Andy Burnham entered Downing Street promising to be a “circuit breaker” for a country exhausted by political churn. He is Britain’s seventh prime minister since the 2016 Brexit referendum, a statistic that says as much about the erosion of Westminster’s authority as it does about the fate of individual leaders. His first address recognised that […]
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Two cops, guard martyred in Bannu firing Incidents
Two police personnel and a security guard were martyred in separate firing incidents in Bannu on Monday, District Police Officer (DPO) Bannu Yasir Afridi confirmed to the media. According to Afridi, the first attack occurred outside a National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) office in the Baka Khel area, where armed gunmen opened fire on […]
Change of Guard
President Asif Ali Zardari has approved the appointment of senior PML-N leader Nehal Hashmi as Sindh’s new governor. The move follows a coalition agreement giving the Sindh governorship to the ruling PML-N. Expectedly, Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) legislators are protesting loudly, and senior leader Farooq Sattar warned that his party should “immediately withdraw” from the […]
Erdogan proposes joint Pakistan, Hungary mission to guard key Afghan airport
BRUSSELS: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has proposed a new joint mission, which will also involve Pakistan and Hungary, to protect and run Kabul’s international airport following withdrawal of other NATO-led foreign troops. Talking to reporters during the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) summit in Brussels, the Turk president said that his country would need […]
Mexican police protest against joining new national guard
Officers of the Mexican federal police protested on Wednesday against the newly created National Guard, saying their superiors had threatened firings if they did not join the security force, in which they face pay cuts and loss of seniority benefits. The demonstrations spotlighted the concerns of several hundred officers over being absorbed into President Andres […]
Phones could help guard against selfie deaths, medics say
Smartphones might ironically be the answer to selfie-related deaths, two wilderness medicine specialists say. Hundreds of people have lost their lives in pursuit of daring selfies to impress their social media followers. But smartphone technology that uses global positioning system (GPS) location, or measures altitude, could potentially be harnessed to prevent these unfortunate incidents, the […]
Changing of The Financial Guard
After weeks of intense speculation over about his possible exit, Asad Umar resigned as the Federal Minister for Finance. Subsequently he refused the offer of joining the Cabinet and becoming the Energy Minister. For the record, Asad deserves kudos for husbanding Pakistan’s economy from what was essentially a no-hope economic situation. The irony of it […]