Kramatorsk station attack rises to 50

April 8, 2022, 9:06 pm Kyiv, April 8 : The death toll from a missile strike on a train station in Kramatorsk, Ukraine has risen to 50, governor of Donetsk, Pavlo Kyrylenko said on Friday. In an Telegram post, Kyrylenko said 50 people had died, five of whom were children, adding that 12 of the … Read more

World leaders condemn “horrific” railway station attack

April 8, 2022, 8:33 pm Brussels, April 8 : World leaders on Friday condemned the strike at the Kramatorsk railway station in Ukraine, which killed more than 30 people and wounded about 100 on Friday. President of the European Council, Charles Michel, said it was “horrifying” to see the missile hit one of the main … Read more

Pakistan: Hamza wants LHC’s intervention in Punjab CM election

April 8, 2022, 1:52 pm Islamabad, April 8 : Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader and the opposition’s nominee for of the Punjab chief minister, Hamza Shahbaz on Friday submitted a petition in the Lahore High Court (LHC) seeking the court’s intervention in the election for the CM, Express Tribune reported. But the registrar of the … Read more

SL firms seek Indian help for power supply

April 8, 2022, 2:15 pm Colombo, April 8 : The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) has directly sought Indian assistance to ensure nterrupted power supply during the Sinhala and Tamil New Year next week, a newspaper reported on Friday. PUCSL Chairman Janaka Ratnayake has written to Indian High Commissioner Gopal Baglay requesting 37,000 … Read more

39 killed in Ukraine railway station

April 8, 2022, 5:15 pm Kyiv, April 8 : At least 39 people were killed and 87 wounded on Friday after two rockets apparently fired by Russian forces hit a railway station in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk. The station was packed with evacuees, Regional Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko said in a Telegram, adding that … Read more

Russians withdraw from northern Ukraine: UK

April 8, 2022, 1:24 pm London, April 8 : The UK’s Defence Ministry on Friday said that Russia has now fully withdrawn its military from northern Ukraine. The Ministry said that some of the forces will be sent to fight in the Donbas region. “In the north, Russian forces have now fully withdrawn from Ukraine … Read more

PML-N files no-trust move against Elahi

April 8, 2022, 12:35 pm Islamabad, April 8 : PML-N lawmakers have filed a no-trust motion in the Punjab Assembly Secretariat against Speaker Chaudhry Parvez Elahi, leader of the PML-Q and a candidate for the chief minister post in what it called as the “last nail in the coffin” of the senior politician’s 40-year-long career, … Read more

SKorean helicopter crashes; 2 dead, 1 missing

April 8, 2022, 1:34 pm Seoul, April 8 : A helicopter of the Korea Coast Guard crashed into the waters of the southern island of Mara on Friday, adding that two crew members died, one was rescued and one went missing, South Korean Yonhap news agency reported on Friday. According to reports, a US-manufactured Sikorsky … Read more

Pakistan awaits Imran’s address to nation

April 8, 2022, 2:12 pm Islamabad, April 8 : Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will address the nation on Friday, a day after his party PTI suffered a major setback when the Supreme Court nullified all his government’s actions taken from April 3 to Thursday and also told him to face a no trust vote … Read more

Russia blacklists 228 Australian citizens

April 8, 2022, 11:19 am Moscow, April 8 : Russia blacklisted 228 Australian citizens, including Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Defense Minister Peter Dutton, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. The department noted that Canberra, in a reckless Russophobic fuse, imposed sanctions that affected the top leaders of the Russian Federation and almost all lawmakers, according … Read more

Applauds UN vote to suspend Russia from HRC: Biden

April 8, 2022, 10:08 am Washington, April 8 : US President Joe Biden said that he applauds the General Assembly of the ted Nations’ vote to suspend Russia from the Human Rights Council in response to Moscow’s special military operation in Ukraine. Earlier in the day, the UN General Assembly suspended Russia from the Human … Read more

Chandigarh to remain UT, MCC says

April 7, 2022, 6:07 pm Chandigarh, April 7 : Days after Punjab and Haryana convened special Assembly sessions to stake their claim to Chandigarh, the M cipal Corporation of Chandigarh on Thursday passed a resolution stating that it should remains a on Territory (UT) and sought an Assembly for the city. Only BJP councillors were … Read more