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Listen to article ISLAMABAD: Despite dissent shown by senior Supreme Court judges, the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) has nominated two more judges for the constitutional benches (CBs) by a narrow majority. They are Justice Aqeel Ahmad Abbasi and Justice Ali Baqar Najfi. The commission by a majority of 7 to 6 approved the nomination of the recently-appointed Justice Ali Baqar Najafi for the constitutional bench. Five government representatives in the JCP and Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) member supported the proposal of Justice Aminuddin Khan for the constitutional bench. Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Yahya Afridi did not endorse Justice Najfi’s nomination.…

Who: Barcelona vs Celta VigoWhat: Spanish LaLigaWhere: Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys, Barcelona, SpainWhen: Saturday at 4:15pm (14:15 GMT) Follow Al Jazeera Sport‘s live text and photo commentary stream. Barcelona will attempt to extend their lead at the top of LaLiga to seven points when they entertain Celta Vigo on Saturday. Defending champions, Real Madrid, are second in the table but not in action until Sunday when they face Athletic Club. The league leaders are far from happy, however, with the scheduling of their matches in the Spanish top flight as they chase a quadruple this season. What are Barcelona upset…

Listen to article ISLAMABAD: The coalition government has so far spent hardly Rs424 billion or less than 40% of the annual downward revised development budget, impacting construction work and cash flows of hundreds of projects, including schemes of the provinces and merged districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The only exceptions to lower spending were the projects related to parliamentarians, Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan and Space & Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (Suparco), showed the official documents. The official data of the Planning Commission showed that from July through the middle of April (nine and half months), the development expenditures amounted to Rs424 billion…

International Committee for Solidarity with Rached Ghannouchi decries ‘repressive campaign’ against Ennahdha party leader.Marking the second anniversary of the arrest of Tunisia’s prominent opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi, an international committee formed last year to raise awareness about his imprisonment says he is being held “unjustly” and on “trumped-up charges”. The International Committee for Solidarity with Rached Ghannouchi called for the immediate release of the imprisoned Ennahdha party leader and former speaker of Tunisia’s parliament. In a statement on Thursday, it said that more than 15 cases have been brought against Ghannouchi, and “several unjust convictions and sentences” have been issued. The…

Listen to article ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar will travel to Kabul on April 19 (tomorrow) and Dhaka on April 22 on important foreign visits seen as a major breakthrough in the country’s bilateral relations with these two countries, sources said on Thursday. The sources confirmed to The Express Tribune that Dar would visit Kabul on Saturday (tomorrow), the first visit by any Pakistani foreign minister in three years. Last time any Pakistani top diplomat travelled to the Afghan capital was in October 2021 months after the Taliban returned to power in Kabul. The upcoming visit of Dar…

At least 38 people were killed and 102 injured in air strikes carried out by United States forces on Yemen’s Ras Isa oil port, Houthi-affiliated Al Masirah TV reported on Friday, citing local health authorities. The Hodeidah Health Office confirmed the casualties following Thursday’s strikes, making the attack one of the deadliest launched by US forces in the country. The US Central Command (CENTCOM) said the operation targeted fuel supplies used by the Iran-aligned Houthi group, describing the port as a critical economic asset for the movement. “Today, US forces took action to eliminate this source of fuel for the Iran-backed…

When she saw the Trump sign in the yard, Camila knew she would have to watch out. It was February 2025, and Camila* had shown up at a home in North Texas to meet the new family for whom she would nanny. The 22-year-old college student doesn’t have legal documentation, but that’s never been an issue. In her experience, many families like to pay their childcare workers in cash. Still, this new family posed an interesting challenge. The interior of the home was filled with more Trump paraphernalia. “Trump everything, everywhere,” Camila says. It turned out the father works for…

Rights groups have criticised the repatriation drive, warning that mass expulsions risk endangering vulnerable people.Pakistan has confirmed to have repatriated more than 80,000 Afghan nationals since April 1, before an extended April 30 deadline for the country’s largest migrant group in an initiative labelled as “forced deportation” by Afghanistan. Talal Chaudhry, Pakistan’s Interior Ministry adviser, told reporters in Islamabad on Friday that there would be no more extensions to the Illegal Foreigners Repatriation Plan launched in late 2023 for more than three million Afghans. “We have communicated clear instructions to all provinces, if anyone gives a shop, house, or any…

The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) headquarters in Washington, DC, US, on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesA federal judge on Friday halted the mass firings carried out Thursday afternoon at the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, saying she was deeply concerned that the Trump administration had violatedcourt orders setting conditions on dismissals.On Thursday, the agency fired between 1,400 and 1,500 workers, eliminating as much as 90% of its workforce.A witness statement filed Friday morning also accused senior officials and an administration official associated with billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency of disregarding the court’s…

Listen to article If the preliminary and unofficial results of the bye-elections are correct, Pakistan Peoples Party’s arrow seems to have hunted down the peacock, a symbol on which Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s Lal Malhi was contesting as an independent candidate on NA-213 Umerkot. A one on one electoral battle unfolded in the constituency on Thursday between the PPP’s Saba Talpur and Malhi, who was also supported by the Grand Democratic Alliance, the nationalist parties, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl and many other smaller political entities. However, the initial and unconfirmed results of 498 polling stations, have put the independent candidate trailing far behind Talpur with a…