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Nawaz Sharif confirms he will return to Pakistan next month

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LONDON: For the first time, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday confirmed that he would return to his homeland in October this year. Nawaz — who has been in self-imposed exile in London since November 2019 owing to health reasons — said this for the first time on Friday during his meeting with his party workers and supporters at Stanhope House. Those in attendance included ex-PM Shehbaz Sharif and PML-N leaders Chaudhary Tanveer, Danyal Chaudhary, Chaudhary Nadeem Khan, Dr Anjum and others. Sources…

Digital watchdog warns users after detecting Israeli spyware in Apple devices

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Apple users beware! Researchers at digital watchdog group Citizen Lab on Thursday revealed they found spyware linked to Israeli firm NSO that exploited a newly discovered flaw in Apple devices. While inspecting the Apple device of an employee of a Washington-based civil society group last week, Citizen Lab said it found the flaw had been used to infect the device with NSO’s Pegasus spyware, it said in a statement. “This shows that civil society is once again serving as the early warning system about really sophisticated attacks,” said John Scott-Railton,…

Parvez Elahi sent on 14-day judicial remand in Judicial Complex attack case

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) President Parvez Elahi on Friday was sent to Adiala jail on a 14-day judicial remand in the Judicial Complex attack case. An anti-terrorism court (ATC) Judge Abul Hasnat Zulqarnain in Islamabad rejected the prosecution’s request seeking 10 physical remand of the PTI leader. The PTI president was arrested hours after his release from NAB custody on September 1, after the LHC had explicitly restricted the authorities from arresting him earlier that same day. The September 1 order was a reiteration of similar orders issued by the…

Donald Trump’s former advisor Peter Navarro found guilty of contempt of Congress

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Former US President Donald Trump’s erstwhile advisor on trade Peter Navarro was found guilty by a federal grand jury Thursday of contempt of Congress as he did not testify before the House of Representatives committee probing into the January 6 riots, but he said to appeal the verdict. The 72-year-old was found guilty on two counts in Washington after a two-day trial. Navarro had refused to appear for a deposition before the committee and also declined to supply documents to the panel. Peter Navarro, who is an economist, is the second…

North Korea showcases new ‘tactical nuclear submarine’ as tensions mount

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North Korean media reported Friday that the country has built a “tactical nuclear attack submarine” as part of its effort to strengthen its naval force. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un presided over the unveiling ceremony Wednesday, saying the new sub was part of a “push forward with the nuclear weaponisation of the Navy in the future”, KCNA reported. The launching of the submarine, named the Hero Kim Kun Ok, “heralded the beginning of a new chapter for bolstering up the naval force of the DPRK”, according to the report from KCNA. During…

Audio leaks commission: Apex court terms PDM’s govt’s objections on SC judges ‘attack on judiciary’

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The Supreme Court on Friday rejected the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM)-led government objections on a five-member bench led by Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial hearing petitions against the audio leaks commission. The five-member larger bench of the apex court, headed by CJ Bandial and comprising Justice Ijazul Ahsen, Justice Munib Akhtar, Justice Syed Hassan Azhar Rizvi and Justice Shahid Waheed, was formed earlier in May this year to hear petitions against the then government’s move to form inquiry commission led by senior puisne Judge Qazi Faez Isa to…

17 killed in Russian attack on east Ukraine market

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A Russian strike killed at least 17 people at a market in east Ukraine on Wednesday, President Volodymyr Zelensky said, in an attack he described as deliberate and “heinous”. The attack came hours after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken made an unexpected trip to Kyiv, where he vowed Washington would stand “side by side” with Ukraine as it pressed ahead with its counteroffensive against Russia. Projectiles tore through the centre of Kostiantynivka, a town of nearly 70,000 people in the Donetsk region, in one of the deadliest strikes in…