Web archive - April 30, 2024

Pakistan

FBR orders blocking SIM cards of over half-a-million non-filers

Around 1 million to 1.5 million SIM cards would be blocked, says official

World

Gaza war separates parents from their new born baby

Infant is cared for by nurses and medical staff at al-Emirati hospital in Rafah while his parent are stuck in Jabalia

World

World Court rejects emergency measures over German arms exports to Israel

Court also rejects German request to throw out the case, so it can now move forward

World

Arab-European ministerial meeting in Riyadh calls for immediate cease-fire in Gaza

Participants demand ‘political solution’ to Palestinian-Israeli conflict

Music

Asim Azhar teases debut album ft Hasan Raheem, Talha Anjum, others

Singer’s 7-track record is slated for May 1 release

Pakistan

Imran picks Sher Afzal Marwat for PAC chairman

Gohar brushes off reports of PTI talks with establishment

World

US police forcibly remove headscarf of woman taking part in pro-Palestine protest

Woman’s head scarf removed by the police at the Arizona State University

World

Australian senator grilled in court for racial remarks against Muslim lawmaker

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson in dock for telling Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi to 'piss off back to Pakistan'

World

Forest fires raze parts of India amid heat, dry weather

In 2021, 54.4% of forests in India experienced occasional fires mostly by man made

Pakistan

PTI voices concerns over CJP Isa’s alleged bias

Party’s core committee also denounces ongoing cases against Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi