Month: February 2024

PHC orders removal of Asad Qaiser’s name from ECL

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PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Thursday declared putting the name of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader and MNA-elect Asad Qaiser into the Exit Control List illegal and unconstitutional and ordered the relevant quarters to remove the name from the ECL forthwith. A two-member bench comprising Justice Shakil Ahmad and Justice Sahibzada Asadullah heard the petition filed by Muazzam Butt advocate. The petitioner’s counsel informed the court that his client Asad Qaiser was a former speaker of the National Assembly and a law-abiding citizen, who wanted to go for performing Umrah.…

Alan Eugene Miller: US to carry out second nitrogen gas execution

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The state of Alabama is about to execute a second prisoner with nitrogen gas, a mere month after the first execution by that method was denounced as “agonising and painful.” The state’s Supreme Court has been urged by the attorney general to schedule the execution of Alan Eugene Miller, a man found guilty of murder, according to The Sun. “The State of Alabama is prepared to carry out the execution of Miller’s sentence by means of nitrogen hypoxia,” the attorney general’s office stated. Miller, 59, shot and killed Lee Holdbrooks, Scott…

Interim setup leaving country’s economy in better condition than before, says PM Kakar

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As Pakistan came closer to see formation of an elected government, caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar on Thursday said that the interim setup was leaving the country’s economy in a better condition than before. “The caretaker government always gave priority to national interests while taking policy decisions as it believed to work together for national stability and development,” the prime minister said while chairing a meeting of the federal cabinet at the PM office. He said the government had improved the national economy, saying: “We are leaving the country’s economy…

Travis Kelce wins award at 2024 People’s Choice after Taylor Swifts heart

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Travis Kelce seems to be winning in life. Following his Super Bowl triumph, the NFL player won Athlete of the Year at the Sunday, February 18, 2024 People’s Choice Awards, after about 6 months of romance with Taylor Swift. The 34-year-old Kelce was not present at the Barker Hangar awards ceremony in Santa Monica, California. Along with Coco Gauff, Giannis Antetokounmpo, LeBron James, Lionel Messi, Sabrina Ionescu, Simone Biles, and Stephen Curry, he was nominated for honour. Taylor Swift, Kelce’s girlfriend, won four of her five nominations on Sunday, but…

At least 3 officials fatally shot in Burnsville, Minnesota

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Authorities in Burnsville, Minnesota said Sunday that at least two police officers and a paramedic were fatally shot after receiving reports of domestic abuse, as Governor Tim Walz expressed his grief and extended support to the victims’ families. According to the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA), the shooter was also dead, without revealing his cause of death. In a statement released on X — formerly called Twitter — the Governor said that authorities were “responding to a call of a family in danger.” He also stated that other officials…

Fafen urges ECP to audit election results after rigging allegations

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ISLAMABAD: After several parties and candidates raised doubts about the legitimacy of the 2024 election results, a non-government poll observer, Free and Fair Election Network (Fafen), urged the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to conduct an audit of the vote outcomes and proposed a three-stage methodology. “The results of constituencies that have been duly challenged by political parties and candidates at the appropriate legal fora should be scrutinised,” the observer said in an official statement Sunday, urging the ECP to use data analytics and forensics to establish the legitimacy of…