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ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Thursday rebuked the K-P government after Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur said the provincial authority would not cooperate with the federal government in its crackdown against Afghan nationals. “On your question related to K-P, I can just emphasize that the regulation of border and foreign policy remains the domain of the federal government and within the federal government,” Spokesperson Shafqat Ali Khan told reporters at his weekly news briefing. He was responding to a question about the K-P chief minister’s statement where he stated that his government would not launch any crackdown against the Afghans…
Trump’s nominee becomes chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff with 60 votes against 25.The US Senate has confirmed Air Force General Dan Caine as chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff after his predecessor’s abrupt sacking two months ago. Caine’s nomination by President Donald Trump was approved with some bipartisan support by an overnight vote on Friday of 60 to 25 before a two-week recess. At his confirmation hearing earlier this month, he promised to be apolitical and said he would be candid in his advice to Trump. When asked by Michigan Democratic Senator Elissa Slotkin if…
The case marks a first for Taiwan in prosecuting what it alleged is deliberate damage to a subsea cable.Taiwanese prosecutors have formally charged the captain of a Chinese-crewed cargo ship that Taipei says severed one of its subsea cables earlier this year. The Togo-flagged Hong Tai 58 was detained by Taiwan’s coastguard in February near the site of a cable breakdown amid allegations that it had deliberately dropped its anchor to cause damage. The ship’s captain, who was only identified to the public by his surname Wang, was charged on Friday with being responsible for the incident, the prosecutors said.…
This photo illustration created on January 7, 2025, in Washington, DC, shows an image of Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, and an image of the Meta logo. Drew Angerer | Afp | Getty ImagesMeta will face off against the U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Monday in a high-stakes antitrust trial that could result in the company divesting Instagram and WhatsApp.The trial in Washington is expected to last weeks and centers around the FTC’s allegations that Meta monopolizes the personal social networking market. CEO Mark Zuckerberg, former COO Sheryl Sandberg, Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom and other current and former Meta executives are…
RAWALPINDI: The tenth edition of the HBL Pakistan Super League (PSL) has arrived. That it will mark a decade of the country’s very own cash-rich franchise T20 tournament, is probably one of the very few special things about it, given where Pakistan cricket stands today. The tournament has come amid the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) administrative turmoil and the national team’s spiraling decline over the last two years. The PSL ‘X’, as it has been named this year, also coincides with the ongoing dissatisfaction of the biggest stakeholders of the league — the team owners — over its progress in…
A Major League Baseball logo at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, on May 22, 2022.Ronald Martinez | Getty ImagesMajor League Baseball is increasingly drawing private equity investors as the league faces major shifts in player salaries and media rights.Private equity has been gravitating toward professional sports, which sports-acquisitive firm Arctos Partners called “remarkably resilient assets” during times of economic uncertainty in a research note this week. MLB in particular is poised to attract new stakeholders with big changes on the horizon.A potential MLB lockout is looming if the league puts forth a salary cap proposal during collective bargaining negotiations in…
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese president, and To Lam, general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and then Vietnamese president, who is on a state visit to China, have a small chat over tea in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 19, 2024. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)by Xinhua writer Shi XiaomengBEIJING, April 11 (Xinhua) — When To Lam made his first visit to China as Vietnam’s top leader in August last year, he started the trip not in Beijing but in the southern metropolis of Guangzhou — a special arrangement Chinese…
Listen to article The upcoming federal budget will bring relief for salaried individuals and further reductions in electricity costs, Federal Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said on Thursday. Aurnagzeb announced that a detailed relief plan for the salaried class has been finalised and will be shared with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). He added that efforts are under way to lower power bills by July, or earlier. Aurangzeb stated that all IMF targets have been met, and the fund’s Executive Board is expected to approve the staff-level agreement in May. Pakistan is also anticipating the release of the next $1 billion loan tranche, along…
The Associated Press news agency has verified footage from Ukrainian and Russian sources depicting the four soldiers.Ukraine has opened a war crime investigation into the alleged killing of four soldiers captured by Russian forces, according to the Ukrainian parliament’s human rights commissioner. Dmytro Lubinets wrote on X on Thursday that the four prisoners of war had no weapons as they walked out of a destroyed building with “their hands raised”. “They were shot dead on the spot. This is a clear violation of the Geneva Convention and a grave war crime,” he added. The alleged killing of the soldiers is…
Pakistan women need 187 to win against Scotland in 32 overs to win in their second One-Day International (ODI) encounter of the ICC Women’s World Cup 2025 Qualifiers in Lahore. Scotland’s skipper Kathryn Bryce, led from the front, scoring 91 of 96 balls and hitting 10 boundaries and a six before being bowled by Pakistan captain Fatima Sana. Fatima was the pick of the bowlers for Pakistan. She ended with figures of 4-23 as the side restricted Scotland to 186 for 9 wickets in the innings that was restricted to 32 overs due to the start being delayed by rain.…