KARACHI: As part of its investigation into a paper leak, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) summoned a number of candidates who scored over 90% on the Medical and Dental College Admissions Test (MDCAT) on September 22 and planned to conduct their “mock exam.” The Sindh government formed a six-member inquiry committee on October 10 in response to court orders to investigate MDCAT anomalies by determining criminal and civil liabilities; to conduct a forensic investigation into various aspects of the paper leak, including its timing; to examine marks obtained by comparing lopsided results to candidates’ previous academic performance and/or by a…
Author: Hasnain Abid Khanzada
HYDERABAD: Imdad Memon, a BS-20 officer and Director General (Finance & Cooperation) of the Agriculture Department, and six other accused people were taken into custody on Tuesday after the Sindh High Court did not confirm the pre-arrest bail they had been granted previously. In order to get their bail approved, they went before the SHC division bench, which included Justices Amjad Ali Sahito and Khadim Hussain Soomro. However, their interim bail order was revoked, and the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) took them into custody on the court premises. The accused face a NAB reference regarding the alleged misappropriation of Rs1.2…
Bloomberg reported on Tuesday that the government has only received one bid for the privatization of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA). Six consortiums were eligible to submit bids for the failing company. Five of them, on the other hand, stayed out of the process. Spokesman for the Privatization Ministry, Ahsan Ishaq, told Bloomberg that the sole bidder had submitted their “earnest money” for the transaction to the Privatisation Commission by Tuesday’s deadline. He did not reveal the name of the interested party. Buyers put down earnest money to show that they mean business and are serious about making the purchase. Airblue…
Canadian: government said that the plans to kill Sikh separatists in Canada were orchestrated by Indian Home Affairs Minister Amit Shah, a close ally of Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Indian government has denied any involvement and has called Canada’s previous allegations baseless. First reported by the Washington Post, Canadian officials alleged that Shah was responsible for a campaign of violence and intimidation against Sikh separatists in Canada. Tuesday, David Morrison, the deputy minister of Canadian foreign affairs, told a parliamentary panel that he told a US newspaper that Shah was behind the plots. The journalist contacted me…
US: election that could disrupt global money and trade flows, investors are selling the yen and taking cover in cash, India, pockets of China’s markets, and Singapore dollars. Since the region is a major exporter and shares and currencies are sensitive to changes in US trade policies, Asia’s financial markets are at the forefront of what could be a wild ride when votes are counted and in the months to come. As a result, money managers are avoiding direct wagers on the outcome and instead focusing on reducing exposure to vulnerabilities in Hong Kong stocks and Japanese manufacturers and placing…
London: PTI leaders and supporters gathered outside London’s Middle Temple near Chancery Lane to demonstrate against the former Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa. The former CJP was in London for a prestigious event at Middle Temple, one of the four Inns of Court, which is a group of lawyers who are the only ones in the UK who can call students to the Bar. On Tuesday, a dinner in London was held for members of the Inn and Benchers, who are in charge of running the Inn. At the dinner, a ceremony was held to welcome newly…
As their tightening race for the presidency entered its final week, Democrat Kamala Harris warned tens of thousands of attendees at her largest rally in Washington that her Republican opponent, Donald Trump, was seeking unchecked power. On Tuesday evening, Harris addressed an estimated 75,000 attendees at an outdoor rally near the White House, where Trump addressed his supporters on January 6, 2021, prior to their attack on the US Capitol. Harris stated, “We know who Donald Trump is.” She claimed that the president at the time attempted to overturn his defeat in the 2020 presidential election by sending an “armed…
Ahmed Tobasi portrays the realities of living under occupation and how it affected him and those around him in his play And Here I Am. On October 25, the Freedom Theatre’s Palestinian art director performed his play entirely in Arabic as part of the Arts Council’s World Culture Festival in Karachi. He was born and raised in the West Bank refugee camp of Jenin, so the play is a reflection of his own life. Tobasi redefined the term “resistance” beyond the standard definition in his dialogue with Images and in the play. The play, which was first written in 2017,…
Maryam Nawaz, the chief minister of Punjab, reiterated on Wednesday her call for climate diplomacy with India in order to address the growing problem of smog on both sides of the border. Each year, when temperatures drop and the cold air traps construction dust, vehicle emissions, and smoke, the New Delhi region battles pollution. Officials say that most of the pollution comes from the neighboring breadbasket states of Punjab and Haryana. Lahore scored 708 points on the AQI, making it the world’s most polluted city as of Monday night. Today, as indicated by IQAir, Delhi held the high level with…
The first governor of Iran’s fractious Sistan-Baluchistan province from the Baluch minority was appointed by the government on Wednesday. Following a cabinet meeting, government spokeswoman Fatemeh Mohajerani said, “Mansour Bijar was chosen as the governor of Sistan-Baluchistan.” Bijar, 50, is from the Baluch community, which is mostly Sunni Muslims and lives in a country with a Shia majority. His appointment comes after the militant group Jaish al-Adl (Army of Justice) claimed responsibility for an attack in Sistan-Baluchistan that resulted in the deaths of at least ten police officers. Sistan-Baluchistan is one of the Islamic republic’s poorest provinces, bordering Afghanistan and…
