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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency (PILDAT) President Ahmed Bilal Mehboob said that Electoral reforms without opposition would be controversial, ARY News reported.  While talking to the ARY News programme ‘Khabar’, PILDAT President Ahmed Bilal Mehboob said one month is left in general elections and electoral reforms cannot be made in such short time as the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will not have enough time to implement those reforms. He said that the electoral reforms will be controversial without the opposition as Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has already boycotted the electoral reforms committee. The government needs to consult PTI regarding the electoral reforms, Ahmed Bilal added. The PILDAT President maintained that clipping the powers of the Supreme Court is not in the jurisdiction of Parliament. The Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP) holds the right to declare a political party illegal, he added. Furthermore, Ahmed Bilal Me

RAWALPINDI: Three Pakistan Army soldiers embraced martyrdom and two terrorists were killed in the ongoing operation in Balochistan’s Sui district on Wednesday, ARY News reported quoted ISPR. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement that the exchange of fire took place between the security forces and heavily armed terrorists during an ongoing operation in Balochistan’s Sui district on Wednesday. During the fire exchange, 3 Pakistan Army soldiers having fought gallantly embraced martyrdom, whereas, two terrorists were killed during the operation. Read: Four soldiers martyred, 5 injured in ‘dastardly’ Zhob garrison attack: ISPR Security forces are maintaining pressure and clearance operation is underway to apprehend remaining terrorists as well, it added. The ISPR said that the security forces remain focused to neutralize the enemies of peace in Balochistan and Pakistan. Earlier, five terrorists were killed in a clearance operation in northern Balochistan afte

KARACHI: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has received a warning letter from the Riyadh airports authority for the clearance of dues, ARY News reported on Wednesday. The Riyadh airports authority wrote a letter to the PIA administration to clear six-month dues by July 15. The authority stated in its letter that Pakistan International Airlines has not paid over SAR 8.2 million in dues. Sources told ARY News that the Riyadh airport authority set a condition to approve PIA’s winter flight slot after the clearance of the dues, otherwise, the winter slot of the airline. Sources added that the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) also issued a warning to the PIA. The PIA spokesperson confirmed that a reminder was issued by the Riyadh airport authority for the clearance of dues. from ARY NEWS https://ift.tt/2uhdiM9 via IFTTT

DURBAN: Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Secretary Jay Shah accepted Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Management Committee chairman Zaka Ashraf’s invitation to the Asia Cup 2023 in Pakistan, ARY News reported. As per details, PCB Management Committee chairman met the BCCI secretary Jay Shah in Durban South Africa and both agreed to continue meetings and strengthen the cricketing relations. The BCCI secretary also extended an invite to Zaka Ashraf for Cricket World Cup 2023 in India and he accepted his invitation. Zaka Ashraf told BCCI secretary that the people of Pakistan are famous for their hospitality and they know how to value their guests. This is a new beginning and the meetings will continue, he added. Read more: Asia Cup 2023: ACC accepts PCB’s hybrid model Earlier, the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) reportedly accepted Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) hybrid model to host September’s Asia Cup in Pakistan. According to the hybrid model presented to the ACC by PCB Man

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) should not be allowed to contest polls as they were responsible for the May 9 violence, ARY News reported.   As per details, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said that the PML-N supremo will himself take the decision of his return to Pakistan. He said that Nawaz Sharif will get relief from Islamabad High Court and there is no need of challenging the decision if the Islamabad High Court gives him relief. The former prime minister wants to launch the election campaign on his return. The interior minister said that the majority of leaders want dissolution of assemblies according to the constitution of Pakistan. The election will be held in the second week of October or first week of November and ECP is free to issue the schedule of election, he added. Read more: PTI-Israel alliance now stands exposed, says Sherry Rehman Rana Sanaullah maintained that the return of Nawaz Sharif will be beneficial for

KARACHI: As the prices of essential commodities, including flour and sugar, persistently rise, the recent surge in wheat prices has led to a rise in the cost of flour, ARY News reported on Monday. According to Chairman Wholesale Grocers Association Abdul Rauf Ibrahim, the wheat price in the wholesale market has been increased by Rs13 per kilo, pushing the flour rates up to Rs150 to Rs160. Ibrahim claimed that the hoarding mafia has created an ‘artificial shortage’ of wheat in interior Sindh and open market of Karachi. In this regard, the chairman said, the price of a 100/kg bag of wheat in Karachi has increased to Rs 13,200, pushing the price of the commodity to Rs132 per kilo. Meanwhile, the price of mill flour, ex-mill flour and fine flour has increased by Rs 10 per kilo, taking the rate to Rs170 per kg, Rs160 per kg, and Rs150 per kg, respectively. from ARY NEWS https://ift.tt/V4gEzPA via IFTTT

MALAKAND: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Malakand has cancelled interim bail of 102 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders and workers in a case related to May 9 riots, ARY News reported on Monday. The PTI leaders and workers were arrested from the premises of the ATC after the cancellation of bail. The suspected PTI leaders and activists were facing charges of torching Swat Motorway Toll Plaza on May 9. The accused persons included former MNA Mehboob Shah and ex-MPA Humayun Khan. The former MNA Junaid Akbar had been declared a proclaimed offender in the case. READ: PTI chief summoned in terror cases on July 11 The ATC judge Riaz Ahmed had granted interim bail to the accused till July 10. A few days ago, an anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Lahore had issued non-bailable arrest warrants for 22 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) central leaders in the May 9 riots case. Police pleaded with the ATC to issue non-bailable arrest warrants for the 22 PTI leaders in the May 9 riots case. The

GHOTKI: Three people were killed including a teenage girl and several injured in firing in Anwarabad, Ghotki, ARY News reported.  As per details, the firing took place in Anwarabad in the Sundrani tribe’s fight on two shops which resulted in the death of three people including a 10-year-old girl. Furthermore, the dead bodies have been handed over to families and police have taken control of the area. Earlier today, at least six people were killed and 10 others were injured on Sunday when a three-story building collapsed due to a gas cylinder explosion in Punjab’s Jhelum. Read more: Six die as gas cylinder blast causes the building to collapse in Jhelum According to details, a three-story building located on the Grand Trunk Road in Jhelum collapsed after a gas cylinder exploded in the kitchen. Samiullah Farooq, Deputy Commissioner of Jhelum, confirmed the death of six people and said almost 10 others were recovered from the rubble and shifted to the District Headquarters (DHQ) Ho

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) senior leader and former premier Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has responded to PDM head Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s concerns over Nawaz Sharif-Asif Ali Zardari meeting in Dubai, ARY News reported on Sunday. While talking to the ARY News programme ‘Sawal Yeh Hai’, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said that concerns were raised over Nawaz Sharif-Asif Zardari meeting in Dubai in which Maulana Fazlur Rehman was not present. “The Dubai meeting was held between two major political parties. It is not necessary to include everyone in the meetings,” said Abbasi. The PML-N leader further said that Maulana Fazlur Rehman has the right to express his concerns. “Maulana Fazlur Rehman is our coalition partner and he would be taken in confidence.” READ: Maulana Fazl ‘unhappy’ over Nawaz-Zardari meeting in Dubai Earlier, Maulana Fazlur Rehman expressed displeasure over the meeting of allied parties’ leaders Nawaz Sharif and Asif Ali Zardari in Dubai, held last month to ‘re

GUJRANWALA: An oil refinery unit at Alipur Chattha has caught fire and a firefighting operation has been underway, citing sources ARY News reported on Sunday. Rescue teams rushed to the spot and initiated firefighting operation, sources said. According to preliminary reports five fire tenders of Rescue 1122 have been engaged in firefighting operation. According to rescue sources, the fire ignited at the boiler and heating chamber of the oil refining unit. “Around 25,000 litres of the crude stock has been present at the oil chamber of the refining unit,” sources said. Rescue sources said that the cause of the blaze could not be ascertained so far. A fire broke out in an oil tanker near a plastic factory located in Gujranwala last month, severely injuring five individuals. The incident occurred near the Mafi Wala Chowk – Gujranwala, where five employees of a plastic factory sustained injuries as a result of a fire that broke out in an oil tanker. Sources said that the rescue team

CHAGAI: Iranian border officials on Sunday deported another 35 Pakistani immigrants who had illegally entered the neighbouring country, ARY News reported. Pakistan’s border authorities said that citizens deported from Iran have been handed over the detained persons to the Federal Investigation Agency’s anti-human trafficking cell. “The deportees were intending to illegally emigrate to European countries via Iran,” Pakistan’s border officials said. People from here used to cross into Iran in the hope to illegally emigrate to Europe in search of greener pastures. The issue of illegal immigrants has highlighted on global level with recent boat sinking incident near the coast of Greece, in which several Pakistani nationals have reported died. At least 78 people were drowned when the ill-fated boat with reportedly 400 to 750 people onboard sank in the Mediterranean Sea near the Greek coast. from ARY NEWS https://ift.tt/nlCr6u9 via IFTTT

A regional correspondent for leading Mexican newspaper La Jornada was found dead on Saturday, a day after he went missing in the western state of Nayarit, the daily said. “A body found in the village of Huachines… in the municipality of Tepic was identified as Luis Martin Sanchez Iniguez, 59 years old, correspondent for La Jornada,” the Mexico City newspaper said on its website. The journalist’s wife, Cecilia Lopez, told investigators that she had been unaware of his whereabouts since Wednesday night, when she was in another town visiting relatives, the newspaper reported, citing local authorities. Sanchez Iniguez’s body was found on Saturday morning in a rural area near Tepic, the capital of Nayarit. Some unconfirmed local media reports said he was found wrapped in plastic bags and had a message on his chest. Sanchez was at home Wednesday night and spoke to his wife on the phone. Lopez also reportedly told investigators that she found the clothes her husband was wearing the last

Washington and Beijing should communicate “directly” on concerns about specific economic practices, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Saturday, urging greater cooperation between the world’s two biggest economies despite fraught ties. Janet Yellen is on a four-day trip to Beijing as the United States seeks to cool tensions and stress areas of collaboration between the two countries. In a meeting Saturday with Vice Premier He Lifeng, she pointed to record bilateral trade last year as proof of just how intertwined they are. “There is ample room for our firms to engage in trade and investment,” she told He at the Diaoyutai state guesthouse. “Where we have concerns about specific economic practices, we should and will communicate them directly.” Vice Premier He said Beijing regretted that “unexpected incidents” had derailed efforts to improve ties following a meeting between Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping in November. “There were some problems in the implementation of the

Kevin Jonas’ wife Danielle Jonas has opened up about feeling insecure when comparing herself to her famous sisters-in-law Priyanka Chopra and Sophie Turner. Speaking on the LadyGang podcast, Danielle, who’s been married to the eldest member of the Jonas Brothers for 14 years, revealed that she often “feels less than” the Games of Thrones and Citadel stars because they have an identity outside of their famous husbands — Turner is married to Joe and Chopra is hitched to Nick. “The two boys married somebody who, they’re actresses, they’re out there everyone knows them. And I feel like I’m Danielle, and it’s hard,” she explained. The ‘Married to Jonas’ star feels she needs to make a name for herself in her own right away from being Kevin’s wife in order to keep up with her sisters-in-law. “It’s also that I’m out there celebrity-wise because I’ve married you,” Danielle Jonas said to her husband, who also joined her on the podcast. “And that’s where it’s like, ‘Oh, I wanna have somethi

Dozens of marches against police violence in France have been announced for Saturday after authorities banned a memorial rally, fearful of reigniting the recent unrest that engulfed the country. Seven years after Adama Traore, a young black man, died in police custody, his sister planned to lead a commemorative march north of Paris in Persan and Beaumont-sur-Oise. Authorities banned the event however, citing a shortage of police to ensure public safety, a decision that was upheld Friday by the local administrative court. Based on the “context of the riots that followed the death of 17-year-old Nahel” on June 27, the judges found the “extremely recent nature does not allow us to presume that any risk of disturbing public order has disappeared,” the court said in a statement on Friday. In a video posted on Twitter, Assa Traore, Adama’s older sister, confirmed that following the court order “there will be no march in Beaumont-sur-Oise”. “The government has decided to add fuel to the

KARACHI: After keeping production activities suspended from June 22 to July 8, Pak Suzuki Motor Company Ltd (PSMCL) has extended plant shutdown due to a ‘continued shortage of inventory level’, ARY News reported. Pak Suzuki, which is Pakistan’s largest carmaker by production and sales volume, shared the development in its notice to the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Friday. In the stock filing, the automaker said the decision was made as the automaker faces a shortage of inventory. “Due to continued shortage of inventory level, the management of the company has decided to extend the shut-down motorcycle and automobile plant till July 19, 2023,” read the notice to PSX. PSMC had earlier closed its motorcycle and automobile plant till July 15, 2023. The auto assembler also closed both its automobile and motorcycle plant from May 2 to May 9, due to a lack of raw material. It is pertinent to mention here that Pakistan’s auto sector remains engulfed in various crises, with a number o

A video of a man being beaten up by his wife and sister-in-law for asking about expenses is going viral on social media. According to details, the incident took place in Kanpur district of India’s Uttar Pradesh (UP), wherein a man was beaten up by his wife and sister-in-law for asking about expenses. Indian media reported that the incident took place after the man asked his wife to tell him how she spent the money he had sent her. The man – identified as Shivkumar –runs a Kulfi cart along with his brother and send money to his wife, Sushila, every month for household expenses. On returning home from Banaras, Shivkumar discovered that his wife had sold eight quintals of wheat without any explanation. He confronted Sushila about the wheat sale and asked for an account of the Rs 32,000 that he had sent her. The woman got furious and tied up Shivkumar’s hands along along with her sister and started beating him with sticks. A police official stated that a complaint of assault was fi

ISLAMABAD: Justice Musarrat Hilali on Friday took oath as Supreme Court of Pakistan judge, becoming the second woman to make it to the country’s apex court, ARY News reported. Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial administered the oath to Justice Hilali at a ceremony attended by other judges of the apex court, lawyers and officials. Last month, the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) approved the elevation of Peshawar High Court (PHC) Chief Justice (CJ) Justice Musarrat Hilali to the Supreme Court. Justice Qazi Faez Isa, the senior puisne judge of the Supreme Court, had asked for an immediate meeting of JCP and suggested the names of chief justices of Sindh and Peshawar high courts to fill two vacancies of SC judges. In a letter sent to all commission members, Justice Isa suggested that the vacancies should be filled immediately, and the names of the judges to be nominated should be recommended before time while considering the principle of seniority. Who is Justice Hilali? Born in P

KARACHI: The foreign exchange reserves of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) increased by $393 million to $4.46 billion, ARY News reported, quoting the central bank. “On June 30, 2023, SBP’s reserves increased by $393 million to $4.46 billion” the central bank said in a statement. Meanwhile, the total liquid foreign reserves held by the country stood at $9.74 billion, , whereas net foreign reserves with commercial banks stood at $5.28 billion. The increase in foreign exchange reserves came after Pakistan signed $3 billion staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Read more:  Pakistan signs $3bn staff level agreement with IMF International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced that a “Stand-By Arrangement” between the global money lender with Pakistan reached successfully. The staff-level agreement has been concluded between Pakistan and the IMF, valuing $3 billion for 9 months. IMF Mission Chief Nathan Porter said that the staff-level agreement with Pakistan made u

KARACHI: Karachi Mayor Murtaza Wahab visited underpasses in different areas of the metropolis and inspected the drainage machinery ahead of the monsoon rains, ARY News reported on Thursday. Karachi Mayor Murtaza Wahab inspected the drainage machinery of the underpasses in Tariq Road, Umar Sharif and Shaheed-e-Millat areas. He also visited the Shaheed Munawar Soharwardi underpass at Sharea Faisal and the pumping station. He said that all underpasses came under the jurisdiction of the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) and he inspected the machinery for the drainage of rainwater. READ: Karachi mayor visits Ibrahim Hyderi, inspects collection points He ordered concerned officers to ensure the cleanliness of the underpasses and immediate drainage of water during rains. طارق روڈ انڈر پاس، عمر شریف انڈر پاس اور منور سہروردی انڈر پاس کا دورہ کیا اور بارش کی صورتحال سے نمٹنے کے لئے مشینری اور پمپس کا معائنہ کیا۔ اب یہاں سے ڈسٹرکٹ سینٹرل کی طرف جارہا ہوں pic.twitter.com/pCrgx9PkSl —