Sunday, January 29th, 2023
PTI to take part in by-polls on 33 National Assembly seats
ISLAMABAD, JAN 29: The PTI announced on Sunday that it would take part in the by-elections on 33 National Assembly seats, adding that party chairman Imran Khan would contest for all the seats up for grabs. Addressing a press conference after a meeting of the party’s core committee in Lahore, PTI leader Shah Mahmood Qureshi said: “There was a long discussion and debate, and the party decided that it would participate in the by-polls for the 33 seats.” He further said that Imran would be the party’s sole candidate onRead More
Two persons killed in Attock
FROM QAZI SHOAIB KHAN ATTOCK (JAN-29): Two persons were killed while a couple was injured in three different incidents within the jurisdiction of Attock on Sunday. In the first incident, a man was tortured to death for allegedly desecrating the Holy Quran at the outskirts village Surug of Pindigheb Police station. Police sources said that the accused Fakhar Zaman has allegedly desecrated the Holy Quran few weeks ago and Sunday his tortured body was found as some unknown person has tortured him to death. Separately body of a man wasRead More
In a first, women drive high-speed train in Saudi Arabia
JEDDAH: Driver Tharaa Ali takes her seat at the helm of a high-speed train ferrying pilgrims to Makkah, a beneficiary of Saudi Arabia’s bid to employ its booming female workforce. Saudi women only gained the right to drive in 2018, and until recently 25-year-old Ali’s transportation experience was limited to cruising around her native Jeddah in the family sedan. But last year she joined some 28,000 applicants vying for just 32 slots for women drivers on the Haramain High Speed Railway, which plies the 450-kilometre route between the holy citiesRead More
Germany beat Belgium 5-4 (SO) to lift Hockey World Cup 2023
Earlier after the painful semifinal defeat, the young Netherlands side overpowered Australia in a 3-1 win to seal a World Cup bronze medal Sports Desk BHUBANESWAR: Germany had done it before and they did it again. Germany defeated defending champions Belgium 5-4 in the penalty shootout to win the Hockey World Cup 2023 in Bhubaneswar on Sunday. Germany kept their cool and showed resilience and mental strength to beat Belgium. Both the teams scored three goals each at the end of regulation time. This is Germany’s third world title asRead More
There is chatter to rollback 18th Amend, create One-Unit: Rabbani
ISLAMABAD, JAN 29 (DNA) — Former Senate chairman Raza Rabbani on Sunday said that speculations with regard to presidential system and change in basic structure of the constitution have surfaced again. “There is chatter with regard to an attempt to rollback 18th Amendment and create the One Unit again,” Rabbani has said. “No effort will be allowed to rollback 18th Amendment,” Senator Rabbani said. “We were thinking that the existing parliament was thinking about the new parliament but this parliament thinking to roll back the parliament,” Raza Rabbani said. “Don’t play withRead More
In bid to pile up more pressure on govt, Imran Khan to run for 33 seats in NA by-polls
ISLAMABAD, JAN 29: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan will contest for all 33 seats in the upcoming National Assembly by-elections set to take place on March 16, the party has announced — becoming the first person in the country’s history to run for a sizeable number of seats. In a press conference on Sunday after the party’s core committee in Lahore, PTI Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi said: “Imran Khan will be PTI’s candidate for all constituencies that [are up for grabs] and our [ex-]MNAs, who were earlier elected forRead More