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MOUNT MAUNGANUI: Pakistan will look to avoid a series whitewash at the hands of New Zealand when they take on the hosts in the third and final One-day International at the Bay Oval on Saturday. The Mohammad Rizwan-lead side, after losing the preceding five-match T20I series against the BlackCaps, was hoping to stage a strong comeback in the 50-over format, but letting the latter take away the game from them after strong starts cost Pakistan the series. In the first ODI in Napier, Pakistan had New Zealand struggling at 50-3 at one point before a blistering century by Mark Chapman…
Listen to article The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) government and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) officials on Thursday dismissed reports that PTI founder Imran Khan had assigned Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur and government spokesperson Barrister Saif the task of negotiating with the establishment. The denial comes amid widespread speculation on mainstream and social media, claiming that Khan had instructed the K-P leadership to “re-engage” with the establishment during a recent meeting at Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail. Barrister Saif, responding to the reports, stated: “Nobody was assigned a new task to hold negotiation with the establishment by the PTI founder.” He clarified that the April 2 meeting…
Listen to article Punjab Information Minister Azma Bokhari on Thursday responded to criticism from Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leaders over the controversial canal project, advising them to direct their questions to the President of Pakistan rather than the Punjab chief minister. Reacting to PPP leader Chaudhry Manzoor’s recent press conference, Bokhari said it would be more appropriate for the PPP to first resolve its internal disagreements over the ownership of water resources before blaming Punjab, Express News reported. “Sindh says it’s their water, and you [PPP] say it belongs to Punjab. The PPP should first decide among themselves whose water it actually…
Listen to article Punjab Information Minister Azma Bokhari on Thursday responded to criticism from Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leaders over the controversial canal project, advising them to direct their questions to the President of Pakistan rather than the Punjab chief minister. Reacting to PPP leader Chaudhry Manzoor’s recent press conference, Bokhari said it would be more appropriate for the PPP to first resolve its internal disagreements over the ownership of water resources before blaming Punjab, Express News reported. “Sindh says it’s their water, and you [PPP] say it belongs to Punjab. The PPP should first decide among themselves whose water it actually…
Seoul, South Korea – The catchphrase “8-0” was blasted on loudspeakers and seen on placards in Seoul’s historic centre of Jongno District, where thousands of critics of impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol gathered. The demonstrators on Thursday were calling for Yoon to be impeached, confident that all eight acting justices in the country’s Constitutional Court would decide to uphold an impeachment motion passed by the National Assembly in mid-December after Yoon’s short-lived martial law bid. When the final verdict was announced on Friday, the court ruled unanimously to uphold Yoon’s impeachment and remove him from office for briefly declaring military rule.…
As our planet battles climate change and the rising urgency for sustainability, it’s clear: economies that swiftly embrace green growth will shape the future. We don’t have time to waste, as climate change is already causing havoc. Pakistan knows the consequences of it as a frontline nation facing consecutive floods and drought spells. What is a green economy— it is the one that nurtures economic development while at the same time keeps the environmental endowment intact and natural resources. This paradigm of green actions based economy promises Pakistan a transformative dramatic opportunity. With its extreme vulnerability to climate change, ever…
On Wednesday, United States President Donald Trump imposed sweeping reciprocal tariffs on the US’s trading partners. The day was termed “Liberation Day” by Trump, who signed an executive order imposing a flat 10 percent tariff on almost all nations and then additional tariffs on those countries that the US accuses of charging higher levies on American goods. The levies sent shock waves through global markets and prompted criticism from world leaders. China and the European Union have already responded with retaliatory measures, signalling the risk of a global trade war. China’s Ministry of Commerce called on Washington to cancel the…
BREAKINGBREAKING, South Korea’s Constitutional Court said that President Yoon Suk-yeol ‘violated’ people’s basic rights by declaring martial law.Seoul, South Korea – The Constitutional Court in South Korea has removed President Yoon Suk-yeol from office after upholding his impeachment by parliament for declaring martial law late last year. The court’s Acting Chief Justice Moon Hyung-bae opened the proceeding on Friday by declaring that there was sufficient reason to impeach President Yoon. “The defendant mobilised military and police forces to dismantle the authority of constitutional institutions and infringed upon the fundamental rights of the people,” the acting chief justice said while reading…
South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol arrives for his impeachment trial at the Constitutional Court in Seoul, South Korea, on Jan. Kim Hong-ji | ReutersSouth Korea’s Constitutional Court Friday upheld the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol, ousting him from office.The decision now starts a 60-day countdown where a presidential election must be held to select the next president. In the interim, Prime Minister Han Duck-soo has been reinstated as acting president following a decision by the constitutional court on March 24.In a broadcast on South Korea television, the acting chief of the Constitutional Court Moon Hyung-bae said the decision…
Listen to article India’s parliament passed a bill on Thursday to reform hugely wealthy Muslim land-owning organisations, with the Hindu nationalist government saying it will boost accountability while the opposition called it an “attack” on a minority. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government argues the bill will boost transparency to more than a dozen powerful Waqf boards, which control properties gifted by Muslim charitable endowments. There are around two dozen Waqf boards across India, owning some 900,000 acres (365,00 hectares), a multi-billion-dollar property empire that makes them one of the biggest landholders alongside the railways and the defence forces. Minister of Parliamentary Affairs…