elections, “in four years, you don’t have to vote again. We’ll have it fixed so good, you’re not gonna have to vote.” It was not clear what the former president meant by his remarks, in an election campaign where his Democratic opponents accuse him of being a threat to democracy, and after his attempt to overturn his 2020 defeat to President Joe Biden, an effort that led to the deadly insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. Trump was speaking at an event organized by the conservative group Turning Point Action in West Palm Beach, Florida. Trump said: “Christians, get out and…
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Continued heavy rainfall from Tropical Storm Gaemi triggered a landslide that killed 12 people in southern China, causing flash floods in the northeast and railway disruptions elsewhere, state media reported on Sunday. Cyclonic winds from Gaemi, downgraded from a typhoon, had mostly dissipated by Sunday, but many parts of China remained under alert for flooding risks caused by earlier rains. Forecasters warned that the remnants of Gaemi’s vast cloudbanks could still dump rain on already waterlogged cities. The 12 were killed in the landslide near Hengyang city in Hunan province on Sunday morning that trapped 18, state broadcaster CCTV reported. Six injured survivors…
NEW DELHI: A gunfight in India-held Kashmir killed the eleventh Indian soldier there this month, India’s military said on Saturday. The military alleged “a group of two or three people” crossed the Line of Control and fired at an Indian army post in Kupwara “from close proximity”. An Indian soldier succumbed to his injuries during treatment, while another was injured but in stable condition, the statement added. The Indian military said one intruder was killed in the ensuing exchange of fire and weapons, ammunition and war like stores were recovered from him. The soldier was the 11th killed in India-held…
A Bangladeshi student group has vowed to resume protests that sparked a lethal police crackdown and nationwide unrest unless several of their leaders are released from custody on Sunday. Last week’s violence killed at least 205 people, according to an AFP count of police and hospital data, in one of the biggest upheavals of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s 15-year tenure. Army patrols and a nationwide curfew remain in place more than a week after they were imposed, and a police dragnet has scooped up thousands of protesters including at least half a dozen student leaders. Members of Students Against Discrimination, whose campaign against civil…
ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Muhammad Ishaq Dar on Saturday held a meeting with the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Nawaf al Maliki, to discuss the positive trajectory of relations between the two countries. During the meeting, the two sides discussed various issues, especially enhancing cooperation in different sectors including education, trade and investment. The fedral education secretary briefed the meeting on the forthcoming conference of Muslim countries on girls education in Islamabad. The meeting concluded with a reaffirmation of the commitment to strengthen mutually beneficial bilateral ties between the two countries.
ISLAMABAD: The Directorate General of Immigration and Passports has approached the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to swiftly clear a consignment of ink cartridges to help reduce the massive backlog of undelivered passports to citizens. In a letter to the FBR, the directorate said the vendor had already delayed the consignment, which will now arrive at the Islamabad International Airport on Sunday. The authority said it has “exhausted” its current stock of printing ink and if there is any delay in the clearing of the consignment, it would “lead to a national crisis”. “It is therefore requested that this Directorate…
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has summoned the session of the National Assembly on July 30 (Tuesday). This will be the first NA session after the Supreme Court’s July 12 decision declaring the opposition PTI eligible to receive reserved seats for women and non-Muslims in the national and provincial assemblies, declaring it to be a parliamentary party. As a result of the SC verdict, the PTI has now become the single largest party in the National Assembly, while the ruling coalition is set to lose its two-thirds majority. The number of lawmakers belonging to the PTI — including those who had earlier…
The Federal Government is due to hold talks with the Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) today (Sunday) to peacefully end the party’s ongoing sit-in at Rawalpindi’s Liaquat Bagh. JI Emir Hafiz Naeemur Rehman on Saturday warned of expanding the party’s Rawalpindi sit-in to other areas across the country if the government failed to meet its demands regarding skyrocketing electricity bills and rising taxes. As the protest entered its second day, Murree Road remained closed to traffic from Marrir Chowk to Committee Chowk, with containers placed on the artery that passes through the heart of the garrison city. As a result, business activities in the area were affected. Under pressure…
GUJRAT: A dispenser belonging to the minority Ahmadiyya community was shot dead by two motorcyclists at a dental clinic in Alipur village near Lalamusa City on Saturday. Police said Zakaur Rehman was present in his clinic along the GT Road when two gunmen arrived there and one of them entered the clinic and opened fire at him. The assailants fled the scene immediately after the crime. Zakaur Rehman, 53, received three bullets in upper part of his body and died on the spot. A team of Lalamusa Saddar police reached the spot and shifted the body to the Kharian Tehsil…
PESHAWAR: Security forces killed four militants in a joint intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Tank district on Saturday, the military’s media wing said. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement that the operation was launched based on reports of militant presence in the area. An intense exchange of fire ensued between security forces and the militants, resulting in the deaths of four militants. “After intense fire exchange, four terrorists were killed,” the ISPR said, adding that weapons and ammunition were recovered from the deceased militants, who were involved in numerous attacks against security forces, as well as abductions and…
