WASHINGTON: The arms race for artificial intelligence has gone nuclear. With announcements regarding atomic energy, which they hope will power a technology that is consuming electricity at an alarming rate, Google, Microsoft, and Amazon are now attempting to outgun each other. Conscious that AI is the next big thing in technology, the tech giants in the United States are spending billions to expand data centers around the world. Goldman Sachs research indicates that data centers will consume 8% of US power by 2030, up from 3% in 2022. By 2030, their power requirements in Europe will be comparable to Portugal,…
Author: Hasnain Abid Khanzada
ISLAMABAD: The Senate on Thursday consistently passed a bill for foundation of exceptional courts to choose property-related instances of abroad Pakistanis. Chaudhry Salik Hussain, Minister for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development, proposed the Establishment of Special Courts Bill. He stated that the cases would be decided by special courts within 90 days, and foreign Pakistanis will be able to submit complaints online. The bill was praised by a number of House members, who noted that overseas Pakistanis had long demanded it. The bill was praised by Senator Irfan Siddiqui, who referred to overseas Pakistanis as a valuable asset. He…
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is probably going to choose today (Friday) the decision about whether to give PTI held seats in parliament in accordance with the High Court’s July 12 request, a source told Sunrise. On Thursday, the matter was brought up at a meeting led by Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja, and the two letters that National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq wrote to stop PTI from getting the reserved seats were discussed. The law wing of the commission gave a briefing to the meeting. A second meeting will take place today (Friday), according to sources,…
PESHAWAR: The health department has expressed concern over the employees’ failure to comply with its instructions regarding the submission of details regarding the use of official vehicles and has reminded them to do so by the end of the month, failing which, such vehicles will be considered illegal. The department has informed all relevant officials in a letter that they will not receive reimbursement from the government for the costs of gasoline, oil lubricant (POL), and maintenance and repair, and that the excise and taxation department will be asked to retrieve any such vehicles that are not listed in the…
KARACHI: The Sindh government has assigned 37 MPAs from both the ruling and opposition parties to oversee 94 public schools in their constituencies in Karachi, Hyderabad, Thatta, and Sujawal. This is a first for Sindh. The 94 state funded schools — 74 in Karachi, 11 in Hyderabad and nine in Thatta and Sujawal – have been given over to the more than three dozen legislators, a staggering greater part of them have a place with the resistance Muttahida Qaumi Development Pakistan, under a school reception program started by Training Clergyman Syed Sardar Ali Shah. The initiative, according to a spokesperson…
• Officials link the move to the PTI, and today’s student protests are planned. • WhatsApp disruptions were reported, and Section 144 was in effect for two days. • About 380 people were held after the agitation in Rawalpindi. LAHORE/RAWALPINDI: The Punjab government has closed all educational institutions and banned all public gatherings throughout the province in response to the double challenge of a possible agitation by the PTI and the students’ protest today. While the protest against the alleged rape of a female college student in Lahore by students continued for the fourth day on Thursday, the PTI has…
KHUZDAR/QUETTA: On Thursday, a political and tribal jirga was held in Khuzdar to review the government’s efforts to normalize the situation and discuss Balochistan’s security concerns, rising terrorist attacks, pressing issues affecting citizens, such as health, education, unemployment, and administrative challenges. Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti, Commander of the 12 Corps Lt Gen Rahat Naseem Khan, tribal elders, political party leaders, and members of civil society were among the high-ranking officials who attended the jirga. In addition, ministers, the chief secretary, and other high-ranking government officials were present. Various issues were brought up by participants, one of which was the root…
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan finally issued an order on Thursday to close the Prime Minister of Pakistan Diamer-Bhasha and Mohmand Dams Fund, which was established in 2018 to raise money for the construction of massive Pakistani dams. The account had Rs23.6 billion as of October 4, the majority of which was the markup paid by the federal government. According to the Supreme Court’s order, the amount in the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) account will be transferred to the Public Account of the Federation in accordance with Article 78(2)(b) of the Constitution before the account is closed. The…
• Tarrar accuses PTI of “kidnapping its own members.” ISLAMABAD: Leaders of PTI and JUI-F say lawmakers and their families are being intimidated by authorities and offered exorbitant sums to vote in favor of the amendment. • Qaiser questions the need for forceful actions when the parliamentary panel is making progress toward consensus. Individuals from resistance groups in the two places of parliament on Thursday censured the supposed badgering of their legislators, with the PTI guaranteeing that its individuals were being presented to Rs3 billion for their help to an administration proposed dubious revision bill, pointed toward carrying exceptional changes…
QUETTA and ISLAMABAD: Thursday, the leadership of the Balochistan National Party condemned a late-night “raid” on the residence of party chairman Sardar Akhtar Mengal at the Parliament Lodges in Islamabad. They also said that the authorities had kidnapped the sons of party senators to get the BNP to support a proposed constitutional amendment that was supposed to limit the powers of the judiciary.
