Day: February 4, 2025

Explainer: What’s behind Trump’s push to overhaul USAID?

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WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump is planning to merge the country’s international aid agency, USAID, into the State Department as part of a wider shake-up aimed at cutting staff and bringing aid spending in line with his “America First” policy. Trump has entrusted Elon Musk, the billionaire heading his drive to shrink the federal government, to oversee the project. On Sunday, Trump said USAID had “been run by a bunch of radical lunatics, and we’re getting them out,” while Musk called it “a criminal organisation” without providing any evidence and…

‘Imran’s transfer from Adiala stalled over his insistence for workers’ release’

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PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur has said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan’s transfer to Bani Gala, Nathia Gali or the CM House was proposed but was stalled due to former prime minister’s insistence on the release of all detained workers before his transfer. “When I set out for a mission, I burn my boats,” said CM Gandapur while talking to journalists in Peshawar. Regarding the November 24 protest, he revealed that the establishment had warned against staging demonstrations, citing the risk of clashes and damage. The protests…