The decisions of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) to hold local government elections in the federal capital today are being appealed by the federal government and the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) (December 31).
According to PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry, the party has decided to launch a nationwide “protest movement” starting tomorrow (Friday). He added that party chairman Imran Khan will join supporters after three weeks.
Imran Khan, the chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), has summoned Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Pervez Khattak, two senior party figures, for missing the meeting with Raja Pervez Ashraf, the speaker of the National Assembly, to discuss the verification of their resignations, sources told on Thursday.
Officials reported on Thursday that a massive fire had destroyed a casino-hotel complex in a Cambodian town near the Thai border, killing at least 19 people and leaving up to 30 people missing.
A gas leak from a geyser in Mustafa Town is believed to have caused a newlywed couple to suffocate to death on Wednesday.
The spiking up air pollution has resulted in an increase in respiratory ailments among the residents of twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad after the air quality of the Federal Capital turned unhealthy due to a persistent dry weather.
According to persons with knowledge of the situation, India opened an investigation into a Noida-based pharmaceutical company on Tuesday after a syrup the company produced was implicated in the deaths of 18 infants in Uzbekistan.
The Melbourne Cricket Club (MCC) is investigating the potential of hosting a Test match between Pakistan and India. Bilateral cricket between the neighbours has been halted since 2007, and since then, neither team has faced the other in the longest version of the game.
According to three US officials with knowledge of the situation, the Biden administration intends to use restrictions from the pandemic era to send many migrants from Cuba, Nicaragua, and Haiti who were apprehended at the southwest border back to Mexico while also allowing some to enter the country by air for humanitarian reasons.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) delegation, led by Asad Qaiser, was notified by National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervez Ashraf on Thursday that each legislator from the party would be contacted individually to verify the resignation.
BENGALURU: Investors were concerned by the rise in COVID cases in China as Indian shares began lower on Thursday, reflecting a decline in global markets.
According to a bourse filing on Wednesday, Nishat Chunian Limited, Pakistan’s fifth-largest textile manufacturer by sales, has declared a partial shutdown of its production facility “after one month due to present market conditions.”
