Month: November 2023
Daily Metro Times-29 November 2023
18 killed in lightning strikes in India
Indian officials have confirmed that during intense storms across the western state of Gujarat, lightning strikes killed at least 18 people on Sunday. AFP reported that many were caught off guard as such heavy rainstorms are not expected in the western state during winter. Although flash floods and lightning strikes kill scores of people across India every year, experts have warned that extreme weather events would increase over time due to global warming. Gujarat state authorities, in a statement late Sunday, said that around 20 people were killed in the heavy…
Special court to conduct cipher trial in Adiala jail citing security concerns
ISLAMABAD: A special court, established under the Official Secrets Act 2023, on Tuesday announced, in a verdict, that it would hold cipher case hearings of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan and Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi in the Adiala jail. Last week, the court ordered authorities to present the former prime minister and Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi at Islamabad’s Federal Judicial Complex (FJC) today. However, today the Adiala jail authorities failed to produce the former prime minister before the court citing “security risks” in their report.
Daily Metro Times-28 November 2023
PM Kakar to meet UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed today
Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar will meet United Arab Emirates (UAE) President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Abu Dhabi today, the PM Office said in a statement. “The two leaders will exchange views on enhancing brotherly bilateral relations between the two countries in the fields of economy, trade, investment, cultural, defence and fostering people-to-people contacts,” an official statement read. Pakistan and the UAE will also sign memorandums of understanding (MoUs) in various fields including investment cooperation in the fields of energy, port operation projects, wastewater treatment, food security,…
ATC orders Marriyum Aurangzeb’s arrest in hate speech case
LAHORE: An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Monday issued the arrest orders for Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Marriyum Aurangzeb in a hate speech case and directed authorities to produce the former minister in court on December 9. ATC Judge Abher Gul Khan issued the arrest warrant for the PML-N leader and ordered the station house officer (SHO) concerned to execute the orders of her arrest. The non-bailable arrest warrant was issued against the former information minister for not appearing before the court. A terrorism case has been registered against Aurangzeb,…
Daily Metro Times-27 November 2023
Those behind ‘PTI govt experiment’ should be held accountable: PML-N
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) outspoken leader Khawaja Asif on Sunday slammed the former Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government for allegedly bringing the country’s economy to the brink of disaster and distorting the moral values of the young generation. Addressing the PML-N’s workers convention in Punjab’s Sialkot, the PML-N leader sought accountability of those behind the “PTI government experiment”. “The country suffered losses during the [PTI’s] four years. Those who performed the experiment should be held accountable”. The entire PTI leadership indulged in corruption during their tenure, he accused. “I…
PPP raises concerns over Dar’s re-appointment as leader of house in Senate
The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has raised concerns over caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar’s move to re-appoint Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) senior leader Ishaq Dar as Leader of the House in Senate, sources told Geo News on Sunday. Dar was appointed to the post by then-prime minister Shehbaz Sharif in October 2022 a month after he returned to Pakistan ending nearly five years of self-imposed exile in London. The sources said the caretaker prime minister endorsed Senator Dar’s appointment to the key post in the upper house of parliament, a move irked…