Friday, December 16th, 2022
PML-Q wants seat adjustment with PTI before assembly dissolution
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) has demanded seat adjustment in 25 constituencies with the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) before the dissolution of the Punjab Assembly, sources told The News. The development came on Thursday during a meeting of a PML-Q delegation, headed by former federal minister Ch Moonis Elahi, with PTI Chairman Imran Khan in Lahore as political activity heats up in the country ahead of the dissolution of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab assemblies. MNA Ch Hussein Elahi also attended the meeting that discussed the core issue related toRead More
Russia rains missiles on Ukraine, causes new power outages
Russia pounded Ukraine with missiles on Friday, hitting critical infrastructure across the country and knocking out power as people took cover in shelters, Ukrainian officials said. Explosions were heard in the eastern city of Kharkiv and local officials said critical infrastructure had been hit. Local officials in the Black Sea region of Odesa said critical infrastructure had also been hit there. Kharkiv, the central city of Poltava and parts of the capital Kyiv were left without electricity and the northern Sumy region suffered power outages, regional officials said. Reuters witnessesRead More
No plans to enter politics, says ex-DG ISI Faiz Hamid
ISLAMABAD: After being invited to join Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), former chief of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Lt Gen (retd) Faiz Hamid has said that he will never join politics, reported The News. Talking to the publication, the former director general of the ISI said that all speculations about him joining politics or becoming part of PTI were totally false. “I will not join politics after two-year bar nor afterwards,” the former spymaster told the paper. A day earlier, a video had gone viral where the former three-star officer of theRead More
China works vigorously to advance green transportation
By Wang Haonan, Li Junjie, Wang Mingfeng, People’s Daily By 2030, no less than 70 percent of travel will be conducted through environmentally friendly means in cities with permanent populations of one million or more, said an action plan for carbon dioxide peaking issued by China’s State Council. Over the recent years, cities across the country have made intensive efforts to advance green transportation, adopting various measures to improve the green mobility experience of citizens and contribute to low-carbon development. For instance, they have paved bicycle-only lanes, widely put newRead More
‘This is the right time’: Emotional Azhar Ali bids adieu to Test cricket
Batter Azhar Ali has announced that Pakistan and England‘s Test match in Karachi will be his last for the country. “Everything has its time. This is the right time, tomorrow will be my career’s last Test,” said Azhar in a press conference, adding that it was an honour for him to represent Pakistan. The former captain said that there were many people who he was grateful to in the “strenuous, yet beautiful journey”. “I want to make a special mention of my family without whose sacrifices; I would not haveRead More
Bilawal Bhutto denies reports of Pakistan getting discounted energy from Russia
Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari denied reports that Pakistan is “pursuing or receiving” any discounted energy from Russia, saying that the country does have energy insecurity and it is exploring various avenues to expand areas to get energy. The foreign minister’s statement is in contrast to his cabinet colleague, who, after visiting Moscow earlier this month, had claimed that Pakistan is seeking oil at discounted rates from the energy-rich country. On December 5, Minister of State (Petroleum Division) Musadik Malik said Russia had agreed to provide crude oil as wellRead More