WorldJan 31, 2024
Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan sentenced to 14 years in prison for corruption
A Pakistani court on Wednesday sentenced former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife to 14 years in prison for corruption, a day after another special court convicted Khan for leaking state secrets and gave him a 10-year prison sentence.
Khan and his wife are accused of retaining and selling state gifts when the former premier was in power.
The court also disqualified Khan for years from holding any public office ahead of Feb. 8 parliamentary elections.
WorldJan 30, 2024
Pakistani court sentences former Prime Minister Imran Khan to 10 years for revealing state secrets
A Pakistani court on Tuesday sentenced former Prime Minister Imran Khan and one of his party deputies to 10 years in prison each, after finding them guilty of revealing official secrets.
According to Zulfiqar Bukhari, spokesman for Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, the court announced the verdict at a prison in the garrison city of Rawalpindi.
Khan, who was ousted through no-confidence in the parliament in April 2022, is currently serving a three-year prison sentence in a graft case.
The latest development comes ahead of the Feb. 8 parliamentary elections in Pakistan.
WorldJan 29, 2024
A small camp in America was attacked by a drone last night
A drone attack on a small US camp near the Syrian border in Jordan has taken place last night, killing three soldiers and injuring more than 30.
Iran has been accused of being behind the attack and President Joe Biden has warned of a befitting response. The attack is expected to worsen the situation in the Middle East, which is already in a bad state with Israel and Hamas in Gaza.
The official said Iran-backed terrorists were behind the drone strike and it appeared to have come from Syria. He said that it is being ascertained which terrorist group is particularly responsible behind this.
On
WorldJan 26, 2024
The President of France attended the 75th Republic Day as the Chief Guest
French President Emmanuel Macron attended India's 75th Republic Day as the Chief Guest today.
President Draupadi Murmu also hosted a state dinner in Macron's honour. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was also present with him. The President of France is the first foreign guest to pay a state visit to India this year.
Yesterday he p. M. Had a road show with Modi in Jaipur, and also discussed many important issues. Meanwhile, the two leaders agreed to increase partnership in the defense sector.
Apart from this, an agreement was reached regarding the partnership in the defense space as well. India
WorldJan 25, 2024
After Canada and America, Pakistan has also accused India of target killing
After Canada and America, now Pakistan has also accused India of target killing on its soil.
Pakistan's Foreign Secretary Mohammad Cyrus Sajjad Qazi held a press conference on Thursday and claimed that there is strong evidence of a link between the killing of two Pakistani nationals on our soil and Indian agents.
He referred to the deaths of two Pakistanis in 2023, identified as Shahid Latif and Mohammad Riaz. Latif was the mastermind of the 2016 attack on Pathankot Air Force Station in Punjab.
At the same time, Mohammad Riaz was accused of conspiring to kill five Indian Army soldiers in Ka
WorldJan 25, 2024
French President Emmanuel Macron on a two-day visit to India
French President Emmanuel Macron is on a two-day visit to India. Their journey has started from Jaipur in Rajasthan.
He reached Jaipur directly from Paris where he was welcomed in Rajasthani ways at Amer Fort. President Macron has arrived in India to attend the Republic Day Parade tomorrow as the chief guest.
Prime Minister Modi and Macron also visited the Jantar Mantra established by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh in Jaipur today. They also had a road show program from here.
Let us tell that Jaipur's Jantar Mantar was declared by UNESCO in July 2010. It was declared a World Heritage Site by Jaip
WorldJan 24, 2024
Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif held a rally in Nankana Sahib
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif held a rally in Nankana Sahib on Wednesday, where he addressed a large gathering and announced that Nankana Sahib would be developed as a model city after coming to power.
He also promised the residents of the constituency that his party would build a hospital and a college for boys and girls in Nankana Sahib.
He also promised to build a state-of-the-art cricket stadium for the children. Meanwhile, Nawaz was accompanied by his daughter Maryam Nawaz.
There are elections in Pakistan on February 8, regarding which Nawaz Sharif is holding rallies with
WorldJan 24, 2024
Russian transport plane crashes near Ukraine with 65 Ukrainian POWs on board
A Russian military transport plane carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war, six crew and three people accompanying them crashed on Wednesday morning in Russia’s Belgorod region near Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry said.
It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the crash, which occurred around 11 a.m. It was also not known if anyone survived.
The authorities were investigating the cause of the crash, and a special military commission was on the way to the crash site, the Defense Ministry said.
WorldJan 23, 2024
General elections will be held in Pakistan on February 8
In view of the General Elections to be held in Pakistan on February 8, the Cabinet of Acting Prime Minister Anwarul Haq Kakkar has approved the deployment of army and civil armed forces.
With less than three weeks left for the upcoming elections, there has been an increase in shooting incidents in Pakistan. Earlier this month, an independent candidate was shot dead in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Meanwhile, Pakistan's Punjab government has implemented Section 144 across the state till February 12 after reports of a threat to the law and order situation during the elections.
State Home Secretary Shakee