NEW DELHI: The Dalai Lama published a book on Tuesday which he says is a “framework for the future of Tibet”, to guide compatriots in relations with Beijing after his death. China says Tibet is an integral part of the country, and many exiled Tibetans fear Beijing will name a successor to the Dalai Lama…
WASHINGTON: A US judge ordered the government-downsizing team created by President Donald Trump and spearheaded by billionaire Elon Musk to make public all records concerning its operations, which he said had been run in “unusual secrecy”. In a lawsuit launched by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) on Feb 20, the court directed…
EIN AUJA: Armed Israeli settlers stole hundreds of sheep from a Bedouin community in the Jordan Valley, local residents say, in one of the largest recent incidents in which Bedouins in the area have reported being attacked and harrassed. Such attacks in the area have increased since the Gaza conflict began but witnesses said the…
LONDON: A former soldier who murdered three women and raped one of them in a crossbow and stabbing attack was handed a whole-life prison sentence at a UK court on Tuesday. Kyle Clifford, 26, was imprisoned for life for each of the three “brutal and cowardly” murders of Carol Hunt, 61, the wife of a…
JAKARTA: Indonesian authorities rescued a critically endangered baby Sumatran elephant after it became separated from its mother at a palm oil plantation, a local official said on Tuesday. Sumatran elephants are on the brink of extinction with only about 2,400-2,800 left in the world, according to the World Wide Fund for Nature. The two-month-old male…
• PM directs cabinet to enhance service delivery• Decides to use £190m transferred from UK for Daanish University ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet on Tuesday called for strict monitoring of essential commodity prices during the holy month of Ramazan, as Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif urged cabinet members to enhance their performance in serving the people. The…
ISLAMABAD: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has issued show-cause notices to International Steel Ltd (ISL) and Aisha Steel Mills Ltd (ASML) for alleged cartelisation in the flat steel market. An inquiry conducted by the commission found prima facie evidence suggesting that the two leading producers engaged in price-fixing, coordinated price changes, and exchanged commercially…
ISLAMABAD: A day after Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif hosted a dinner in honour of PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, leaders of PPP and PML-N met on Tuesday to shun their differences. The meeting was arranged by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi at his residence. The PPP had already conveyed its reservations to the prime minister…
KARACHI: Amid a strong reaction from the trade and industry to an interest rate-cut pause despite a sharp slowdown in inflation, the uncertainty about the economic outlook in the view of the ongoing IMF review contributed to a bearish drive for the second straight session on Tuesday. Explaining the factors that led to the downturn,…
• Ahsan asks diplomats, EAD to liaise with Chinese for technical, financial assessment of Main Line-1 rail link ISLAMABAD: Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal has expressed annoyance over the slow progress on mega projects that are part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). On Tuesday, Mr Iqbal chaired a meeting to prepare for the Joint Cooperation…