ISLAMABAD: Amid a noisy protest in the Senate for a second day by PTI senators, the government on Friday assured the House that former prime minister Imran Khan was in good health with no threat to his life and blamed Afghan and Indian media for circulating “false” reports about Mr Khan’s health. The ruckus by PTI lawmakers, alarmed by social …
ISLAMABAD: Demanding that the government allow the jailed Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan to meet his sisters and party leaders, the opposition alliance warned the authorities on Friday of countrywide protests if the government did not mend its ways. “We have stopped Sindhis, Baloch, Pashtuns, and Punjabis from taking to the streets against the government and its policies; otherwise, …
DERA MURAD JAMALI: Three blasts occurred in Mach Town and Mastung on Friday. Police said that a powerful blast took place in Mach Town, injuring one person, while two separate blasts were reported in Mastung, followed by an exchange of fire. “The blast in Ada Mach Bazaar was caused by an explosive device planted by unknown miscreants,” police said, adding …
BY GLOBAL TIMES At a recently held home service robot conference, humanoid robots captivated audiences with lifelike demonstrations across a variety of household scenarios – preparing sandwiches, cleaning tables, folding clothes, and even teaching children English. These advanced technologies offered a vivid preview of how innovation is reshaping everyday life. China has long viewed improving people’s well-being as the central …
BY GLOBAL TIMES At the Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln Institute, east China’s Jiangxi province, a vast “gene bank” of ancient ceramics is unlocking the technological and cultural codes of porcelain production in China. Inside the facility, rows of transparent drawers line sleek grey iron cabinets, each containing ceramic samples dating from the late Tang Dynasty (618-907) to the Republic of China …
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office (FO) said on Friday that the current ceasefire with Afghanistan was not a ‘traditional’ one but contingent on whether any terrorist activity took place against Pakistan from the neighbouring country’s soil Relations between Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban are at their lowest point in the four years since the group came to power. Border crossings between …
ISLAMABAD: National Assembly (NA) Speaker Ayaz Sadiq again ostensibly made an offer of talks to the opposition, telling a group of parliamentarians visiting him on Friday that dialogue was the way to resolve issues. He made similar offers to facilitate dialogue between the government and the opposition, the PTI, in the past as well. But, no substantial headway has been …
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) on Friday fixed a date for the Arshad Sharif murder case, where the request for an independent probe into the killing would be heard. Prominent journalist Sharif was shot in the head when Kenyan police opened fire on his car in October 2022. He had left Pakistan in August 2022 after multiple cases of …
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office (FO) on Friday strongly condemned the shooting of two soldiers of the United States’ National Guard in Washington, DC, saying that the incident “heralds a troubling resurgence of terrorism on a global scale”. Two National Guard soldiers were critically wounded on Wednesday after being shot a few blocks from the White House, with US President Donald …
ISLAMABAD: Aleema Khan, the sister of PTI founder Imran Khan, has filed a contempt of court petition against the Adiala jail superintendent and others over their failure to comply with an earlier Islamabad High Court (IHC) order that reinstated a twice-a-week meeting schedule for the incarcerated former premier. The petition was filed after Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi, along …