Новости за 08.04.2024

Millions of people across North America readied for a total solar eclipse on Monday — some gazing anxiously at wayward clouds — as the moon began creeping across the face of the sun in western Mexico before it blocks it out completely. However, the celestial event will not be visible in Pakistan or India.

Saudi Arabia announced on Monday that Eidul Fitr will begin on Wednesday, marking the end of the month of Ramazan.

Iran’s foreign minister inaugurated the country’s new consulate in Damascus on Monday, a week after a deadly strike blamed on Israel destroyed the former premises, sending regional tensions skyrocketing.

At least 94 people died, including children, and 26 are missing after a ferry boat capsised off the northern coast of Mozambique, an official from the country’s Maritime Transport Institute (INTRASMAR) said.

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Monday noted with concern that the state of law and order in Karachi had “deteriorated alarmingly”.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman have agreed to expedite the first wave of a planned $5 billion Saudi investment package for Pakistan, according to the joint statement issued by both countries.

Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice Malik Shahzad Ahmad Khan on Monday sentenced a lawyer to six months in jail under a contempt of court charge for misbehaving with a judge.

The PTI on Monday sought to delay the election of the Senate chairman and deputy chairman, which are scheduled for tomorrow, until after polls were held on vacant seats from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

PTI spokesperson Raoof Hasan has said that as the military establishment has “exhausted all its smaller options”, they had “no other option” but to hold talks with former prime minister Imran Khan.

Shares at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) traded in the green on Monday, gaining more than 1,200 points and crossing the 69,000 barrier.

More than half the voters in the Indian city of Rampur are Muslim, but its member of parliament is a staunch supporter of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s muscular Hindu-first agenda.

The United States “will not accept” a situation where underpriced Chinese goods flood the global market, battering industries elsewhere, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Monday as she wrapped up high-level talks in China.

Shares at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) traded in the green on Monday, gaining more than 800 points in intraday day and crossing the 69,000 barrier.

WASHINGTON: From India and South Korea to Croatia and North Macedonia, fact-checking organisations battling an ever-rising tide of misinformation in a major election year are buffeted by legal threats, harassment and funding shortfalls.

LAHORE: PPP Central Punjab president and former National Assembly speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf has said that India was the only country in the world where election campaigns are conducted on the basis of hostility towards Pakistan.

ISLAMABAD: A pivotal meeting of the Central Ruet-i-Hilal Committee is scheduled to take place on Tuesday (tomorrow) to determine the sighting of Shawwal moon.

KARACHI: A sessions court has sentenced a man to 80 lashes for refusing to admit paternity of his child and falsely accusing his ex-wife of adultery.

QUETTA: As the provincial cabinet in Balochistan is yet to take the oath, the JUI-F has decided to sit on opposition benches in the province despite speculations to the contrary.

SUKKUR: Sindh Inspector General of Police Ghulam Nabi Memon on Saturday said that his department had been suffering heavy losses of men and material in the ongoing fight against dacoit gangs because the latter were equipped with more sophisticated weapons.

WASHINGTON: For­mer US President Donald Trump said it would be a great honour to go to jail for violating a gag order imposed by the judge who will hear his upcoming trial on charges stemming from a hush-money payment to a porn star.

A protester lies on the ground to observe a moment of silence during a demonstration in Nicosia to mark six months of conflict in the Gaza Strip.—AFP

• Troops leave to ‘prepare for more operations, including in Rafah’
• Netanyahu claims they are ‘one step from victory’
• Protesters in Tel Aviv demand ‘elections now’
• Aid agencies decry ‘shocking’ toll six months into war

• Top Iranian official warns of possible attacks on Israeli embassies
• FM Abdollahian says US missiles used to attack Damascus consulate
• IDF general, defence minister say they are ‘ready to deal’ with Iran

ISLAMABAD: Prime Mini­ster Shehbaz Sharif met Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud on Sunday after the Saudi premier exten­ded a special invitation to him for an iftar dinner in Makkah.

KHUZDAR: At least two people were killed and five others injured in a bomb explosion that occurred in Khuzdar town late on Sunday evening.

• Stresses need for national fiscal policy by aligning federal, provincial spending
• Urges govt to effectively tax agriculture, capital gains and real estate in next budget
• Suggests broader revenue reforms to expand tax base