Web archive - May 16, 2023

World

India plans to challenge EU carbon tax at WTO, sources say

India's strategy is to combat the EU's CBAM to push industries to invest in technologies to minimize carbon emissions

Pakistan

Four get death penalty on two counts for murder during armed robbery

Judge says seriousness of this crime strikes at the very core of public safety and security

Pakistan

Pakistan exports record volume of fuel oil as economic crisis hits power usage

The country did not import fuel oil in March and shipped out 164,000 tons in April, the largest volume since 2017

World

China backs ‘effective’ implementation of Black Sea grain deal

Ambassador Zhang tells UNSC ‘unilateral’ sanctions drawing opposition from a growing number of countries

Pakistan

Imran blames 'planted' miscreants for May 9 violence

PTI responds to decision of trying rioters under army, official secrets acts; urges constitutional solutions

World

UAE invites Syria's Assad to COP28 climate summit

Thousands of world leaders, diplomats and dignitaries are expected to attend the summit in Dubai in December

Pakistan

Radio Pakistan attack: Rare handwritten scripts, music records burnt to ashes

2,000 historic books of the renowned Sufi Poet Rehman Baba and freedom fighter Khushal Khan Khattak were also burnt

Pakistan

PTI's Shireen Mazari, Falak Naz reportedly rearrested after release

Mazari's daughter says police rearrested the PTI leaders from outside Adial Jail, took them to undisclosed location

Pakistan

IHC bars police from arresting Fawad in any case for two days

Earlier, PTI leader ran back inside the court's premises to evade arrest after it ordered authorities to release him

World

An Israeli missile worsens the adversity of five disabled siblings

The misery was multiplied, as their wheelchairs, medicine, special beds and bathroom were buried under the rubble