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The majority of South Korea’s parliament voted on Friday to remove interim President Han Duck-soo from office. Prime Minister Han has been acting president since President Yoon Suk Yeol was impeached on December 14 for his brief imposition of martial law on December 3, and his presidential powers were suspended. After Han’s impeachment, Finance Minister…
ISLAMABAD: Four capital police officers were martyred in the line of duty while 24,387 suspects were arrested by the police in connection with various criminal activities during the outgoing year. The capital police took several measures to improve the performance of the Operations Division, including improving the efficiency of police stations, increasing patrolling throughout the…
• Imran’s nephew Hassaan Niazi, two retired army and PAF officers among those sentenced.• The last batch marks the conclusion of the trials of those detained in military custody• A total of 85 civilians sentenced to between two and ten years of “rigorous imprisonment” ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Army announced on Thursday that the remaining 60 Pakistan…
NEW YORK: Wall Street stocks fell on Thursday and U.S. Treasury yields hit the highest level since April in light post-Christmas trading. The modest but widespread sell-off sent all three major U.S. stock indexes down modestly despite the so-called Santa Claus rally, in which stocks often get a boost during the holiday season due to…
KARACHI: The President, Senate President, National Assembly Speaker and other leaders hailed former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto as a champion of democracy on her 17th death anniversary, remembering her fight for the oppressed. The PPP leader was assassinated on December 27, 2007 in Rawalpindi’s Liaquat Bagh. In his message, President Asif Ali Zardari said Ms….
An army officer was martyred while 13 terrorists were killed during three separate security operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the army’s media wing said in a statement on Thursday. After the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) broke a fragile ceasefire agreement with the government in 2022, the country witnessed a sharp rise in the number of attacks…
Senior Azerbaijani officials confirmed on Thursday anadolu the validity of previous media reports suggesting that the crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines plane near the Kazakh city of Aktau on Wednesday was caused by a Russian missile system. This came after Azerbaijani media, citing government sources, reported that preliminary results of the investigation into the incident…
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (FO) stated on Thursday that Pakistani forces are carrying out “operations in border areas to protect the people of Pakistan from terrorist groups”, a day after the Taliban administration accused the country of carrying out a air attack on its territory. Relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan have been strained due…
Pakistan’s bowlers responded after the tourists were bowled out for 211 on the first day of the first Test against South Africa at Centurion’s SuperSport Park on Thursday. Khurram Shahzad struck twice and Mohammad Abbas claimed a late wicket as South Africa reached 82 for three in the end. South African fast bowler Corbin Bosch…
A religious political party protesting the killings in Parachinar district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa expanded its protest in Karachi on Thursday, prompting traffic authorities to issue traffic plans to avoid inconvenience to commuters. Violent clashes, which claimed more than 100 lives in October, have isolated the KP’s Kurram from the rest of the country. On Sunday…