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ISLAMABAD: After a break of almost seven months, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Yahya Afridi has summoned a meeting of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) on July 12. The SJC is a constitutional body empowered to proceed against judges of the superior courts on charges of misconduct. Currently, CJP Afridi serves as its chairman. Other members include Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, Justice Munib Akhtar, Lahore High Court Chief Justice Alia Neelum and Sindh High Court Chief Justice Junaid Ghaffar. The council is presently examining various complaints of misconduct against superior court judges. During its previous meeting in December last…

The European Union (EU) is stuck in limbo as uncertainty persists around when a trade agreement with the U.S. might be reached.The goal had been to agree on a framework by July 9, when a temporary reprieve from U.S. President Donald Trump’s “reciprocal” tariffs was initially meant to expire. The EU was seemingly still working to this timeline earlier in the week.But that deadline has now passed — without the trading partners coming to an agreement.A framework may however still be established as soon as this week, Trump himself suggested Tuesday.”We’re probably two days off from sending them a letter.…

The Hers website arranged on a laptop in New York, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesHims & Hers Health announced Wednesday it will offer generic semaglutide in Canada as Novo Nordisk’s patent on its branded drugs Ozempic and Wegovy is set to expire in January.”Canada is a major opportunity to show what affordable, high-quality weight loss care can look like,” said Andrew Dudum, co-founder and CEO of Hims & Hers, in a press release. “As generic semaglutide becomes available for the first time globally, we’re focused on making it truly accessible, by combining…

Listen to article PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Tuesday annulled the distribution of reserved seats in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Assembly and ordered the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to redistribute the seats after hearing the parties. A two-member bench, comprising Justice Syed Arshad Ali and Justice Dr Khurshid Iqbal, announced the reserved judgment on the petition of the PML-N against the distribution of reserved seats. In its two-page judgment, the court declared null and void both the announcements of the ECP regarding the allocation of reserved seats for women and minorities. It said the ECP should reallocate these seats after…

Investors may want to consider bracing for a weaker stock market performance over the next six months.According to Vanguard’s Roger Hallam, it’s prudent for long-term investors to have sufficient exposure to fixed income in this environment.”Our outlook for the second half of this year is that growth will slow,” the firm’s global head of rates told CNBC’s “ETF Edge” on Monday.Hallam predicts the labor market will continue to gradually cool while inflation rises. Hallam expects the Federal Reserve will ultimately prioritize jobs and cut interest rates toward the end of this year to provide insurance.”We think that will provide a…

This photo taken on June 5, 2025 shows Huaweike’s flexible e-skin product. (Wuhan Huaweike Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd./Handout via Xinhua)by Xinhua writers Yi Ling and Hou WenkunWUHAN, July 9 (Xinhua) — Imagine a robotic hand delicately lifting a cube of silken tofu without leaving a dent — a task most humans would struggle to master. This feat of precision, demonstrated at Wuhan Huaweike Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. in central China’s Hubei Province, hinges on a revolutionary technology: e-skin.Covering just one square centimeter on the robotic fingertip are nearly 100 tiny “touch points,” or micro-sensing points, as Huaweike Chief Product Officer…

RAWALPINDI/LAHORE: The family of the PTI founder Imran Khan, including his sons Suleman Khan and Kasim Khan, will be part of the protest movement called by him, his sister Aleema Khan said on Tuesday. Aleema spoke to the media after her two sisters Uzma and Noreen Khan and party lawyers met the PTI founder in Adiala Jail. Aleema was, however, denied permission for the meeting. She told the reporters that Imran Khan would himself lead the protest movement from inside the jail. “Imran Khan has said that he will lead the protest movement. He is free while in jail but…

Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesBank of New York Mellon will be the primary custodian for the Ripple’s U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin reserves going forward, the two companies said Wednesday.The partnership should enhance regulatory compliance for Ripple, the issuer of ripple USD (RLUSD), and boost institutional credibility for the company as well as the fast growing stablecoin industry. BNY Mellon is the nation’s oldest bank and primarily serves institutions and corporations.It also adds to the growing number of traditional institutions and companies showing interest in stablecoins – a shift that has quickly become known as “stablecoin summer” – as the…

MADRID: Liverpool and Portugal star Diogo Jota was likely speeding when his car veered off a motorway in Spain last week killing him and his brother, Spanish police said on Tuesday. The shock deaths of Jota, 28, and Andre Silva, 25, on July 3 plunged the football world into mourning, less than two weeks after the striker had got married. An ongoing investigation is examining “the marks left by one of the vehicle’s wheels… everything points to a possible excessive speed beyond the road’s speed limit”, the Civil Guard said. “All the tests conducted so far indicate that the driver…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan loses Rs250 billion annually to power theft in the country — not Rs500 billion as some claim — Energy Minister Awais Leghari told the National Assembly Standing Committee on Power on Tuesday. The committee, chaired by Muhammad Idrees, was informed that K-Electric could now draw up to 600 megawatts (MW) of electricity from the national grid, bringing its total power availability to 2,000MW. The minister’s statement came during a suggestion from committee member Rana Sikandar Hayat, who urged the issuance of new connections to housing societies to boost consumption. “If demand notices are issued, we’ll install the connections,” the minister…