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Pakistan seeks to renegotiate power deals to slash unsustainable electricity costs, says minister Leghari

September 7, 2024

‘Hick’ explores Eleanor Roosevelt’s long-rumored romance with reporter Lorena Hickok
Trailblazing journalist Lorena Hickok started working as a reporter in 1912, at a time when only about 1 in 5 women in the United States had jobs outside the home and their right to vote was still years away. It was that career that led Hickok to someone who would change her professional and personal…
Gaza doctor loses 9 children as Israel bears down on war
Palestinian doctor Alaa al-Najjar has spent her life caring for the Strip’s sick and wounded children as a pediatric specialist at al-Tahrir Hospital in Gaza. On Friday, she lost nine of her own. An Israeli airstrike struck her home in Khan Younis, killing nearly her entire family, another unbearable blow in a conflict where grief…
PM Shabaz Sharif’s tour to reinforce regional alliances
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is embarking on a significant diplomatic tour to Turkey, Iran, Azerbaijan, and Tajikistan, concluding on May 30. According to a Foreign Office spokesperson, the prim objective of these visits is to further strengthen bilateral relations with these friendly nations and to express gratitude for their support during recent Pakistan-India tensions. During…
BJP MP slammed for saying widows of Pahalgam terror attack lacked ‘heroism’
On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch An Indian lawmaker has been criticised for blaming women survivors of the deadly Kashmir terror attack for not fighting back against the armed gunmen to save the lives of…
Some fear excessive use of force will rise as the DOJ drops oversight of police departments
The killing of rge Floyd five years ago by a Minneapolis police officer ignited what many reform advocates hoped would be a national effort to end, or at least curb, excessive use of force. But the Trump administration’s decision this week to dismiss lawsuits and drop accountability agreements with several police departments could undo some…
Pakistan attack eroded India’s world reputation
In a TV program, when questioned by anchor Arfa Khanum Shirazi, Pravin Sawhney stated, “We cannot achieve anything by attacking Pakistan.” Pravin Sawhney further elaborated that the attack on Pakistan had also damaged India’s international reputation. He remarked that the entire world was observing the kind of milit power India displayed during the crisis. He…
Atrocities, alleged war crimes and countless civilians caught in the crossfire
Wracked by violence in which thousands of civilians have been slaughtered, aid camps burned to the ground and hundreds of children raped, Africa’s largest war has torn Sudan apart and forced more than 12 million people from their homes. The cataclysmic battle for supremacy has pitted the Sudanese milit, controlled by the country’s top commander,…
Two more students die after school bus attack in Khuzdar
Two more students, Sheema and Muskan, who were injured in the school bus attack in Khuzdar, have died while undergoing treatment. This brings the total number of innocent lives lost in the incident to eight. Security sources report that this attack, which they attribute to “Fitna-ul-Hindustan” and Indian-backed terrorists, now counts seven students and one…