Jamaat-i-Islami Karachi chief Hafiz Naeemur Rehman on Monday forfeited a Sindh Assembly seat he had won after the February 8 elections over alleged rigging. According to the provisional results released by the Election Commission of Pakistan for the February 8 general elections, Naeem had won from the PS-129 constituency (Karachi Central VIII) with 26,296 votes. Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan’s (MQM-P) Muaz …

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will hold talks with Pakistan’s newly elected government for disbursement of the final loan tranche under SBA. Under SBA, Pakistan will receive a final loan tranche of $1.1 billion. The targets set by the IMF have already been met by the caretaker government of Pakistan. The international lender is not ‘interested’ in holding talks with …

The transparency of recent elections in Pakistan has come under scrutiny following a preliminary observation report released by the Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN), which highlighted significant irregularities and challenges faced during the electoral process. According to the report, while the transparency at polling stations remained relatively intact, concerns were raised about the integrity of the process within the …

Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson announced on Monday that he is going to star in a superhero film, titled ‘Bunny Man’. During a press conference Tyson addressed in the Italian city of Turin, he was flanked by writer Enrico Remmert and producer Andrea Lervolino. They further revealed that the whole movie will be shot in Turin. According to the …

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has stopped the final result of NA-71 constituency, where PML-N leader Khawaja Asif was declared the winner in the Feb 8 elections. The ECP requested a report from the returning officer (RO) concerned following allegations of irregularities and discrepancies in the electoral process. In Islamabad, the commission postponed the hearing on this matter until …

Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party Patron-in-Chief Jahangir Khan Tareen has decided to quit politics and also step down from the party office. Tareen announced his decision in a post on X while thanking everyone for their support during the recent election and felicitating his opponents. “I have immense respect for the will of the people of Pakistan. Therefore, I have decided to resign …

Siraj-ul-Haq stepped down as Jamaat-e-Islami Amir on Monday following the defeat and worst performance of JI in the Elections 2024. JI secured no seats in the National Assembly and got only two seats in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly. Who is Sirajul Haq? In 2014, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s senior minister and leader of the Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) Sirajul Haq, was elected as …

The Lahore Police has taken a significant decision to arrest Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Founder Imran Khan in connection with seven cases related to the events of May 9. According to sources within the joint investigation team (JIT) probing into the May 9 cases, the former prime minister will face arrest warrants in these cases. The decision to apprehend the PTI …

BEIJING: The Agricultural Development Bank of China, the country’s rural policy bank, has said that it issued loans totaling approximately 2.78 trillion yuan (about 391.35 billion U.S. dollars) in the country in 2023. By the end of 2023, the balance of loans stood at 8.79 trillion yuan, the policy bank said. Its assets totaled a historic 10 trillion yuan by …

ROME: The recovery of Chinese tourists to Italy is within reach, with arrivals possibly reaching “new peaks” this year starting from the Spring Festival holiday in China, an Italian tourism official has said. The Spring Festival holiday, which runs from Feb. 10 to 17 this year, is traditionally one of the peak periods in Chinese tourist arrivals, and “it will …

WASHINGTON: U.S. defense giants are faring well amid heavy government demand for military aid to Ukraine and Israel. Experts expect this to continue in 2024. “The Pentagon’s increased demand for goods and services from U.S. defense companies has likely improved their potential profits,” William Courtney, a retired U.S. ambassador and adjunct senior fellow at the RAND Corporation, told Xinhua. “Since …

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Sunday announced the complete results of the country’s General Election 2024 held on Feb. 8. According to the election results announced for the National Assembly (NA), or the lower house of the country’s parliament, independent candidates got 101 seats, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif got 75 …

SIEM REAP, Cambodia: Wading in thigh-deep muddy waters in a big lake here in the cultural province of Siem Reap, hundreds of villagers on Sunday used traditional fishing tools to catch fish in an annual fishing festival. Wearing palm leaf hats and traditional scarves to protect themselves from the scorching sun, villagers netted freshwater snakehead fish, catfish and climbing perch …

XI’AN: France thrashed New Zealand 94-39, while China beat Puerto Rico 105-69 to conclude the FIBA Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament (OQT) here on Sunday. Despite losing to France on Saturday, China has already secured a ticket to Paris 2024 thanks to Puerto Rico’s victory over New Zealand, leaving New Zealand the only eliminated team. It will be China’s overall 10th …

XI’AN: When people think of mining, they might picture a tough, dirty and risky job. But for Du Huailong, who holds a master’s degree in mining, his 11-year career as a coal miner is breaking conventional stereotypes. “Coal mining today is different from the past. There has been a significant reduction in manual work required in the mining process, with …

BEIJING: China’s e-commerce logistics index, an indicator of logistics operations in the e-commerce sector, stood at 112.8 points in January 2024, up 0.4 points from a month earlier, according to the latest data released by the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing. Specifically, the sub-index tracking logistics volume stood at 125.3 points in January, the highest level in 23 months, …

GAZA: Hamad al-Siksik, a Palestinian boy currently living in Rafah, is busy every day making kites for the displaced children in the southernmost city of the war-torn Gaza Strip. “It’s the first time since the outbreak of the current war in Gaza that we see kites finding their way into the sky,” said the 14-year-old boy. “They’ve brought us some …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Spokesperson strongly rejected the ongoing malicious attempts and shameful drama to tamper with the results to convert PTI’s overwhelming majority into minority to impose the people-rejected PDM-2 on the nation once again. PTI spokesperson, in a strongly-worded statement on Sunday, vehemently denounced the reprehensible plot to deprive people of their true and genuine representatives, as efforts …

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has ‘offered’ presidency, NA speakership and Senate chairmanship to Pakistan People’s Party, to get support for the formation of governments in centre and Punjab, said sources. According to the inside story of the meeting between the Pakistan People’s Party and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leadership to finalize the matters of forming a unity government as no party …

Newly elected Member of the National Assembly from the Pakistan People’s Party, Irfan Zafar Leghari, along with his uncle Qamber Leghari and fellow Sindh Assembly member Fayyaz Bhatt, have been apprehended in connection with an anti-terrorism case. The trio faces serious allegations of involvement in a violent incident targeting the Pakistan Army. A case has been formally registered against 200 …

WhatsApp, owned by Meta, has rolled out a handy new feature that lets users block spam messages right from their phone’s lock screen. This move comes as a response to the ongoing problem of spam flooding users’ inboxes and aims to give folks more control over their messaging experience. Spam messages have been a real headache for WhatsApp users, bombarding …

An important effort by the Anti-Narcotics Force to fight drug trafficking. Acting on confidential information, the ANF carried out an intelligence-based operation. In the southern Balochistan region near Pasni, authorities confiscated more than 852 kilograms of heroin from 12 camels. Sources suggest that there was a plan to smuggle heroin out of the country using 75 containers concealed on the …

Experts and analysts predicted that the rupee will move on a controlled range over the next several weeks as the exporter’s solid dollar supply balances the political uncertainty followed by a divided election result. As Khan and Sharif both proclaimed themselves winners and promised to form the next govt administration, increased political deadlock that could also delay much need for …

Widespread protests erupted across Balochistan and Karachi on Sunday as several political parties rejected the recently announced election results, alleging widespread rigging. Following hotly contested polls, major parties including the National Party, PPP, JUI-F, BAP, BNP-Mengal, PkMAP, and PkNAP, have staged sit-ins at district returning offices, demanding recounts and challenging the declared outcomes. Discontentment ran high in Quetta, with protests …

Following talks facilitated by caretaker Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) agreed to form a coalition government at the federal and Punjab provincial levels. PML-N president Shehbaz Sharif met PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and former president Asif Ali Zardari, conveying his father Nawaz Sharif’s invitation for co-governance. Discussions covered power-sharing and …

Following Pakistan’s general election on Feb 8th, the United States, Britain, and the European Union expressed concerns about the electoral process and urged an investigation into reported irregularities. The key contest pitted supporters of former Prime Ministers Nawaz Sharif and Imran Khan against each other. Both sides declared victory, despite neither securing a clear majority in the 265-seat National Assembly. …

BEIJING: Tracing images of loong, the Chinese dragon, in the Forbidden City, learning about stories of loong summoning rain in royal altars, and buying Chinese dragon mascots — these are just some of the new experiences awaiting Beijing residents and visitors during the 2024 Chinese New Year. To celebrate the Year of the Dragon which started on Saturday, the likes …

GENEVA: With the escalation of the conflict in Yemen, a spokesperson of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has called on the international community to step up humanitarian aid for the impoverished Arabian Peninsula country. “People are concerned that if airstrikes intensify, it might lead to more civilian casualties, but also civilian facilities may get hit,” Fatima Sator, …

BEIJING: Domestic comedy-drama film “Pegasus 2” led China’s daily box office chart on its premiere on Saturday, data from the China Movie Data Information Network showed. The movie tells the story of a driving school coach, a former champion driver, who now instructs a newbie in preparation for a rally. The film generated revenue of 416.23 million yuan (about 58.6 …

BEIJING: Chinese tourists are expected to make more than 6 billion domestic trips in 2024, and the combined number of inbound and outbound tourists traveling internationally is expected to exceed 260 million, according to a recent report from the China Tourism Academy. The report, which includes a review of China’s tourism performance in 2023 and a forecast for 2024, highlights …

BUDAPEST: Hungarian President Katalin Novak resigned from office on Saturday, following a child abuse pardon scandal. “I am addressing you as President for the last time, I resign from the position of President of the Republic,” Novak said on national television channel M1. “I apologize to those I have offended and to all the victims who might have felt I …

WASHINGTON: The White House on Friday blasted a report from a Department of Justice special counsel that suggested President Joe Biden was suffering memory lapses, and Vice President Kamala Harris called the report “clearly politically motivated.” The report from Special Counsel Robert Hur, a former U.S. attorney in Maryland during Republican Donald Trump’s administration, has prompted an election-year brawl and …

DOHA/JERUSALEM: Trapped in and around Rafah, more than 1 million Palestinians braced for Israel to complete a plan to evacuate them and launch a ground assault against Hamas fighters in the southern Gaza city. Aid agencies warned that large numbers of civilians could die in the Israeli offensive and the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency said it did not know how …

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Even before counting of votes for national and provincial assembly contests was completed, leaders from a number of major political parties held meetings late on Friday night, ostensibly in the hopes of wrangling sufficient numbers to form governments in the Centre and the four provinces. In a speech on Friday evening, PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif had announced that he had …

Caretaker premier Anwaarul Haq Kakar has said that there was no political motive behind communications blackout on the election day, adding that people were able to peacefully exercise their right to vote. In an interview with TRT World, he emphasised that the government’s primary responsibility has always been the security and well-being of the people. Referring to two violent incidents …

PTI leader Barrister Gohar Khan has claimed that the PTI has won 170 National Assembly seats out of the 265 where elections were held. Speaking to the media, he said, “We claim with great certitude that right now, the PTI has achieved a lead on 170 seats of the National Assembly. “Out of these, 94 are those that the ECP …

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan and former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi granted bail in May 9 violence case. As per details, the Anti Terrorism Court judge Malik Ejaz heard the bail pleas of Shah Mehmood and PTI founder Imran Khan. The prosecution urged the court for some time however the ATC rejected the request and granted bail to …

Over 50 million voters cast votes in February 08 election and voters turnout remained 48 percent, the Free and Fair Election Network said in its preliminary observation report on Pakistan’s general election 2024. FAFEN chairperson Mossarat Qadeem, in a briefing said that the election held after two years long polarisation. “It is laudable that despite criticism from political parties the …

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has summoned an important meeting on the election 2024 results tomorrow (Sunday). According to sources, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja will preside the ECP meeting. Sources said that Sikandar Sultan Raja will be brief on February 8 election, the results in the meeting and the delayed announcement of election results. The Election …