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Dec 8, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Ashraf Jehangir Qazi
The Arabs cannot make war without Egypt. But they cannot make peace without Syria.—Henry KissingerSYRIA was my first ambassadorial assignment, so I have a special affinity for it and its people. On welcoming me, a Syrian official told me “You have served in Egypt. They are more charming. We are more honest.” Like all such sayings, there is a grain of truth in it. Nevertheless, I love Egypt and the Egyptians just as much.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Ashraf Jehangir Qazi
DAWN.COM Cartoon: 6 December, 2024 PIA names acting CEO as it prepares to resume European flights Failed martial law Saudi Arabia extends $3bn deposit in Pakistan for another year Donald Trump returns — so what? Transport for schooling We have to either take schools closer to children or children closer to schools.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Umer Mehtab |Ashraf Jehangir Qazi
The Supreme Court on Friday scheduled a hearing on a petition filed by PTI founder Imran Khan, which requests the formation of a judicial commission to probe the events of May 9, 2023. On Thursday, the former prime minister uploaded a message to his X account demanding judicial commissions to probe the events on May 9 and during the PTI’s recent “final call” protest on November 26.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Umer Mehtab |Ashraf Jehangir Qazi
The Judicial Commission of Pakistan on Friday approved the formation of a committee to constitute rules and criteria for appointing judges, according to a press release issued by the Supreme Court of Pakistan. Last week, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Yahya Afridi called the Judicial Commission of Pakistan’s meeting to consider Justice Shahid Bilal Hassan’s nomination to become eighth judge of the constitutional bench, formed under the 26th amendment.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Ashraf Jehangir Qazi
Iran is “dramatically” increasing the amount of uranium to up to 60 per cent purity, close to the roughly 90pc of weapons-grade uranium that it can produce, the watchdog’s chief Rafael Grossi told Reuters in an interview. The move is certain to cause even greater alarm in Western capitals already arguing that there is no civil justification for Iran’s enrichment to that level as no other country has done so without producing nuclear bombs, which Iran denies pursuing.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Umar Bacha |Ashraf Jehangir Qazi
A 14-year-old boy was allegedly sexually assaulted by a police officer in Buner, police told Dawn.com on Friday, adding that the official has been suspended and booked. According to the first information report (FIR) lodged late on Wednesday night — a copy of which is available with Dawn.com — the teenager reported to police that an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) approached him in the Barikot bazaar in Swat, adjacent to Buner. The ASI asked the victim for his phone number.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Ashraf Jehangir Qazi
International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan will be allowed to stay on in his role at the world’s permanent war crimes tribunal during a UN-led investigation into his alleged sexual misconduct, sources told Reuters on Friday. The UN’s Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS), which is leading the inquiry, has started contacting witnesses, a source with direct knowledge of the investigation said. Khan denies the allegations.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Ashraf Jehangir Qazi
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday looked increasingly likely to be unseated after the head of his ruling party demanded he be stripped of office for briefly imposing martial law. If Yoon remains, “there is a significant risk that extreme actions similar to the martial law declaration could be repeated, which could put the Republic of Korea and its citizens in great danger,” said Han Dong-Hoon, the head of Yoon’s People Power Party (PPP).
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Ashraf Jehangir Qazi
PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Friday praised a multi-party conference (MPC) held a day earlier in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to discuss the deteriorating law and order situation in Kurram while calling out the PTI-led provincial government for “practising their extremist politics at the expense of the people”.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Ashraf Jehangir Qazi
Australia lost opener Usman Khawaja but took first day honours at the day-night second Test in Adelaide Friday after a Mitchell Starc onslaught saw India crumble to 180 all out. At the close, the hosts were 86-1 with Nathan McSweeney not out 38 from 97 balls and Marnus Labuschagne on 20 after the visitors were dismissed on the cusp of tea after winning the toss and opting to bat. A menacing Starc was India’s chief destroyer.
