The United Nations political mission in Sudan, UNITAMS, will end on Sunday. A United Nations political mission in war-racked Sudan will end on Sunday after the UN Security Council voted to shut it down following a request from Sudanese authorities last month. Fourteen of the council’s 15 members adopted Friday’s resolution to end the United…
The Australian Senate is currently considering legislation that would allow government ministers to ask judges to consider removing a person’s citizenship as punishment in certain cases of “serious crimes”. Australia’s centre-left Labor government introduced the proposed legislation this week after Australia’s High Court recently ruled that previous legislation giving the Minister for Home Affairs the…
When India’s ODI squad for the three-match series against South Africa was announced on Thursday, there was a sense of certainty that one man would return to the squad: Yuzvendra Chahal. A similar sense of inevitability would spring up when the team for the World Cup was being announced. Back then, it felt almost a…
ISLAMABAD: Barrister Gohar Ali Khan was elected unopposed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) new chairman, replacing incarcerated former prime minister Imran Khan, ARY News reported. PTI intra-party polls were held today (Saturday) on orders of the Election Commission of Pakistan. Voters exercised their right to vote through an online app. Barrister Gohar Ali Khan was nominated by…
KARACHI: The retest of the National Medical and Dental College Admission Test (MDCAT) exam also became controversial after the question paper leaked on social media, ARY News reported on Saturday. The Health Minister Saad Khalid dismissed the reports of the MDCAT question paper leak, meanwhile, just 12 hours before the admission test, the paper was…
Satellite launch comes as Seoul seeks to bolster its ability to monitor nuclear-armed North Korea. South Korea has launched its first spy satellite using a rocket operated by Elon Musk’s SpaceX. The launch on Saturday came less than two weeks after rival North Korea announced it had successfully launched its own reconnaissance satellite, underscoring the…
Vaishali Rameshbabu became only the third female grandmaster from India after Koneru Humpy and Harika Dronavalli after she crossed the 2500 FIDE ratings to earn the grandmaster title at the IV El Llobregat Open in Spain on Friday. The 22-year-old has defeated Turkish FM Tamer Tarik Selbes (2238) in the second round to surpass rating…
LAHORE: The Punjab Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on Saturday said it has arrested 14 suspected terrorists linked to banned outfits during operations carried out in different cities of the province, ARY News reported. In a statement issued today, the CTD said it conducted 147 intelligence-based operations in Sahiwal, Lahore, Gujrat, Gujrawala, Faisalabad and “foiled a…
Rinku Singh said lifting heavy weights in the gym was the secrets behind his 100 metres long six in the fourth T20I against Australia in Raipur on Friday. “Aapko pata hi hai aapke saath gym his karta hun (You know it, I train with you in the gym),” Rinku told Jitesh Sharma in a video…
Pakistan pacer Junaid Khan reveals his rivalry with Virat Kohli and recalls how he warned him before getting him out in the match. Junaid Khan has bowled 24 balls to Virat Kohli and had dismissed him three times, while conceding only three runs. “Dande toh bahut saare ke udaye hai magar log jo yaad karte…