Karachi: The Election Commission of Pakistan has stopped the Sindh government from extending the tenure of the current Executive Director of IBA Karachi, Dr. Akbar Zaidi. The first four-year tenure of Dr. Akbar Zaidi will be completed after 15 days on 12 January 2024. He was appointed as the Executive Director of IBA Karachi by…
Clashes for power between the army and paramilitary forces in Sudan continue despite the extension of the ceasefire. According to the foreign news agency, it was agreed yesterday to extend the ceasefire for 72 hours. Since April 15, 512 people have been killed and more than 4,000 have been injured in Sudan. General Hamdati, the…
File photo The Sudanese army has announced its initial approval of a 72-hour extension to the ceasefire. According to foreign media, France has started an operation to evacuate more citizens from Sudan after the extension of the ceasefire. According to the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, more citizens will be evacuated from Sudan, citizens of…
File photo Former Prime Minister Imran Khan denied the offer of life extension to former Army Chief Qamar Javed Bajwa. In a TV interview, Imran Khan said that we had come to know that Shahbaz Sharif had offered him an extension, I said if he is giving an extension, we will also give it to…
Martin Griffths, the UN Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, briefed ambassadors on the eve of the expiration of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, which has allowed nearly 25 million metric tonnes of foodstuff from Ukraine to reach global markets. The accord was signed in Türkiye in July 2022, in parallel with a Memorandum of…
Russia announced earlier that it would agree to a 60-day extension, which is half the number of days agreed when it first expired in November. The UN-brokered deal also endorsed by Türkiye in Istanbul – which includes a Memorandum of Understanding between Russia and the UN to facilitate fertiliser exports – has allowed the exports of 24…
