ISLAMABAD: The Adiala Jail administration was given a Thursday directive by Justice Arbab Mohammad Tahir of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) to comply with the jail manual and provide former Prime Minister Imran Khan with all facilities in accordance with regulations. On the petition of Noreen Niazi, the jailed leader’s sister, the court granted the directions. In order to respond to the petition’s questions, senior jail officials, including DIG Prisons Abdul Rauf and deputy superintendent of Adiala Jail, appeared before the court. DIG Rauf assured the court that the founding PTI chairman was being accommodated in accordance with prison regulations…
Author: Hasnain Abid Khanzada
KARACHI: After The Shell Petroleum Company Ltd, a subsidiary of Shell plc (Shell), completed the sale of its 77.42 percent interest in SPL, Wafi Energy Holding Ltd (Wafi Energy) has become the majority shareholder of Shell Pakistan Ltd (SPL). SPL is a subsidiary of Shell plc (Shell). Asyad Group affiliate Wafi Energy, a reputable Saudi company, currently owns approximately 87.78 percent of SPL’s issued share capital. A press release states that SPL will be the sole licensee for the Shell brand in Pakistan through retail and brand licensing agreements. Dr. Mohammad Mahmood Al Balushi, Raif H. Basheer, and Zain K.…
ISLAMABAD: Falling imports and a sharp slowdown in inflation caused the Federal Board of Revenue’s October collection to fall short of its target by Rs101 billion. According to preliminary data that were made public on Thursday, the primary contributors to the decrease are lower collections at the import stage and lower collections of domestic sales tax. As compared to the goal of Rs980 billion in October, tax collections reached Rs879 billion, revealing a significant gap of Rs101 billion. However, compared to Rs711bn in the same month last year, it increased by 24 percent. In comparison to the anticipated goal of…
ISLAMABAD: The government has increased the prices of gasoline and high-speed diesel (HSD) for the next two weeks despite a decline in the international market. Experts had hoped for a decrease in the cost of petroleum products, so the move came as a surprise. The price of diesel will increase by Rs3.85 per liter and petrol by Rs1.35, according to an official announcement on Thursday. The ex-depot price of gasoline will rise to Rs248.38 per liter from Rs247.03 and the ex-depot price of diesel will rise to Rs255.14 per liter from Rs251.29. The prices of fuels increase by Rs1.35 and…
WASHINGTON: Even though experts warn that the data is difficult to interpret, more than 57 million US voters have already cast ballots for the 2024 election, breaking records in some states and leading both sides to hope it gives them an advantage. In opinion polls, Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump are tied, even in the seven battleground states that frequently decide close elections in the United States. Tim Walz, her running mate, President Joe Biden, and former President Barack Obama have all already registered to vote thanks to Harris’s campaign’s push for early voting. Prior to his embrace…
WASHINGTON: After Pyongyang’s firing of a long-range missile escalated tensions just days before the US election, the United States reported on Thursday that up to 8,000 North Korean troops had reached Russia’s border region with Ukraine and were prepared for combat. Russia has not hosted foreign troops on its soil in more than a century, and President Vladimir Putin has brought in troops from North Korea in order to take advantage of his relentless invasion of Ukraine. Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated, citing US intelligence, that approximately 8,000 of the 10,000 North Korean troops believed to be in Russia…
WASHINGTON: On Thursday, sexist remarks that he made at a campaign rally caused a storm. These remarks were the latest in a long line of lewd and sexist remarks about women made by Trump and his aides. Trump recalled his position on abortion on Wednesday, saying, “I want to protect the women of our country… whether the women like it or not.” Women across the political spectrum, led by his rival for the White House, Kamala Harris, condemned the remarks. Days before an election that experts say could be more gender-based than ever before, with Trump performing strongly among male…
MOSCOW: In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Google removed Russian state-run and government YouTube channels, resulting in a staggering fine of 20 trillion rubles ($2.5 trillion). To put it another way, the nation will issue Google a bill totaling $2.5 trillion trillion trillion. That amount, when written out completely, is $2,500,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. Dmitry Peskov, a spokesperson for the Kremlin, claimed that the enormous sum, which he was unable to pronounce, was symbolic. According to the Russian news agency TASS, Google owes Russia a 36-figure sum for breaking the country’s administrative offences code by preventing YouTube channels from being…
LHOKSEUMAWE: Local officials reported that on Thursday, human traffickers left dozens of Rohingya refugees, including children, stranded on a shoreline in the westernmost part of Indonesia. Additionally, six bodies were discovered nearby. Every year, members of the minority that is being persecuted put their lives in danger on long, perilous sea journeys, frequently cramming into rickety boats in the hope of reaching Malaysia or Indonesia. Saiful Anwar, a village official in East Aceh, stated that the refugees were abandoned before dawn on Thursday, approximately 100 meters from a beach in Aceh Province. He stated that the group consisted of 47…
Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfaraz Bugti condemned the bombing in Mastung district on Friday, which resulted in the deaths of eight people, including five children, and injured 29 others. Bugti lamented that terrorists had now begun to target poor laborers as well as innocent children. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, according to state broadcaster PTV News, claimed that the explosion took place at a “girls’ high school,” while another PTV News post stated that the incident took place “near Girls’ High School Chowk.” However, according to Kalat Division Commissioner Naeem Bazai, the incident occurred around 8:35 a.m. near the Mastung Civil Hospital,…
