Month: November 2023

Elections in Pakistan on Feb 8

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ISLAMABAD: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja and President Arif Alvi Thursday agreed that the general elections will take place across Pakistan on February 8, 2024. The development came after an ECP delegation headed by CEC Raja and Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP) Mansoor Usman Awan met Alvi at the President’s Secretariat to discuss the poll date, a statement from Alvi’s office said. “It was [then] unanimously decided that the election will be held on Thursday, February 8,” the statement added. The meeting between the sides was on orders…

Overview of Israel’s trade ties with Muslim nations

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LAHORE: As Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayotallah Khamenei has called upon Muslim countries to halt trade with Israel, including oil exports to the Zionist nation, Jordan has said it would immediately recall its ambassador from Jerusalem in protest at the war against Gaza’s Hamas rulers triggered by the group’s October 7 attacks. A few days ago, addressing a massive pro-Palestinian rally in Istanbul, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had termed Israel an occupier in its war in Gaza. Israel-Turkey bilateral trade volume was standing at around $8.5 billion till May 2022.…

Imran urges lawyers to lead movement for masses rights

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has said that Pakistan stood at the crossroads, calling upon the legal fraternity to lead a movement for upholding the masses rights, most importantly, their right to vote and elect their leaders and to define their future themselves. According to the party’s Central Media Department here, in his message to the nation, the PTI chairman emphasised it is the duty of the judiciary and lawyers to protect the Constitution, upon which rests the progress of our nation. He called upon the legal fraternity…

‘Friends’ creators detail final conversation with Matthew Perry before his death

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Friends creators detailed how Matthew Perry was “happy and chipper” in their final conversation with the late actor. On the preview of Wednesday’s episode of the Today show, Marta Kauffman, 67, and David Crane, 66, recalled their final conversation with the late actor just two weeks before his tragic death. “It was great,” Kauffman told host Hoda Kotb via the virtual interview. “He was happy and chipper. He didn’t seem weighed down by anything,” the award-winning writer-director reflected. “He was in a really good place, which is why this seems so unfair,” she…

NCHR urges govt to deal with Afghan asylum seekers as per human rights commitments

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Islamabad: Responding to a petition submitted by a delegation of prominent human rights defenders (HRDs), the National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) has written a letter to the government and other stakeholders urging them to deal with the Afghan asylum seekers according to national and international human rights commitments. A delegation of prominent human rights defenders (HRDs) submitted a petition in NCHR requesting the Commission to play its role in restraining the government from detaining, forcefully deporting or otherwise harassing Afghan asylum-seekers. The petition also suggested the Commission to direct…

Sheikh Rashid appoints nephew his political successor

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ISLAMABAD: Awami Muslim League chief Sheikh Rashid has declared his nephew Rashid Shafiq as his son. In a video statement along with Rashid Shafiq, Sheikh Rashid said, “I have no children; I declare Rashid Shafiq my son. My political decision will be the political decision of Rashid Shafiq and he stands by my side.” He said, “We are with the great army and we both father and son condemn the events of May 9. I will contest the election from both seats and Rashid Shafiq is a part of it.”…