Photo screen grab During the presentation of the budget in the Punjab Assembly, the members of the Sunni Ittehad Council (PTI) and the PML-N clashed. According to details, when the meeting started in the Punjab Assembly under the chairmanship of Speaker Malik Ahmed Khan and Finance Minister Mujtaba Shujaur Rehman started presenting the budget, the…
Islamabad: During the budget session in the Senate, Senator Dinesh Kumar, a minority member, reminded the ruling of Allah regarding usury and termed the rulers as ‘hypocrites’ over the transaction. In the Senate meeting, Balochistan Awami Party Senator Dinesh Kumar said that the Federation is giving money to the provinces on interest, whereas in Islamic…
Islamabad: The Election Commission has challenged the Lahore High Court’s decision to form election tribunals in the Supreme Court. According to Express News, in the matter of 8 election tribunals of Lahore High Court, the Election Commission filed an appeal against the decision of Justice Shahid Karim of Lahore High Court, in which the Election…
California: Technology giant Apple has added a feature to its new iOS 18 Settings app that will let users know when their iPhone is being charged by a ‘slow’ charger. A user on social networking platform Read It shared a screenshot of this new feature introduced in the iPhone. Depending on the screenshot, when the…
Bristol: In a new study, scientists have found that an important protein in eye cells increases after 50 years or so. older Can help protect individuals from the biggest cause of vision loss. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD, a common condition affecting people’s sight) affects around 700,000 people in the UK and there is currently no…
On Thursday, UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) spokesperson Liz Throssell revealed that in its latest act of disempowerment, de facto authorities have told women civil servants prohibited from working that despite qualifications or experience, their salaries will now be cut to the lowest level. The Taliban overtook Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, in August 2021,…
Children were killed and maimed in unprecedented numbers in places such as Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories, notably Gaza; Burkina Faso, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan and Ukraine, his annual report on Children and Armed Conflict revealed. The alarming increase was due to the evolving nature, complexity, and intensification of armed conflict,…
UN Photo/Jean Marc Ferré Wole Soyinka addresses a lecture series marking the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 2008. (file) This #ThrowbackThursday, when the world celebrates the Day for Countering Hate Speech, we are looking back at how Nobel Laureate for Literature Wole Soyinka wielded powerful words to clobber…
In a stark assessment of the dire situation after more than eight months of war, the head of the UN World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned on Tuesday that “a significant proportion of Gaza’s population is now facing catastrophic hunger and famine-like conditions”. To date, more than 8,000 youngsters have been diagnosed and…
(Photo: Screen grab) Islamabad: Journalists protested ahead of the finance minister’s press conference over the imposition of heavy taxes on salaried employees. Before the post-budget press conference of Federal Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb, journalists protested against the huge increase in tax on the salaried class. Before Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb’s post-budget press conference at P…
