Month: June 2024

Boat capsize off Yemen claims over 49 lives, 140 missing

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GENEVA: Over 49 migrants have died, and 140 are missing after their boat capsized off the coast of Yemen, the UN migration agency reported on Tuesday. The International Organisation of Migration (IOM) stated that the boat departed from Somalia with 260 migrants on board, including Somalis and Ethiopians. The tragic incident occurred on Monday near Alghareef Point in Yemen’s Shabwah governorate. The victims included 31 women and six children, IOM noted. “This tragedy highlights the urgent need for collective action to tackle migration challenges and ensure migrant safety,” said Mohammedali…

Budget 2024-25: ‘PML-N govt fails to fulfil demands agreed with PPP’

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As the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) all set to unveil federal budget 2024-25, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) spokesperson Shazia Marri alleged on Tuesday that the ruling party did not consult its key ally to finalise budgetary proposals. The PPP information secretary, addressing a press conference in Islamabad today, expressed reservations, on behalf of her party, over the budgetary proposals finalised by the ruling Nawaz-led party for the FY25. The statement came from the major political ally of the ruling PML-N in the coalition government after Finance Minister Muhammad presented Economic…

Controversial Punjab defamation law challenged in LHC

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LAHORE: The controversial Punjab Defamation Law, 2024, Saturday was challenged in the Lahore High Court after acting Governor Malik Muhammad Ahmad Khan signed the bill. Earlier today, sources told Geo News that the bill received a final nod from the acting governor in the absence of Punjab Governor Sardar Salim Khan, who is currently on leave. The petitions challenging the law have been filed by journalist Jaffar Ahmad Yar and a citizen Raja Riaz. In the pleas filed by the two individuals, Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz, the governor, and the…