BEIJING: China’s Chang’e-6 lunar probe successfully landed on Sunday on the far side of the Moon to collect samples, state media reported — the latest leap for Beijing’s decades-old space programme. The Chang’e-6 set down in the immense South Pole-Aitken Basin, one of the largest known impact craters in the solar system, state news agency Xinhua said, citing the China National Space Administration. It …
MUZAFFARABAD: The under-arrest Kashmiri poet Ahmed Farhad Shah was brought to a health facility in Muzaffarabad on Saturday for his medical check-up hours after his counsel had made a plea to this effect to an anti-terrorism court, hearing his bail petition. The petition was initially filed by local lawyer Syed Zulqarnain Naqvi on Thursday in the sessions court of Muzaffarabad, also the …
LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) said on Saturday it will commence from next week the jail trial of four cases relating to torching police vehicles during the May 9 riots. Judge Khalid Arshad made it clear that a jail trial does not mean there would be no justice. The judge was hearing the cases when PTI social media activist Ayesha …
BEIJING: The National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) and China-Pakistan International Silk Road Industry Investment Management Company Ltd have signed an MoU to facilitate investment in key projects, promote industrial cooperation, support the establishment of special economic zones (SEZs) and boost bilateral trade. Economic Minister Aslam Chaudhary, Liu Jiang Hua from China-Pakistan International Silk Road Industry Investment Management Company Limited, representatives …
LAHORE: Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah of the Supreme Court has called for coexistence and tolerance in society, pointing out that Pakistan is among the lowest-ranking countries when it comes to religious freedom. Justice Shah said all non-Muslim communities in Pakistan “are dear to us, and we all love them”, expressing his wish to see elevation of judges in the …
LAHORE: Two key PML-N and PPP leaders on Saturday reiterated the desire to hold talks with the PTI, but lamented that the party didn’t intend to have a dialogue with political forces. Talking to the media in Lahore, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi said talks with PTI could only take place if the party “apologises for its mistakes”. The …
KARACHI: Former President of Pakistan, Dr Arif Alvi, has questioned the accusations of treason associated with reading the Hamoodur Rahman Commission Report. Speaking at a convention titled “Rule of Law” organised by the Insaf Lawyers Forum at the City Court in Karachi on Saturday, Alvi defended incarcerated PTI founder Imran Khan’s call to read the report. “What treason is there …
ISLAMABAD: A federal secretary was arrested in the courtroom for inappropriate behaviour and sentenced to jail and a fine by the judge. Muhammad Omar Malik, a member of the Prime Minister’s Task Force on IT and Telecom, appeared as a plaintiff in a case. According to Express News, the incident occurred in the court of Civil Judge Judicial Magistrate Adil Sarwar …
BEIJING: Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) will never allow Taiwan island to be split from China. “Taiwan independence” means war, Lieutenant General Jing Jianfeng, deputy chief of the Joint Staff Department of China’s Central Military Commission, said during a press conference held by the Chinese delegation following US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s speech on Saturday morning during the Shangri-La Dialogue …
BEIJING: A Chinese defense official on Saturday accused the United States of seeking to build an Asia-Pacific version of NATO through its “Indo-Pacific strategy” to maintain its hegemony in the region. Lieutenant General Jing Jianfeng, deputy chief of staff of the Joint Staff Department of the Central Military Commission, said in response to the so-called “Indo-Pacific strategy” advocated by U.S. …