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The National Assembly on Wednesday passed the Anti-Terrorism (Amendment) Bill 2024 by a majority vote enacting it into law after rejecting opposition proposals amid protests in the House. The House suspended its routine agenda to take up the bill. Speaker Ayaz Sadiq ordered a headcount on the bill’s passage, which showed 125 votes in favour and 45 against. Opposition members protested and shouted slogans during the process. PTI chairperson Barrister Gohar Ali Khan argued that the bill violated Article 10 of the Constitution and fundamental rights by allowing detention without trial for up to three months, extendable by another three. He said…

An independent contractor wearing a protective mask and gloves loads Amazon Prime grocery bags into a car outside a Whole Foods Market in Berkeley, California, on Oct. 7, 2020.David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAmazon is rolling out same-day delivery of fresh foods to more pockets of the U.S. as it looks to encourage shoppers to add meat and eggs to their order while they’re browsing its sprawling online store.The company announced Wednesday it’s bringing the service to more than 1,000 U.S. cities and towns, including Raleigh, North Carolina, Tampa, Florida, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with plans to reach at…

An aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 13, 2025 shows a China-Europe freight train bound for Baku, Azerbaijan, departing from Xi’an International Port Station in Xi’an, northwest China’s Shaanxi Province. The X9043 train, fully loaded with 55 containers of photovoltaic modules, set off from Xi’an to Baku on Wednesday. This departure marked a new milestone as the total number of China-Europe freight trains departing from Xi’an since the launch of the first service in 2013 exceeded 30,000. (Xinhua/Li Yibo)A China-Europe freight train bound for Baku, Azerbaijan, prepares to depart from Xi’an International Port Station in Xi’an, northwest China’s Shaanxi Province,…

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has not yet found suitable federal secretaries from the private sector to run the key economic ministries, as the deadline given by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to shortlist the potential candidates has also lapsed. The sources privy to the internal discussions said that a committee has met with a few candidates from the private sector to hire them for running the energy divisions. The premier also chaired a meeting in the fourth week of the last month for the head hunting of Principal Accounting Officers (PAOs) who will act as secretaries in addition to finalizing the…

Apple CEO Tim Cook (R) shakes hands with U.S. President Donald Trump during an event in the Oval Office of the White House on August 6, 2025 in Washington, DC. Win Mcnamee | Getty ImagesTop tech executives are at the forefront of a recent swathe of unprecedented deals with U.S. President Donald Trump.In just the last few days, the White House confirmed that two U.S. chipmakers, Nvidia and AMD, would be allowed to sell advanced chips to China in exchange for the U.S. government receiving a 15% cut of their revenues in the Asian country.Apple CEO Tim Cook, meanwhile, recently…

LAHORE: PML-N President Nawaz Sharif has urged the government to ensure unity and harmony among the people in the face of a growing threat of another misadventure by India, senior party leader Murtaza Javed Abbasi said on Tuesday. Talking to The Express Tribune, Abbasi said that during a meeting chaired by Nawaz Sharif at his Galiyat residence, it was revealed that there were threats that the Indian elected government, in a bid to redeem its lost honour among its voters, might undertake another misadventure. He said Nawaz Sharif stressed on ensuring political harmony and unity within the country to counter…

JD Vance’s U.K. trip has caused a stir, with locals staging a ‘Vance not welcome party’ on Tuesday after the U.S. vice president’s motorcade arrived in the picturesque Cotswolds.”Bullies not welcome here,” read one sign, while another called to “make America moral again.”Other placards mocked the U.S. official more directly, saying “JD Vance’s Netflix password is password” and “JD Vance claps when the plane lands.”A meme image featuring Vance with a bald head was printed on balloons and attached to the front of a popular celebratory “caterpillar” cake and displayed on the side of a van.Residents also faced security checks…

A Long March-5B carrier rocket carrying a group of low Earth orbit satellites blasts off from the Wenchang Space Launch Site in south China’s Hainan Province, Aug. 13, 2025. This satellite group, the eighth of its kind that will constitute an internet constellation, was launched at 2:43 p.m. (Beijing Time) aboard a Long March-5B carrier rocket, featuring a Yuanzheng-2 (Expedition-2) upper stage at the top of the rocket. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)WENCHANG, Hainan, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) — China successfully launched a new group of low Earth orbit satellites from the Wenchang Space Launch Site in the southern island province of Hainan on…

Listen to article ISLAMABAD: President Asif Zardari on Tuesday said Pakistan valued its economic ties with Morocco and saw vast potential to boost bilateral cooperation. He made these remarks during a meeting with the Ambassador of Morocco, Mohamed Karmoune, who called on him at Aiwan-e-Sadr, a statement from the Presidency said. The president observed that Africa is poised for significant economic growth in the coming years, and Morocco, with its remarkable economic development, is well-placed to lead this transformation and contribute to regional prosperity. He added that Pakistan and Morocco enjoy fraternal ties, based on common faith, shared values, and mutual respect,…

Sweden’s Mondo Duplantis broke his own pole vault world record with a clearance of 6.29 metres at the Hungarian Grand Prix meeting in Budapest on Tuesday, the 13th time he has set a new world mark as he continues to defy gravity. The double-Olympic champion maintained his tradition of improving on his previous record by one centimetre, with his second attempt at the Istvan Gyulai Memorial overhauling the mark he set in Stockholm in June. Duplantis had looked a little off his best form, missing his first attempt at 6.11 and, after Greece’s Emmanouil Karalis retired having failed twice at…