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Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar on Monday said Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has set up a special committee to forge political consensus on the bill for the establishment of a Digital Media Authority in the country.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Monday urged Kyrgyz counterpart Jeenbek Kulubaev to take swift action against the perpetrators involved in the recent attacks on Pakistani students in the nation’s capital of Bishkek.

Islamabad High Court (IHC) senior puisne judge Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani on Monday said that the intelligence agencies should shed the perception of their involvement in forced abductions.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was given permission on Monday to appeal against extradition to the United States after arguing at London’s High Court that he might not be able to rely on his right to free speech in a US court.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s lawyers told London’s High Court on Monday that he should not be extradited to the United States over the mass leak of secret US documents as he may not be able to rely on his right to free speech.

Another flight bringing back Pakistani students from Kyrgyzstan’s capital of Bishkek arrived at Islamabad International Airport on Monday after a mob attack left several int­er­national students, inc­luding Pakistanis, injured.

Bearish momentum dominated the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Monday as shares declined by more than 250 points following the International Monetary Fund (IMF) visit.

With temperatures expected to soar due to an impending heatwave, the Government of Punjab has decided to close all public and private schools in the province from May 25 to May 31 in order to ensure the safety of students.

India began voting in the fifth phase of its mammoth general elections on Monday, with seats in the financial capital Mumbai and the opposition’s Gandhi family bastions set to be sealed in the last few legs of the seven-phase vote.

Dubai, one of the seven emirates comprising the United Arab Emirates, has become a popular destination for tourists and investment over the last few decades. Over time, the emirate has carefully crafted an image of opulence and luxury, while marketing itself as a “world-class business hub”.

TAXILA: It was more than a nightmare for Mohammad Kamran after his 11-year-old son was bitten by a rabid dog and he started running from pillar to post and got the rabies immunoglobulin (RIG) from Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) Islamabad.

ISLAMABAD: The circular debt in the power sector has surpassed Rs2.636 trillion in the first seven months (July-January) of the current fiscal year, exceeding the government’s commitment to contain it within Rs2.31tr.

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• Voluntary targets set for banks and regulators to boost key sectors
• Crop insurance, cooperative banks and tech solutions proposed for agri sector
• Revised regulations, new financing limits recommended to support small and medium enterprises

TORONTO: Canada’s political landscape is undergoing a significant transformation as religious communities reassess their support for the Liberal Party amid the Gaza conflict.

WASHINGTON: Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin flew adventurers to the final frontier on Sunday for the first time in nearly two years, reigniting competition in the space tourism market after a rocket mishap put its crewed operations on hold.

VOLUNTEERS prepare food for displaced Palestinians in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Sunday.—AFP

RAFAH: An Israeli strike killed 31 more Palestinians and wounded 20 others in a home in the central Nuseirat refugee camp in Gaza on Sunday, the Palestinian civil defence agency said, as US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan visited Israel for talks on the conflict.

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Sunday paid a visit to the metropolis, reviewed the pace of work on seven ongoing development projects and directed the authorities to remove bottlenecks causing delays in the completion of the Malir Expressway and Karimabad Underpass projects.

In Pakistan, as the harvesting season unfolds for major crops like wheat, rice, maize, cotton, and oilseeds, market dynamics invariably lead prices to their annual lows. This pattern has been particularly pronounced in Punjab during the recent wheat season.

As the presidential election in the United States — the world’s largest producer and consumer of energy — approaches, the tug-of-war between the fossil fuel industry and those asserting that the world needs to overcome its addiction to oil is intensifying.

The agonising wait for mangoes is over as soon as the king of fruit — especially the fully ripened and delicious Sindhri — is set to reach markets by the first week of June. Summer marks the ripening of mangoes’ taste, colour, and shape; therefore, most orchards witness picking in June, though some start as early as the third week of May in a bid to capitalise on early access to the market.

Taipei: People hold up guavas as they take part in a protest organised by the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) against the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) ahead of the inauguration ceremony of Taiwan’s president-elect Lai Ching-te and vice-president-elect Hsiao Bi-khim, on Sunday.—AFP

KINMEN: Taiwan’s coast guard ramped up patrols over the weekend around outlying islands that have seen increased presence of Chinese vessels, the agency said on Sunday, the day before Lai Ching-te’s inauguration as Taiwan’s new president. Читать дальше...

KINSHASA: The DR Congo military on Sunday thwarted an attempted coup near the offices of President Felix Tshisekedi in Kinshasa involving “foreigners and Congolese”, the army spokesperson said.

ABIDJAN: US troops have begun to withdraw from the military-led state of Niger. The process of withdrawing troops is due to be completed by the 15 of September and Washington is now preparing to ‘abandon’ its strategic position in the Sahel (where Russia and Iran are gaining ground).

A comet fragment lights up the skies as seen from Caceres, Spain, in this still image taken from a social media video.—Reuters

LISBON: A bright comet fragment lit up the skies over parts of Spain and Portugal late on Saturday, according to the European Space Agency (ESA), with one Lisbon resident saying the dazzling display “felt like a movie”.

Atlanta (Georgia): A woman stands with her back turned and holding up her fist during a speech by President Joe Biden during a Morehouse College commencement ceremony, on Sunday.—Reuters

ATLANTA: President Joe Biden told students on Sunday at the former university of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr that he heard their voices over the protests against the war in Gaza that have roiled US campuses.