Новости за 01.11.2024

NAROWAL: An additional district and sessions judge has ordered registration of a first information report against six police officers, including a sub-inspector and an assistant sub-inspector, for the alleged sexual assault and torture of a woman in Sialkot.

• Coalition parliamentarians write to PM Shehbaz, condemn letter regarding Imran’s ‘predicament’
• Call for diplomats in Washington to engage with members of Pakistan caucus to remove their misconceptions

LAHORE: The Organised Crime Unit (OCU) of Lahore police on Thursday arrested a woman TikToker who had claimed to be the mother of the alleged ‘rape victim’ of Punjab College.

SAN FRANCISCO: OpenAI on Thursday beefed up its ChatGPT generative AI chatbot with search engine capabilities, as the startup takes on Google’s decades-long dominance of finding answers on the web.

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WASHINGTON: Donald Trump found himself at the centre of a firestorm on Thursday over sexist comments he made at a campaign rally — the latest in a string of lewd and contemptuous comments about women from the former president and his surrogates.

A voter uses a ballot drop box in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, on Thursday—AFP

WASHINGTON: More than 57 million US voters have already cast their ballots in the 2024 election, breaking records in some states and leading both sides to hope it gives them an edge — even as experts warn the data is difficult to interpret.

MEUNASAH ASAN: Rohingya women rest after landing by boat in Indonesia’s East Aceh province, on Thursday.—Reuters

LHOKSEUMAWE: Human traffickers left dozens of Rohingya refugees, including children, stranded on a shoreline in westernmost Indonesia on Thursday, while six dead bodies were found nearby, local officials said.

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Experts were hoping that the prices of petroleum products would go down, but the government increased the rates to offset inventory losses incurred by oil companies after the last price revision on October 15.—Dawn/file

ISLAMABAD: Despite a decline in the international market, the government has increased the prices of petrol and high-speed diesel (HSD) for the next fortnight.

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PARIS: If a monkey types randomly at a keyboard for long enough, it will eventually write the complete works of Shakespeare.

Art and supernatural lovers were left spellbound as the ‘Yokai Parade — Supernatural Monsters from Japan’ exhibition closed its doors for Karachiites.

KARACHI: The prime suspect in the quadruple murder case confessed to killing four women of his family in a statement recorded before a judicial magistrate on Thursday.

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Thursday issued notices to the Cabinet Division, Ministry of Law & Justice and other respondents in two constitutional petitions impugning the 26th Constitutional Amendment.

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ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue’s collection fell short of target by Rs101 billion in October owing to falling imports and a sharp deceleration in inflation.

ISLAMABAD: The government has decided in principle not to extend the deadline for filing income tax returns for the tax year 2024.

KARACHI: Breast Cancer Awareness Month 2024 concluded on Thursday, with several universities holding programmes throughout the week to highlight the challenges and stigmas surrounding this critical health issue—a disease that claims an estimated 40,000 women’s lives in Pakistan each year and affects around 90,000 more.

PM Shehbaz Sharif, Qatari Emir Shiekh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and his sister Sheikha Al-Mayassa view works on display at the art gallery.—APP

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday met his Qatari counterpart Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul­rahman Al Thani, wherein they discussed avenues to strengthen bilateral relations, particularly cooperation in areas such as trade, investment, energy, and cultural exchange.

• Spox says Jiang Zaidong’s recent remarks ‘perplexing in view of positive diplomatic traditions’
• Rejects Afghan ‘advice’ to negotiate with TTP, other terror groups; says Pakistan ‘fully qualified’ to join BRICS bloc

• Rs1.7tr surplus in July-Sept led by SBP profits, boost in petroleum levy revenue
• Non-tax revenue soars 550pc to Rs3.05tr; tax revenue up 25pc to Rs2.77tr
• Fiscal position puts need for mini-budget to rest
• Federal PSDP falters, plummets 45pc to Rs22.7bn

ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to defer the introduction of a key bill — seeking to amend the Supreme Court Practice and Procedure Act — in parliament due to a lack of consensus among the coalition partners, sources told Dawn.

ISLAMABAD: The much-anticipated privatisation of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) stalled on Thursday as the sole bid was around Rs75 billion lower than the government’s expectations.

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