SAHIWAL: In a recent letter to President Asif Ali Zardari, President Bishop of the Synod, Church of Pakistan, Rev. Dr. Azad Marshall expressed his concern regarding Dr. Zakir Naik’s remarks about the Christian community and their faith during his recent state guest visit. The visit of Dr. Naik, which came to an end last week, included numerous individual discussions and public speeches. “Dr Zakir Naik’s public addresses have caused significant distress within our [Christian] community, as he openly questioned the authenticity of our faith, discredited our sacred texts, and made statements that undermine the beliefs of Christian pastors and…
Author: Raja Zahid Khanzada
KARACHI: The prices of essential kitchen items like flour, ghee, and cooking oil have continued to rise despite government assertions of a downward inflationary trend. Branded 5-kg and 10-kg fine flour bags, according to retailers, have increased in price by Rs50 and Rs100, respectively. A five-kilogram bag of branded fine flour costs Rs630-650, up from Rs570-600 a week earlier, and a 10-kilogram bag costs Rs1,200-1,300, down from Rs1,100-1,200. The cost of flour is not. 2.5, the cost of fine and superfine flour has increased by an average of Rs10 per kilogram. According to a miller, the open market price of…
WASHINGTON: In a series of interviews with the New York Times, his former White House chief of staff stated that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump admires German dictator Adolf Hitler and would like to rule like an authoritarian if he returned to the White House. John Kelly said in interviews that were published on Tuesday that the former president of the United States had told him that Hitler “did some good things.” In previous interviews, Kelly has voiced her criticism of Trump. Because he is not privy to conversations going on inside Trump’s circle, he is unable to predict how…
SINGAPORE: The youngest son of Lee Kuan Yew, the founder of Singapore, claimed that he was granted asylum in Britain because of persecution at home, where a property dispute has sparked a bitter family feud. In a Facebook post on Tuesday, Lee Hsien Yang stated that he would seek asylum in 2022 “as a last resort” in response to government attacks on him. Lee, 67, wrote, “Under the 1951 UN Refugee Convention, I am a political refugee from Singapore.” I cannot safely return to Singapore because I face a legitimate threat of persecution. The Lees are Singapore’s closest royalty, and…
Delhi, India: For the first time this winter, monitors rated air pollution caused by fireworks and farm stubble burning as “hazardous” in India’s capital on Wednesday. Over 30 million people live in New Delhi, which is consistently ranked as one of the world’s most polluted urban areas. Health professionals claim that the poisonous smog that kills thousands of people each year causes commuters to cough while walking to work, but few people in the sprawling city wear masks. On Wednesday, a foul-smelling mist covered the city’s renowned India Gate monument. Teacher Mamta Chauhan, 27, stated, “These days, if you want…
MANILA: Tropical Storm Trami has killed 14 people and forced thousands of people to evacuate as it barrels toward the east coast, so rescuers in the Philippines had to wade through chest-deep floodwaters on Wednesday to reach those who were trapped there. The torrential downpour has flooded entire villages, transformed streets into rivers, and buried some vehicles in volcanic sediment released by the downpour. As the storm moves closer to the main island of Luzon in the Southeast Asian nation, at least 32,000 people have fled their homes in the northern Philippines, according to police. According to police, rescue efforts…
As shares crossed the 88,000 mark on Thursday, bulls continued their stampede on the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) trade floor. At 10:56 a.m., the benchmark KSE-100 index increased by 851.11 points, or 0.98%, to 88,045.64 points from its previous close of 87,194.53 points. It increased further by 1:17 p.m., gaining 1,189.31 points, or 1.36 percentage points overall. In the end, it closed at 88,945.98 points, an increase of 1751.45 points, or 2.01 percentage points, from the previous close. Topline Securities CEO Mohammed Sohail said that the bull run was caused by locals buying a lot of bonds because they thought…
US : Washington to attend the World Bank and IMF • Aurangzeb hopes to obtain additional funding from the IMF’s climate resilience fund • At the SBP meeting, hints at a decrease in the benchmark rate China’s initial response to Pakistan’s request for extended debt maturities in connection with the Belt and Road Initiative was positive and encouraging, according to Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb. Mr. Aurangzeb suggested, in interviews with the media in the United States and at events hosted by think tanks, that Pakistan might be able to manage its debt more easily as a result of its past…
On Thursday’s opening day of the series-deciding third Test in Rawalpindi, England fought back to reduce Pakistan to 73-3. Home spinner Sajid Khan took six wickets. After England posted 267 after struggling to 110-5 at lunch thanks to a rearguard 89 by Jamie Smith, Sajid finished with 6-128 and Noman Ali got 3-8. Pakistan captain Shan Masood and Saud Shakeel were both unbeaten at the final score of 16, with the home team still leading by 194 and the match in doubt. After the Pakistan spinners’ exploits, England’s slow bowlers came to the forefront in the final session, as Shoaib…
Character, an artificial intelligence chatbot company, has been sued by a mother in Florida. AI claiming that it was responsible for her 14-year-old son’s suicide in February. She said he had developed an addiction to the service provided by the company and had become deeply attached to a chatbot it had created. Megan Garcia claimed Character in a lawsuit that she filed on Tuesday in federal court in Orlando, Florida. With “anthropomorphic, hypersexualized, and frighteningly realistic experiences,” AI targeted Sewell Setzer, her son. According to her, the business programmed its chatbot to “misrepresent itself as a real person, a licensed…
