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Govt challenges SC’s military courts verdict

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ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Defence on Friday filed an intra-court appeal in the Supreme Court against a five-member bench that had declared the trial of civilians in military courts illegal, reported Geo News on Friday. In the petition, the ministry has appealed to the apex court to revoke the October 23 decision and restore the sections of the Official Secrets Act that were declared illegal. It also urges the Supreme Court to restore Section 59(4) of the Army Act. The petition has also warned that declaring some sections of the Army Act…

Bad news! WhatsApp to stop offering ‘unlimited’ storage for backups

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The prominent messaging platform WhatsApp is set to stop rendering “unlimited storage” for chat backups in the near future. Google, along with the meta-owned app, will notify its users in advance of their decision to remove the unlimited quota option for WhatsApp backups. For now, the storage-limiting feature available on the WhatsApp Business beta for Android 2.23.24.21 update, but the two companies intend to roll out this change to beta testers soon, followed by everyone else next year, WaBetaInfo reported. When implemented, this change will bring WhatsApp’s backup feature at par with that of iOS…

Shehbaz asks Bilawal to become politically mature

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LAHORE: Shehbaz Sharif, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) president and former prime minister, termed Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari a “young brother”, a day after the young politicians advised his party’s supremo to “focus on Lahore”. “Bilawal Bhutto is like a younger brother. [We have] worked together for 16 months,” he said, citing their collaboration under the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) coalition government.The senior politician’s comment came during a press conference in Quetta, where PMLN leaders, including Nawaz, gathered to meet with Balochistan-based political parties ahead of the elections…

Pakistan-born lawyer may become first Muslim American judge in US federal appeals court

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In a first for Muslim Americans, US President Joe Biden on Wednesday nominated Pakistan-born lawyer Adeel Mangi to serve as a judge on a federal appeals court, reported The Washington Post. If the US Senate approves Mangi’s nomination then the Harvard and Oxford-trained lawyer would become the first Muslim American to serve as a judge on a US appellate court. The lawyer was nominated for the US Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, based in Philadelphia. His nomination was announced along with seven other judicial nominees. Mangi is currently a…

150,000 illegal immigrants, including Afghans, repatriated: Achakzai

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QUETTA: Balochistan caretaker Minister for Information Jan Achakzai said on Wednesday that 150,000 undocumented emigrants including Afghan citizens had been repatriated. Addressing a press conference at Quetta Press Club, he said that about 250, 000 undocumented Afghan citizens were expected to repatriate to Afghanistan via Chaman Spinboldak crossing point by December.He said that Afghanistan posed two kinds of threats to Pakistan. “One threat is from border while other threat is from undocumented Afghan citizens living in Pakistan,” Achakzai said and added that Pakistan wanted to boost trade with Afghanistan because…

Human hair sweaters in stores as Dutch designer Zsofia Kollar combs out old fashion tangles

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Contrary to popular belief, keratin protein fibres, which are the building blocks of both human hair and a woolly coat, assist in preserving body heat — one is worn and the other is squandered, and a Dutch company is now wondering why, CNN reported. By transforming human hair into a cloth, Human Material Loop aims to revolutionise the fashion business. Thus far, the company has produced human hair coats, jumpers and blazer prototypes in the hopes that apparel firms may eventually purchase rolls of their substitute material for their own designs. Zsofia…

Seven terrorists killed in Tank operation

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Seven terrorists were killed during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Tank district, the military’s wing said on Wednesday. In a statement, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that on the night between November 14-15, the security forces conducted the IBO in the Kiri Machan Khel area of the district on the reported presence of terrorists. “During conduct of the operation, intense fire exchange took place between own troops and terrorists, as a result of which seven terrorists were sent to hell,” it added. The terrorists’ hideouts were also…