The shooting of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was a shocking event that few could have predicted for 2024. This incident marks the first time in 43 years that a US presidential candidate has been directly shot—the last being Ronald Reagan in 1981, who was subsequently operated on and went on to win the presidency. Trump was shot in the ear in an attempted assassination during a campaign rally on Saturday, an attack that will likely reshape this year’s presidential race while raising sharp questions about the security provided to the Republican candidate. In the moments after the shooting, Trump…
Author: Hasnain Abid Khanzada
President Joe Biden condemned the assassination attempt against Republican rival Donald Trump on Sunday, urged Americans to come together in unity and ordered a review of security at the rally where Trump was wounded. Biden, who has been locked in a bitter campaign battle with former President Trump ahead of the November 5 election, said he would address the American people on Sunday night on the need for unity. “Unity is the most elusive goal of all, but nothing is more important than that right now — unity. We’ll debate and we’ll disagree. That’s not going to change. But we’re not going to…
CAIRO: Gaza ceasefire talks plunged into uncertainty on Sunday when differing statements came from Hamas in the wake of an Israeli strike targeting its senior commander with one official saying the Palestinian group was withdrawing from negotiations while the other stating the opposite. Israel said its weekend’s deadly attacks had targeted Mohammed Deif, but an official of the Palestinian group stated that the Hamas military chief was “well and directly overseeing” operations despite the bombing on a Gaza displacement camp on Saturday, which Israel said was an attempt to kill him. Deif heads the Ezzedine Al-Qassam Brigades and had announced…
GILGIT: Three tourists, including a child, were killed and three injured when a car plunged into the Indus River in Roundu valley of Skardu on Sunday. According to the police, the car was travelling from Islamabad to Skardu when it was hit by falling rocks from a mountain on Baltistan Road near Malupa village. The driver lost control of the car, and it fell into the river. The three deceased were identified as Sajid Qureshi, a minor girl from Jhelum and Syed Hassan, a local driver from Skardu. All three died on the spot, while Adnan Qureshi, his wife Rabia…
RAWALPINDI: An enraged man stabbed his stepmother’s friend to death in the name of honour and injured her in the Dhamial area on Sunday. Shafat Hussain, a resident of Girja Road, lodged a police complaint stating that his stepmother and her cousin Nadeemul Hassan, who had been staying at his house since Saturday, were found in an objectionable condition at night. He observed them until 4am. Unable to tolerate it any longer, he stabbed them, killing Nadeemul Hassan on the spot and critically injuring his stepmother. Hussain claimed he acted in the name of honour and called the police to…
PESHAWAR: A journalist from Peshawar was shot dead by unknown assailants in the Akbarpura area of Nowshera district on Sunday, police said. According to the FIR lodged by Anwar Zeb at the Akbarpura police station, he and his brother Hassan Zeb were on their way in a car when unidentified motorcyclists opened fire at his brother. Anwar Zeb told the police he escaped unhurt in the attack but his brother died on the spot. Police started investigation into the attack after registering the case against unknown persons. Hassan Zeb, 40, was associated with the Peshawar-based Urdu daily Aaj and was…
ISLAMABAD: A joint committee of the Ministry of Climate Change and Environmental Coordination, the Snow Leopard Foundation (SLF) and provincial wildlife departments has announced the six winners of Pakistan Wildlife Protection Awards 2024. The announcement recognises contributions to wildlife conservation across Gilgit-Baltistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Azad Jammu and Kashmir. The initiative is supported by the British government’s Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund (IWTCF). Sarmad Shafa, Range Forest Officer of the Gilgit-Baltistan Forest, Wildlife and Environment Department, won the Snow Leopard Award in the national category. Faizan Dukhi, Range Forest Officer, and Kamaluddin, Wildlife Inspector, of the Gilgit-Baltistan Wildlife and Environment…
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development is working on a plan to secure the issuance of work permits for Pakistani citizens in Iraq. For this purpose, a memorandum of understanding (MoU) will soon be signed between the ministry of overseas Pakistanis and the Iraqi ministry of labour. The issue was discussed in a meeting between Minister for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development Chaudhry Salik Hussain and Ambassador of Iraq Hamid Abbas Lafta. Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi was also present at the meeting. “The MoU will make it easier for Pakistani citizens to obtain work permits…
RAWALPINDI: Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) workers and supporters continued their sit-in at Faizabad for the second day on Sunday. Due to the protest, traffic was thrown haywire, disturbing routine life in the garrison city. The police and local administration closed Murree Road from Shamsabad to Faizabad, forcing people to take a detour to Double Road to reach Islamabad. As a result, the worst traffic jam was witnessed on Double Road and Sixth Road. Traffic alerts on social media warned people against using Murree Road for travelling to Islamabad. A senior official of the district administration told Dawn that the TLP had submitted an…
ISLAMABAD: Despite protests from the Ministry of Planning, the Ministry of Finance has decided to keep the lid on federal financing of development and recurrent expenditures through back-loaded releases of funds to meet the IMF’s primary surplus targets at any cost. According to fresh notifications from the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives shall authorise only 15 per cent of funds for approved development projects in the first quarter (July-September) of the current fiscal year. This will be followed by 20pc in the second quarter (October-December), 25pc in the third quarter (January-March), and 40pc in…
