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Journalist Malik Hassan Zaib shot dead in Nowsehra

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A local journalist Malik Hassan Zaib was shot dead by two unknown assailants in the Nowshera district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on Sunday. The incident took place in the city area of Akbarpura, where the victim came under gun attack while he was on his way in a car along with his brother, District Police Officer (DPO) Azhar Khan said. His brother escaped the attack, the police officer said, adding that the journalist’s body had been shifted to a nearby hospital. The law enforcers, arriving on the spot, collected clues…

Scarlett Johansson’s daughter ‘too scared’ from ‘Avengers’: Here’s why

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Scarlett Johansson revealed her nine-year-old daughter Rose is not one of those millions of Marvel Cinematic Universe fans that just loves watching the action.  In a recent interview with People Magazine, the Black Widow star opened up about why her daughter, whom the actress shares with her former husband, French journalist Romain Dauriac, is “too scared” to watch her mother’s Marvel movies. “She likes that I play Black Widow, but she’s too scared to watch an Avengers movie,” Johansson, 39, told the publication. “She’s just like, ‘It’s violent.’ I’m like, ‘Oh God,’” the mother of…

Imran, Bushra to remain behind bars as arrest ‘declared’ in new NAB reference

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After their acquittal in iddat case, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan and his spouse Bushra Bibi have been “arrested in a new reference filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) related to Toshakhana gifts”, Geo News reported citing sources. The development came hours after a district and sessions court in Islamabad acquitted the former premier and his spouse in the iddat case — also known as the un-Islamic nikah case — which was the last hurdle in the couple’s release from jail. The court accepted the couple’s pleas seeking annulment of…

Uranus’ ‘traffic jams’ could solve its weak radiation belts mystery

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Scientists may have solved a persisting mystery surrounding the ice giant Uranus and its weak radiation belts. The belts’ weakness is possibly connected to the planet’s curiously tilted and lopsided magnetic field. Moreover, the field could be causing “traffic jams” for particles whipping around the world, reported Space. Far before Voyager 2 left the solar system in 2018, the mystery dates back to the probe’s visit to Uranus in January 1986. Interestingly, Uranus’s magnetic field was found to be asymmetric and tilted roughly 60° away from its spin axis by the…

Biden calls himself ‘most qualified’ person to take on Trump in presidential election

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WASHINGTON: In a major development, US President Joe Biden defiantly insisted Thursday that he will run for another term and win, as a series of verbal gaffes while leading a major summit threw a harsh new spotlight on his fitness. The 81-year-old president sought to show himself in command as he led the NATO summit in Washington two weeks after a disastrous debate performance raised fears among Democrats that he may lose to Donald Trump. But Biden mistakenly introduced Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky as his Russian foe Vladimir Putin before…

ANP’s Nisar Khan ‘wins’ Bajaur by-poll

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In a major development, Awami National Party’s (ANP) candidate Nisar Khan emerged victorious in the PK-22 by-election in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s (KP) Bajaur district after securing 11,926 votes, according to unofficial and unconfirmed results released on late Thursday night. As per the unofficial results, independent candidate Najeebullah Khan came in second with 10,622 votes, followed by Jamaat-e-Islami’s (JI) Abid Khan, who bagged 10,593 votes in by-election. In Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-ruled KP, Sunni Ittehad Council’s (SIC) Rahatullah Khan was at fourth place with 7,146 votes. It is pertinent to mention here that the…

What will Pakistan team’s selection committee look like in future?

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KARACHI: In continuation of the ongoing shuffle within the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and the team’s management, the board has laid out new formula for the future of the national side’s selection committee, sources told Geo News on Wednesday. The sources say that the selection panel will now feature white-ball and red-ball coaches along with the relevant captain of the relevant format and will also include former cricketers Mohammad Yousuf, and Asad Shafiq. The revamped formula for the selection committee comes in light of the repercussions of the Green Shirts’ dismal performance and early…

Clooney, Democrats urge Biden to drop re-election bid

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WASHINGTON: In a major development, US President Joe Biden was left reeling Wednesday when actor and leading Democratic supporter George Clooney urged him to drop his reelection bid, while party heavyweight Nancy Pelosi declined to back his candidacy. As the 81-year-old tried to show his leadership credentials at a NATO summit in Washington, domestic pressure mounted on Biden to quit following his disastrous debate performance against Republican challenger Donald Trump. Biden has been trying to stem a growing tide of Democrats saying that he cannot win in November, but Clooney’s…

HRCP blasts ‘unconstitutional’ order allowing phone tapping

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The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has lambasted the government over allowing the country’s top spy agency to tap calls of citizens, terming it unconstitutional. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the commission said it was “deeply concerned” by the recent “unconstitutional notification” issued by the federal government granting officers of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) freedom to intercept and trace the calls of nationals. Through a notification on Monday, the government approved permission for the intelligence agency to intercept and trace calls and messages, in the apprehension of an…