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Police in the southern Indian state of Kerala arrested 44 men accused of raping an 18-year-old girl over five years, a police official said Tuesday, in a case that has shocked the resort town. coastal. The victim, an athlete who belongs to the so-called lower caste community known as Dalits, told police in a statement…
The British minister responsible for financial services and fighting corruption resigned on Tuesday after weeks of questions about her financial ties to her aunt Sheikh Hasina, ousted last year as prime minister of Bangladesh. Tulip Siddiq, 42, had repeatedly denied any wrongdoing and Prime Minister Keir Starmer said last week he had full confidence in…
The militaries of Pakistan and Bangladesh on Tuesday stressed the need for the “enduring partnership” between the two countries to “remain resilient to external influences” amid a thaw in relations. The two countries were once a single nation, but split after a bloody civil war, in which the territory formerly known as “East Pakistan” broke…
The federal cabinet on Tuesday approved the power division’s recommendation to review agreements negotiated with 14 independent power producers (IPPs) aimed at reducing electricity costs and saving Rs 1.4 trillion for the national exchequer. In October, the government prematurely terminated power purchase agreements with five of the oldest IPPs and this move was projected to…
The United States remained the top export destination for Pakistani products during the first five months of the current fiscal year, followed by China and the United Kingdom. Total exports to the US during the period were recorded at $2,512,809 million compared to $2,299,165 million last year, representing an increase of 9.29 percent, according to…
Pakistan reported one new case of polio in Sindh’s Jacobabad district on Tuesday, raising the previous year’s toll to 71, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) said in a statement. Pakistan is one of the last two countries in the world, along with Afghanistan, where polio remains endemic; The disease mainly affects children under five…
Sierra Leone declared a public health emergency on Monday to combat mpox and announced it was stepping up surveillance at its borders after confirming two cases of the deadly viral disease. “The confirmation of two cases of mpox in the country has prompted immediate action as mandated by the public health law,” Health Minister Austin…
PTI Senator Ejaz Chaudhry did not appear at Tuesday’s Senate session despite appearance orders issued by President Yousaf Raza Gillani a day earlier. This was not the first production order issued for the senator, who is imprisoned in Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat jail. In March of last year, he was to be presented in the Senate…
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday said the situation in Kurram was “returning to normal” as 25 vehicles of a second convoy carrying essential items arrived in the district. Clashes stemming from decades of land disputes have claimed at least 130 lives since November, and shortages of food and medicine have been reported due to…
Bushra Bibi, wife of former prime minister and PTI founder Imran Khan, said during a court hearing on Tuesday that she has “lost faith in the law.” He made these remarks while appearing before an anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Islamabad for a hearing related to the Rangers accident case. The case revolves around the death…