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Osamu Suzuki, a resourceful tightwad who ran Japan’s Suzuki Motor for more than four decades and played a key role in turning India into a booming automobile market, has died at the age of 94. He died on Christmas Day of lymphoma, said the company, which he ambitiously steered, during his tenure as CEO or…
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday reiterated his call for improved relations with Afghanistan, but stressed that the administration in Kabul must first rein in Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). Relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan have been strained due to frequent border skirmishes and Islamabad has repeatedly demanded Kabul take action against the banned TTP for using…
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said Friday that its Parker solar probe was “safe” and operating normally after successfully completing the closest approach to the Sun of any man-made object. The spacecraft passed just 3.8 million miles (6.1 million kilometers) from the Sun’s surface on Dec. 24, flying into the Sun’s outer atmosphere…
The religious political party Majlis Wahdat-i-Muslimeen (MWM) on Thursday night expanded its ongoing metropolis-wide sit-in against the Parachinar killings by blocking almost all major arteries, according to officials, witnesses and organizers. Protesters are protesting an incident in which two people were killed and then beheaded after being assaulted on their way to Parachinar in Bagan…
President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Friday dissolved the lower house of Germany’s parliament to pave the way for early elections on February 23 following the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s three-party coalition. “Especially in difficult times, like now, stability requires a government capable of acting and reliable majorities in parliament,” so early elections were the right…
PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Friday accused foreign powers, particularly the United States, of interfering in Pakistan’s politics, adding that their goal was to “strip us of our atomic power.” His comments came amid the US State Department’s imposition of sanctions related to Pakistan’s ballistic missile program on December 18, targeting four entities that…
A man who killed 35 people in a car attack in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai last month was sentenced to death on Friday, state media reported. On November 11, Fan Weiqiu, 62, deliberately ran over people exercising outside a sports complex in his small SUV, the worst attack in China since 2014. He…
LARKANA: The stage is set at Garhi Khuda Bakhsh Bhutto to commemorate the 17th death anniversary of former prime minister and PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto amid extensive security on December 27 (today). People in caravans began to arrive from different parts of the country. A huge pandal was set up at the site where a…
Debutant fast bowler Corbin Bosch, batting at number nine, scored an attacking 81 not out to take South Africa to a 90-run first innings lead on the second day of the first Test against Pakistan at SuperSport Park on Friday. South Africa were bowled out for 301 in response to Pakistan’s 211. The hosts were…
El director general (DG) de Relaciones Públicas Interservicios (ISPR), el teniente general Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, dijo el viernes que a los grupos terroristas se les estaban proporcionando “santuarios, apoyo y se les permitían actividades sin restricciones en territorio afgano”. La conferencia de prensa tuvo lugar en medio de crecientes preocupaciones de seguridad, con un fuerte…