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PPP stages protest in NA after canals resolution omitted from agenda, says spokesperson

2 weeks ago | dawn.com | Khurram Husain |Ali Sheikh

Pakistan People’s Party lawmakers on Thursday staged a protest in parliament over a resolution against the six canals project was not included in the National Assembly agenda, a statement from party central spokesperson Shazia Marri said. Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz and Chief of the Army Staff Gen Asim Munir inaugurated the ambitious Cholistan project to irrigate south Punjab’s lands on February 15 amid public uproar and strong reservations in Sindh.
Pakistan keeping eye on US tariffs: FO

2 weeks ago | dawn.com | Khurram Husain |Ali Sheikh

The Foreign Office on Thursday said it was keeping an eye on the issue of tariffs recently imposed by the US on Pakistan, as well as many countries being granted a three-month suspension from them. The development comes as the US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he would pause many of his new tariffs for 90 days, even as he raised them further on imports from China.
Iran says it may suspend cooperation with IAEA if external threats continue

2 weeks ago | dawn.com | Khurram Husain |Ali Sheikh

Iran may suspend cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog if external threats continue, an adviser to Iran’s supreme leader said on Thursday, after US President Donald Trump again warned of military force if Tehran does not agree to a nuclear deal. Iranian and American diplomats will visit Oman on Saturday to start dialogue on Tehran’s nuclear programme, with Trump saying he would have the final word on whether talks are reaching a breakdown, which would put Iran in “great danger”.
Apple airlifts 600 tons of iPhones from India ‘to beat’ Trump tariffs: report

2 weeks ago | dawn.com | Khurram Husain |Ali Sheikh

Tech giant Apple chartered cargo flights to ferry 600 tons of iPhones, or as many as 1.5 million, to the United States from India, after it stepped up production there in an effort to beat President Donald Trump’s tariffs, sources told Reuters. The details of the push provide an insight into the US smartphone company’s private strategy to navigate around the Trump tariffs and build up inventory of its popular iPhones in the US, one of its biggest markets.
PM Shehbaz departs for two-day official visit to Belarus

2 weeks ago | dawn.com | Khurram Husain |Ali Sheikh

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif departed on Thursday departed for a two-day official visit to the Republic of Belarus at the invitation of President Aleksandr Lukashenko. He was accompanied by a high-level delegation comprising Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz, Information and Broadcasting Minister Attaullah Tarar and Special Assistant to the Prime Minister Tariq Fatemi.
Viral Chinese AI video of US sweatshop workers mocks Trump’s tariffs

2 weeks ago | dawn.com | Khurram Husain |Ali Sheikh

A Chinese AI generated video mocking downcast American workers has been circulating on Chinese and US social media amid a growing tariff war between both countries. The video shows overweight and over-worked, employees in a textiles factory, appearing exhausted and depressed as they stitch clothing on sewing machines. The video depicting a depressed worker in a textile factory.
Schoolteacher held for ‘torturing’ student in Attock’s Pindigheb

2 weeks ago | dawn.com | Khurram Husain |Ali Sheikh

TAXILA: Police in Pindigheb town of Attock district on Wednesday arrested a teacher for allegedly torturing a 12-year-old student for not memorising his lesson in a private school. Despite a ban on corporal punishment, the practice still continues in schools across the country already grappling with one of the highest number of out-of-school children.
Capital police yet to take legal action in hit-and-run case

2 weeks ago | dawn.com | Khurram Husain |Ali Sheikh

ISLAMABAD: The police have not yet started legal proceedings in a road accident case involving an underage son of an aide to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister despite instructions from the Prime Minister’s Office issued last month, Dawn has learnt. Sources said the PM’s Office had issued the instruction on March 22 to the Islamabad police to investigate the complaint filed by a citizen named Wahab Qayyum with the Prime Minister’s Performance Delivery Unit’s Pakistan Citizen’s Portal (PCP).
10,000 women in Pakistan die of complications during pregnancy every year: health minister

2 weeks ago | dawn.com | Khurram Husain |Ali Sheikh

ISLAMABAD: Health Minister Mustafa Kamal on Wednesday said every year 10,000 women in Pakistan lose their lives due to complications during pregnancy. He revealed these figures while speaking at an event held in connection with World Health Day in the office of World Health Organisation (WHO).
Geopolitics of climate change

Jan 15, 2025 | dawn.com | Ali Sheikh |Zahid Hussain

DESPITE dismissing climate change as a hoax, the incoming Trump administration’s strategic interest in the Panama Canal, Greenland, and Canada suggests an implicit recognition of climate change’s geopolitical implications. President-elect Donald Trump has not ruled out the use of military force, if needed, to secure the canal and Greenland, and “economic force” in the case of Canada. This reflects a broader strategy of seizing climate opportunities while denying climate change’s existence.