INDIA: As Madrid seeks to increase investment in the world’s fifth-largest economy, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi were greeted on Monday with a flower-filled open-top parade. On their way to Vadodara, in the state of Gujarat, to inaugurate a military aircraft factory that was the result of a collaboration between Tata Advanced Systems and Airbus, the duo waved to the crowds from a vehicle that was covered in orange marigold garlands. After 18 years, this is the premier of Spain’s first trip to India. In the year 2021, 56 cargo- and troop-carrying C295 aircraft…
Author: Raja Zahid Khanzada
As part of a project that was started by artist Ermira Murati to raise awareness among women in Kosovo, women line up at a stall in Pristina on a sunny October day to donate bras that will be turned into bags and sold to raise money for those who have breast cancer. Murati is collecting bras for the fourth year in a row in October, which is world breast cancer awareness month. This is part of a campaign called “Shliroj Cicat” (Free the boobs), whose logo features a breast that looks like a cartoon. This has drawn criticism in Kosovo’s…
For obvious reasons, many Pakistanis are keeping a close eye on the upcoming US presidential election for obvious reasons. As a result of the elections, there has been an increase in the American-Pakistani diaspora as well as within Pakistan about what each candidate would mean for Pakistan, particularly for former prime minister Imran Khan, who is currently in jail. However, the structural drivers of US policy toward Pakistan and Washington’s limited interest in Pakistan and its political economy have been overlooked in a lot of this discussion. Pakistan’s relative importance has been diminished, according to Washington, as a result of…
The Islamabad police said that human rights lawyer Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and her husband Hadi Ali were taken into custody on Monday. “Taking legal action, Islamabad police have arrested Imaan Mazari and Hadi Ali for creating a security risk by interfering in state duties during an international cricket team’s visit,” the police said on X. Imaan’s mother, Shireen Mazari, a former human rights minister, claimed that her daughter was taken into custody this morning. “This morning, Imaan Mazari was taken into custody. In a post on X, Shireen said, “State fascism in full swing.” She said that the Islamabad police…
Bangladesh :On Monday, leaders of the revolution that toppled autocratic ex-prime minister Sheikh Hasina in August placed increasing pressure on Bangladesh’s President Mohammed Shahabuddin to resign, arguing that he was her appointed representative. Even though Hasina’s now-defunct Awami League elected Shahabuddin, 74, also known as “Chuppu,” in 2023, the position is largely ceremonial, and his possible removal from it has sparked concerns about a constitutional vacuum. “Any choice with respect to the expulsion of the president will be founded on political agreement,” Shafiqul Alam, press guide to the in-between time government that supplanted Hasina, said on Monday. Muhammad Yunus, who…
Pakistan: In a ceremony held at the parliament house on Monday, Pakistan and Russia signed a memorandum of understanding to increase parliamentary cooperation. The Memorandum of Understanding was signed on behalf of their respective nations by Senate Chairman Yousuf Raza Gilani and Speaker of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation Assembly, Valentina Matvienko. A video of the event that was shared by Pakistan’s Senate shows the signing of the agreement by the two respective dignitaries. In addition, the Russian Embassy in Pakistan posted information about the MOU signing ceremony on X, noting that Valentina, the speaker of the Russian…
Pakistan Following a special meeting of the party’s political committee last night, it emerged on Monday that the PTI has officially announced its intention to join the Judicial Commission of Pakistan. According to the brand-new Article 191A that was recently included in the 26th Constitutional Amendment, it is the responsibility of the JCP to nominate judges for constitutional benches in the Supreme Court and high courts. The first clause says, There will be constitutional benches of the Supreme Court, which will be made up of Supreme Court judges for as long a term as the Judicial Commission of Pakistan may…
Human rights experts from the United Nations demanded that the French decision to exclude women and girls who wear the hijab from sporting events be reversed on Monday. During the Paris 2024 Olympics, France cited its stringent secularism regulations to prohibit athletes from wearing religious symbols, such as the hijab. Players who wear the headscarf are also prohibited from participating in amateur competitions by France’s basketball and football federations. These choices “are lopsided and oppressive, and encroach on their privileges [of French athletes] to openly show their character, their religion or faith in private and in broad daylight, and to…
After a disappointing start to the season, Manchester United announced on Monday that manager Erik ten Hag had been fired. After suffering their fourth defeat in nine league games at West Ham on Sunday, United fell to 14th place in the table, and they have only won one of their last eight matches in all competitions. A club statement stated, “Erik ten Hag has left his role as Manchester United men’s first-team manager.” “Erik was hired in April 2022 and led the club to two domestic trophies, winning the FA Cup and the Carabao Cup in 2023 and 2024, respectively.…
Pakistan: According to a statement released on Monday by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will travel to Saudi Arabia to participate in the 8th Edition of the Future Investment Initiative (FII), which will be held in Riyadh on October 29 and 30. The statement says that the FII is a good place for countries to show off their economic strength, get investments from other countries, and talk about how to make a sustainable future. “The current year’s FII is themed ‘Limitless Skylines: Contributing Today, Molding Tomorrow’ and will zero in on worldwide ventures pointed toward resolving…
