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The Supreme Court on Thursday resumed hearing a case about changes in accountability laws, with the bench deciding not to live-stream the proceedings in a 4-1 ruling.

Shares at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) gained more than 180 points in intraday trade on Thursday.

KHAN YUNIS: Ahmed Abu Athab’s aunt, Jamila, was ‘sobbing’ as she implored the world to ‘get the boy out of Gaza’ for medical treatment. Ahmed sustained injuries due to Israeli firing, this week.

STOCKHOLM: Swedish police on Wednesday said they were investigating a hate crime after an unidentified person dumped a dead boar outside a mosque in southern Sweden overnight.

Jane Marriott

ISLAMABAD: The Supr­eme Court has taken exception to remarks made by British High Commissioner Jane Marriott during a public event, in which she underlined the “importance of democracy, elections and need for open societies”.

Ambassador of Kyrgyzstan Ulanbek Totuiaev speaks at a press briefing in his embassy on Wednesday. — White Star

ISLAMABAD: Blaming a small group of criminal elements behind violent clashes that left some Pakistani students injured in Bishkek, the Ambassador of Kyrgyzstan in Islamabad, Ulanbek Totuiaev said the chief and nine officers of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Sverdlovsk region were removed from their positions after riots on the night of May 18.

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) claimed on Wednesday that as many as 7,167 individuals had filed their returns for the tax year 2023 after their mobile SIMs were blocked, as part of a drive to enforce a law that allows the stoppage of cellular services to individuals who fail to comply with the country’s tax laws.

DERA MURAD JAMALI: Three members of the Umrani tribe were killed and two others injured in an armed clash in Nasirabad district on Wednesday.

IF you think China is gearing up for another round of massive business investments in Pakistan then I have a power plant to sell you. No such thing is about to happen and all the noise around a revival of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is either wishful thinking (at best) or a way to camouflage what really is going on.

ISLAMABAD: The Coun­­cil of Islamic Ideo­logy (CII) on Wednesday condemned the culture of mob vigilantism in the country and reiterated its call for the establishment of special courts to try such cases.