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Imran Khan asks Pak President Alvi to order inquiry against Bajwa
"Some very disturbing information has now come into the public domain whereby it is clear that Gen retd Bajwa as COAS violated his oath of office repeatedly," the PTI chief stated in a letter written to the president, shared publicly on the party's official social media channels today, Geo News reported. Khan mentioned that the former army chief committed violations.
Afghan Taliban unlikely to stop support to TTP in Pakistan
In a latest report, issued by US think tank United States Institute of Peace (USIP), the state of security in Pakistan, its latest surge, re-emergence of TTP led terror attacks and its direct link to the Afghan Taliban regime in Kabul have been discussed in detail. Amid Pakistan's economic crisis and the Taliban's rule in Afghanistan, Amid Pakistan's economic crisis.
Military helicopter crashes in US, 2 killed
The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said in a statement that the crash occurred on Wednesday on Highway 53 near the intersection of Burrell Road in Madison County, near the Alabama-Tennessee border, Xinhua News Agency reported. The aircraft, a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, reportedly belonged to the Tennessee National Guard, was on a routine.
'I don't want to come to power by rigging', says Sheikh Hasina
I never want to come to power by rigging. The next elections will be held in a free and fair manner. I have fought for upholding democracy throughout my life," Hasina told Derek Chollet, Counselor of US Department of State, who led a US delegation that called on the Prime Minister at her official residence here on Wednesday. The Russia-Ukraine war and the Rohingya issue.
Russian diplomacy to focus on ending Western 'hegemony': FM
International affairs should be determined not by the West's "selfish interests", but on "a fair, universal basis of a balance of interests as required by the UN Charter", Lavrov said at Russia's State Duma, Xinhua news agency reported. "The United States and its allies are obsessed with a maniacal desire to revive the neo-colonial, unipolar world order to interfere with the objective process of the formation and rise of new world centres," he said.
NATO chief urges bigger defence budgets
He was addressing journalists following a NATO defence ministers' meeting here to address key issues for their security, Xinhua news agency reported. "More countries are now spending at least two per cent of their GDP on defence. And 2022 was the eighth consecutive year of increased defence spending by European allies and Canada. With an additional investment.
Russian army has lost up to half of its battle tanks
That rises to as much as 50 per cent for some of the key tanks used in combat, forcing Russia to reach into its still sizeable cold war-era stocks, The Guardian reported. Ukraine's tank numbers are estimated to have increased because of the number it has captured and supplies of Soviet-era tanks from its western allies.
EU proposes 10th sanctions package against Russia
A ban on the export of dual-use and advanced tech goods to Russia is also part of the new sanctions package. The Commission proposes controls on 47 new electronic components that could be used in Russian weapons systems, as well as on specific rare earth materials and thermal cameras.
Armenia's quake support to contribute to normalization of ties: Turkish FM
"This understanding of cooperation can contribute to our ongoing normalization process," Cavusoglu said at a joint press conference with his Armenian counterpart Ararat Mirzoyan in the Turkish capital Ankara, Xinhua news agency reported. Cavusoglu also thanked Armenia for sending search and rescue teams to save quake victims and delivering humanitarian aid immediately after Turkey was rocked by the strong tremors.
Bring Imran Khan in ambulance if needed, rules Lahore court
Justice Tariq Saleem Sheikh's remarks came on Wednesday as he heard Khan's plea seeking protective bail in a case lodged against him for protesting outside the Election Commission of Pakistan's (ECP) office, Geo News reported. The PTI chief moved the high court after an anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Islamabad rejected his bail in the same case earlier in the day after Khan failed to appear in person before it, the report said.
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