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Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Vice Chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi Saturday rejected the conviction and arrest of Chairman Imran Khan in the Toshakhana case and said the “much-feared” ruling by a trial court was state-sanctioned and premeditated. Talking to Geo.tv, Qureshi said: “I reject the court’s verdict and believe it is a politically motivated and predetermined decision which was already expected.” “Chairman Imran Khan had already been saying that the judiciary has made up its to arrest me,” he said while quoting further his party’s chief, “They are determined to disqualify me which was already indicated in Khan’s public speeches. Qureshi also expressed his…

LONDON (Web Desk/Reuters) – Pakistan is fourth most vulnerable country to El Nino’s impact this year, according to the Standard Chartered Bank, as the South Asian nation is already battling with the effects of the last year’s devastating floods and erratic rains amid a record-high inflation and severe financial crunch. It is an alarming scenario with the possibility of extreme weather further fuelling food inflation and food insecurity at a time when the people are already dealing with rising prices of petroleum products, gas and electricity. In a latest report, Reuters says countries around the world are battling heatwaves and…

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Attaullah Tarar said on Saturday the PTI chairman was no more “honest and righteous” after his jail sentence in the Toshakhana case. Earlier in the day, a district and sessions court in Islamabad sentenced the former premier for a three-year term and a Rs100,000 fine in the Toshakhana case, filed against him by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for failing to declare the gifts in the asset declarations. The jail sentence also led to his disqualification by the ECP under the Election Act. . The court also declared that the PTI chairman…

ISLAMABAD – A local court sentenced the PTI chairman for a three-year term and a Rs100,000 fine in the Toshakhana case on Saturday – a move that will change the country’s political landscape as the country awaits general elections. Announcing the short judgment, the court also disqualified him for five years from holding in any office and said that the detail verdict would be shared later. The court also declared that the PTI chairman was involved in corrupt practices under Section 174 of Election Act 2017 and had submitted a bogus affidavit with the Election Commission, ordering the Islamabad Police…

China is ready to work with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to deepen the synergy of development strategies, strengthen two-way investment, and deliver more high-level cooperation outcomes, so as to jointly deepen and consolidate China-UAE relations, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Friday. Speaking over the phone with UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, noted that the UAE is an important strategic partner of China in the Middle East. China will continue to support the UAE in pursuing an…

ISLAMABAD – Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control (LoC), in Pakistan and all over the world will observe Youm-e-Istehsal today, August 5, to register their protest against Narendra Modi-led Hindutva Indian government’s illegal action taken on that day in 2019. President Dr Arif Alvi has resolved that Pakistan would continue to be the voice of its Kashmiri brothers and sisters, who had been making invaluable sacrifices and would extend all possible support for the fullest realization of their legitimate rights. “We have no doubt that durable peace and stability in South Asia can only be achieved through…

BEIJING (PEN) — China is willing to work with Pakistan to achieve more practical results in building the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), and support Pakistan’s sustainable development, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said . Talking on the phone at the request of Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, said that the iron-clad friendship between China and Pakistan has stood tests and is rock-solid. No matter how the international situation and Pakistan’s domestic situation change, China will, as always, firmly support Pakistan in defending…

RAWALPINDI  – Pakistan Armed Forces on Saturday called out India for continuation of inhumane military lockdown and illegal measures to change the demographic structure of the illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. In a message on Youm-e-Istehsal, the ISPR said Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Gen Sahir Shamshad Mirza, Services Chiefs and Pakistan Armed Forces “stand in solidarity with the brave and resilient people of IIOJK in their just struggle for right to self determination according to UN resolutions”. Continuation of inhumane military lockdown, illegal measures to change the demographic structure of the occupied territory and the gross and systematic…

China’s self-developed intelligent robot systems and platforms have passed the acceptance tests for maintenance service for the country’s Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), also the world’s largest single-dish radio telescope, the China Media Group (CMG) reported on Friday. Led by the Guizhou Radio Astronomy Observatory, the project is jointly conducted by 10 units, including the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Harbin Institute of Technology. Dubbed the ‘China Sky Eye,’ the telescope is located in a naturally deep and round karst depression in the southwestern province of Guizhou, with a reception area equal to…

ISLAMABAD – The Sensitive Price Index (SPI) rose by 1.30 per cent when compared with the previous week, as the people in Pakistan are joggling with their ever depreciating financial resources to meet their daily needs amid sharp rise in petroleum prices and food inflation. One has to take in account the increase in transportation cost after the persistent increase in POL prices during the past year-and-a-half or so given that it directly effects the commuters venturing out daily for work as well as the prices of goods they buy, especially food items. However, the SPI has been witnessing a…