Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) told NTD that her decision to introduce articles of impeachment against President Joe Bidenwas motivated by what she claimed was “abuse of power.” Greene introduced articles of impeachment on Jan. 21, the day after Biden’s inauguration, with her office announcing in a statement that the articles concern the president’s alleged actions involving abuse of power “by allowing...
KARACHI: Tuesday dawned with piercing heat in Karachi, however, by mid day burst into clouds with intermittent spells of heavy showers in different parts of ever expanding metropolis. Sindh office of Pakistan Meteorological Department in its warning two issued this afternoon said a strong monsoon weather system from India, heading towards Sindh has almost reached Karachi and consequently low to...
Qatar has sent only dozens of its citizens across the border to Saudi Arabia for this week's Haj pilgrimage to Islam's holiest sites because of the increasingly bitter crisis between the Gulf neighbours. The annual pilgrimage that draws two million Muslim faithful from across the globe and starts this year on Wednesday has become embroiled in a dispute between Doha...
A scathing letter written by Abdul Basit, the former ambassador to India, addressed to Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry dated July 5, 2017 has surfaced online, in which the former lambasted the latter's tenure as foreign secretary apparently over a number of foreign policy gaffes made during Chaudhry's time in the office. "The more I think the more I am convinced that...
KARACHI: State Bank of Pakistan has expressed its dissatisfaction over the penalty imposed by Newyork Financial Services. According to a Tv report the State Bank categorically stated that fining HBL by NFS will have no repercussion in operation of HBL branch within Pakistan. The central bank also stated that they are looking the matter with complete diligence. Earlier today Pakistan’s...
DHAKA: Bangladesh were 45-1 at stumps in their second innings with Tamim Iqbal on 30 and nightwatchman Taijul Islam (0) after Ashton Agar dismissed Soumya Sarkar for 15 on day two of the opening Test in Dhaka on Monday. Earlier, spinners Shakib Al Hasan (5-68) and Mehedi Hasan (3-62) helped Bangladesh to dismiss Australia for 217 as the hosts secured...
SARAHAH, A NEW APP that lets people sign up to receive anonymized, candid messages, has been surging in popularity; somewhere north of 18 million people are estimated to have downloaded it from Apple and Google’s online stores, making it the number three most downloaded free software title for iPhones and iPads. Sarahah bills itself as a way to “receive honest...
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister of Pakistan Shahid Khaqan Abbasi will visit United States of America to address United Nation's general assembly. According to sources the initial draft has been prepared for the speech that prime minister Abbasi would read out. Before that no official meeting is scheduled between Pakistan and US counterparts from different portfolios, according to sources. Sources also add...
MTV's glitzy awards show took a political turn Sunday (Monday morning, Pakitan time) at a tense time in the United States, with the music world's top stars taking aim at white supremacists and President Donald Trump. The Video Music Awards, generally watched more for pop culture moments than for news of the winners, also gave Taylor Swift a platform to...
BAGHDAD: A car bomb exploded in a market in the Iraqi capital´s district of Sadr City on Monday killing 11 people and wounding another 26, security officials and medical sources said. A police officer, who asked to remain anonymous, said the explosion ripped through a market in northeastern Baghdad leaving "11 dead and 26 wounded". Members of Iraq´s security forces...
Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee has filed an appeal against the five-year jail term he was given for bribery and other charges through his lawyer, according to the Seoul Central District Court’s website on Monday. The website did not give any details about the appeal, which will be assigned to a higher court. The sentencing of the billionaire...
NEW YORK: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has stressed the need for a political settlement in Afghanistan, saying US President Donald Trump's strategy for America's longest-running war in that country will meet the same fate as the plans of his predecessors: 'Failure'. "From day one we have been saying very clearly the military strategy in Afghanistan has not worked and...
KARACHI: Two private security guards deployed outside the office of Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) in Karachi were shot dead by unidentified assailants on Monday in a suspected attack of targeted killing, police said. Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Gulshan Abdullah Memon told Dawn that the shooting incident took place outside the FBR building in the Gulistan-i-Jauhar area of the...
SAN FRANCISCO: - Government spending in a recession can boost a country’s economy without permanently bloating its public debt, even if the debt is already quite large, researchers told an influential group of central bankers in Jackson, Wyoming, on Saturday. “Expansionary fiscal policies adopted when the economy is weak may not only stimulate output but also reduce debt-to-GDP ratios,” University...
DOHA: Qatar said Saturday that Turkey has arrested five people in connection with the alleged hack of Doha´s state news agency, an incident which sparked the current Gulf political crisis. The arrests were announced by Qatar´s most senior legal figure, Attorney General Ali bin Fetais al-Marri. "Our friends in Turkey answered us a short time ago," he said in comments...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan on Saturday said the by-election in the National Assembly constituency 120 would decide where the people of Pakistan are standing. "It will be a decisive and historic election that will decide whether people stand by Supreme Court of Pakistan, or a criminal," said he addressing a press conference. He said the PTI would inform...
RAWALPINDI: FC Balochistan arrested several suspects and seized cache of arms and ammunition during intelligence-based search operations in different parts of the province, foiling a major terrorist activity, an ISPR statement says on Saturday. The statement adds the security forces arrested several outlaws and recovered arms and ammunition including explosives, IEDs, grenades, rockets, detonators and communication equipment from their posession....
