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      12 May

      What is the corruption case against Pakistan’s Khan?

      -Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan was arrested on Tuesday by an anti-graft agency on corruption charges. Government officials alleged that Khan and his wife received land worth millions of dollars as a bribe from a real estate tycoon through a charitable trust. Khan and his aides have denied any wrongdoing. The developer has denied the charges in the past but he could not be contacted on Wednesday and his company’s marketing manager did not respond to a request for fresh comment. Below are some facts about the trust and the land acquisition. WHAT IS AL-QADIR TRUST? Al-Qadir Trust is a non-governmental welfare organization set up by Bushra Watto, Khan’s third wife, and Khan in 2018 when he was still…

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    • 12 May

      Sunak eyes immigration crackdown as foreign students to face ban on family members in UK

      The Government is drawing up plans to crack down on immigration to the UK, with plans to stop family members from joining international master’s students at British universities. This forms part of an attempt to reduce net migration to the UK after the country saw a record high in the most recent numbers. The latest figures, published in November, show that net migration rose to 504,000 in the year to June 2022. The numbers are an increase from pre-Brexit immigration levels, with most of the migrants coming from non-EU countries. Net migration for the year ending June 2015 – the year before the UK voted to leave the EU – was 336,000. At the time, Home Secretary Suella Braverman said she is…

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    • 12 May

      Biden says he visited Ireland to ‘make sure the Brits didn’t screw around’

      Joe Biden says he visited the island of Ireland last month to make sure the “Brits didn’t screw around”. The US president – who is vocal about his Irish ancestry – made the comments at an event for the Democratic Party in New York on Wednesday. He visited Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland in April to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, and also to visit his family’s ancestral home. In remarks published later on the White House website, Mr Biden said: “I got to go back to Ireland for the Irish Accords… to make sure the Brits didn’t screw around and Northern Ireland didn’t walk away from their commitments.” Mr Biden met with Rishi Sunak as part of the trip…

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    • 12 May

      South Africa accused of providing arms to Russia – US ambassador

      The US ambassador to South Africa has accused the country of providing weapons and ammunition to Russia for its war in Ukraine via a cargo ship that docked secretly at a naval base near Cape Town for three days in December. Ambassador Reuben Brigety said the US was certain the equipment was loaded onto the Russian vessel at the Simon’s Town naval base and then transported to Russia, according to reports of his comments from multiple South African news outlets. The ambassador said the alleged arming of Russia was “extremely serious” and called into question South Africa‘s supposed neutral stance in the war in Ukraine. The country’s president Cyril Ramaphosa said an investigation was under way. When asked in parliament about the…

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    • 12 May

      Pak Supreme Court declares Imran Khan’s arrest ‘illegal’, orders his immediate release

       In a major relief for Imran Khan, Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Thursday declared the former prime minister’s arrest “illegal” and ordered his immediate release after he was produced before a bench on its orders. The order to produce 70-year-old Khan was issued by a three-member bench, comprising Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial, Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar and Justice Athar Minallah. The bench, which heard Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman’s plea against his arrest in the Al-Qadir Trust case, expressed anger at the way Khan was taken into custody from the premises of the Islamabad High Court. The bench had directed the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to produce Khan by 4:30 pm (local time) when the court would reconvene. Khan was…

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    • 11 May

      India, Canada likely to sign deal to deepen trade, services

      Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal met his Canadian counterpart, Mary Ng, in Ottawa on Monday, along with several business leaders there. New Delhi: In a move to increase trade and expand investment in both countries, India and Canada are all set to seal an initial deal this year, while setting out a mechanism to deal with disputes at the same time. Besides, both the countries have also agreed to increase discussions on movement of skilled professionals and students as they are contributing immensely in strengthening the economic ties between the two countries, according to a statement issued on Wednesday. Last year, the two countries resumed negotiations on a comprehensive economic partnership agreement or CEPA, but now they said that they…

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    • 11 May

      China objects to proposal by India to blacklist Jaish-e Mohammed leader Azhar at UN

      Beijing, an all-weather friend of Islamabad, had last year put holds on proposals to blacklist Pakistan-based terrorists Hafiz Talah Saeed, Lashkar-e-Taiba leader Shahid Mahmood and Lashkar-e-Tayyiba terrorist Sajid Mir under the Al Qaeda Sanctions regime. United Nations: China has objected to a proposal by India to blacklist senior Pakistan-based Jaish-e Mohammed (JeM) terrorist Abdul Rauf Azhar at the United Nations Security Council.Brother of JeM chief Masood Azhar, Abdul Rauf, born in 1974 in Pakistan, has been involved in planning and executing numerous terror strikes in India including the hijacking of Indian Airlines aircraft IC814 in 1999, the attack on the Parliament in 2001 and the targeting of the IAF base in Pathankot in 2016. It is learnt that China objected…

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    • 11 May

      Imran Khan’s close aide Shah Mehmood Qureshi arrested as unrest grips Pakistan

      Pakistan’s former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, a close aide of ousted prime minister Imran Khan, was arrested by police on Thursday. Islamabad: Pakistan’s former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, a close aide of ousted prime minister Imran Khan, was arrested by police on Thursday, amid worsening political turmoil that has left at least eight people dead and led to the deployment of the army in the country’s capital and three provinces. A video shared by Qureshi’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party on Twitter shows plain-clothed men taking him away, with him waving at party workers before departing from the location where he was detained. The PTI claimed that 66-year-old Qureshi was arrested by the Islamabad police in the early hours of…

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    • 11 May

      Google Pixel 7a with upgraded camera, Tensor G2 chip now in India

      Google Pixel 7a will be available in India at a launch price of Rs 39,999 (actual price Rs 43,999) on Flipkart. New Delhi: Google on Thursday launched its newest A-series smartphone Google Pixel 7a in India that will be available at a launch price of Rs 39,999 (actual price Rs 43,999) on Flipkart. Google Pixel 7a is built with Tensor G2 chip and the Titan M2 security chip as used in Pixel 7 and 7 Pro, making it faster, more efficient and more secure. The 6.1-inch Pixel 7a is available in three colours — Charcoal, Snow, and Sea. It offers Face Unlock, 8GB RAM, a 90Hz display, IP67 dust and water protection and wireless charging. Pixel 7a’s camera system has been completely upgraded…

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    • 11 May

      Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif’s House Attacked By Imran Khan’s Supporters With Petrol Bombs In Lahore

      The supporters of former premier Imran Khan on Wednesday attacked the Lahore residence of Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, police said. According to police, over 500 miscreants from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party reached the Model Town Lahore residence of the prime minister in the early hours of Wednesday and set ablaze vehicles parked over there. “They also threw petrol bombs inside the premiere’s house,” a senior police officer of Punjab police told PTI on Wednesday. The police official said only the guards were present at the prime minister’s house when the miscreants attacked. They also set on fire a police post there. “As a heavy contingent of police reached there, the PTI protesters left,” he said. Before reaching the prime…

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