ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday urged the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to announce its “long-delayed judgment” in the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) prohibited funding case. He claimed that the “impunity given to him has hurt the country.” The case, previously known as the ‘foreign funding case’, was opened in March 2018, while the ECP has reserved its judgment …
The Supreme Court on Tuesday, while issuing notices to the federation, law secretary, attorney general and the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in connection with PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s application challenging the amendments to the NAB Ordinance, asked the party why it did not raise its objections in parliament. A three-member bench, comprising Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial, Justice …
WASHINGTON: A US court has issued warrants for the seizure of two luxury planes owned by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich. According to a press release from the Department of Justice, the move is part of the recent sanctions issued against Russia over the conflict in Ukraine. Authorities say the American-made planes were flown into, and out, of Russia without obtaining …
NEW JERSEY: Forbes magazine disclosed that using a 233-year-old law, the US government ordered two major global travel companies to track a Russian national so he could be arrested and extradited,. The outlet sued to obtain the court records, aided by privacy advocates who have criticized such warrants as secretive and open to abuse. The magazine also revealed that Aleksey …
The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, as seen in March, has been a focal point for concerns over the Japanese government’s plan to dump contaminated water into the sea. The Tokyo Electric Power Company, according to Japanese media reports, started seabed excavations on May 5 to build a drainage outlet for the nuclear-contaminated water to flow from the Fukushima Daiichi …
By Zhou Dingxing In 2011, the “3/11” earthquake in Japan caused the meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant reactor core, unleashing enormous amounts of radioactive material. The operator of the plant, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), decided to pour in seawater to cool the reactor and contain the leakage. And because the used seawater became highly contaminated with …
Seeks record from FIA, NAB over transfers made during the past six weeks
ZHANGJIAKOU, China- (Xinhua) – President Xi Jinping has called on China to take advantage of technological innovations to develop winter sports in the country. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks on Tuesday during an inspection tour in Zhangjiakou, co-host city of Beijing 2022, to view preparation work for the Olympic and …
ISLAMABAD – Chinese Ambassador Mr Nong Rong on has said that keeping in view the successful completion of the first phase of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), China and Pakistan are more motivated to further expanding the CPEC cooperation and the prospects of our all-around cooperation have been further widened. Chinese Ambassador expressed these views while addressing an award ceremony …
BEIJING, China (Xinhua) – The annual Central Economic Work Conference that concluded on Friday summarized China’s experience in developing economy in the face of severe challenges. The meeting summarized China’s experience through the country’s practice of taking both domestic and international situations into consideration, and coordinating epidemic prevention and control with economic and social development. In time of crisis, the …