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Islamabad, July 6 (IANS) Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan has been nominated in six cases, including the attacks on the General Headquarters (GHQ), military installations, and the incident of arson at Metro Station, in a major development in the probe of May 9 violence. Sources said three of these cases had been registered on May 9 and the other three on May 10, under the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA), The News reported.The joint investigation teams (JITs) are carrying out a probe into all the cases, they added.Sources further stated that the cases had been registered at Civil Lines in Faisalabad,…

​There is no justification in calling the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) a terrorist organisation as Pakistan names it, or, a Foreign Terrorist Organisation in Pakistan as the US has designated and sanctioned it. If the BLA is called a terrorist for self defence against the Pakistan Army’s atrocities on the people of Balochistan, then why the US did not call the Mukti Bahini a terrorist organisation in East Pakistan in 1971. The world was convinced that the Mukti Bahini was engaged in a just war against the trigger-happy Pakistani soldiers. The BLA is trying not only to protect its people…

SriLankan Airlines, the flag carrier of the island nation, has encountered colossal difficulties primarily due to its substantial debt burden and political interference. However, recent updates indicate that the government is on the verge of reaching an agreement with a foreign airline in the coming two months.Minister of Civil Aviation Nimal Siripala de Silva has confirmed that SriLankan Airlines will maintain a majority stake of 51 per cent in this agreement.Inthe current status quo, the technical crew situation atSriLankanAirlines has been challenging, with 57 pilots resigning since early 2021, including some early retirements. This trend is concerning, and further departures…

Melbourne, July 6 (IANS) A 21-year-old Indian student in Australia, murdered in 2021, was bound by cable ties and buried alive by her former boyfriend in an “act of revenge”, according to the new details emerging on the case.Jasmeen Kaur was stalked and abducted by Tarikjot Singh, 23, from her workplace in North Plympton in 2021 and driven to Flinders Ranges where she was murdered and buried in a shallow grave. Tarikjot, who pleaded guilty to murder in February this year, was obsessed with Jasmeen and wanted to marry her, according to the victim’s mother. According to ABC News, in…

Jerusalem, July 6 (IANS) Tens of thousands of Israelis blocked a main highway in Tel Aviv and other major roads across the country in protest against the forced resignation of the capital city’s police chief.On Wednesday, Tel Aviv District Commander Ami Eshed announced that he was quitting the force due to political pressure from members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government over police work, reports Xinhua news agency.Eshed said his disagreements with Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir stemmed from his refusal to use excessive force against demonstrators opposing the government’s plan to overhaul the judicial system.Live broadcasts on Israeli…

Washington, July 6 (IANS) Two firefighters were reportedly missing after a fire on a ship docked at Port Newark in New Jersey, authorities said.The fire erupted at about 9.30 p.m. on Wednesday night, CBS News reported.According to public safety officials, the firefighters were dispatched after a report of multiple vehicles on fire on the ship.A search is currently underway for the missing firefighters.–IANSksk

Mexico City, July 6 (IANS) At least 29 people were killed and 19 others injured after a bus coming from Mexico City plunged off a cliff on a highway in the state of Oaxaca, local authorities confirmed.The accident occurred on Wednesday in the municipality of Magdalena Penasco, when the vehicle veered off the road and fell into a ravine more than 10 metres deep, Xinhua news agency quoted State Government Secretary Jose de Jesus Romero as saying to reporters.Authorities and local residents moved quickly to rescue the injured and recover the bodies, according to several videos and images posted on…

London, July 5 (IANS) People with frequent and diverse use of antibiotics, even in the years before the Covid pandemic, were at significant risk of developing more severe outcomes after an infection, including death, a study has shown.The findings, published in the journal eClinical medicine, acts as a warning against the overuse of antibiotics in people.Researchers from the University of Manchester found patients with more frequent antibiotic exposure in the past three years were at higher odds of experiencing severe Covid outcomes, including hospital admission and 30-day mortality.The odds for hospitalised patients dying from Covid-19 related complications in the most…

Bhubaneswar, July 5 (IANS) All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhubaneswar has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Swami Vivekananda National Institute of Rehabilitation Training and Research (SVNIRTAR) Cuttack for academic, research and comprehensive rehabilitation care.AIIMS Bhubaneswar executive director Ashutosh Biswas and SVNIRTAR Director P.P. Mohanty signed the MoU on Wednesday to jointly work on several aspects for holistic rehabilitation care.Biswas said that the two prominent national institutes will work on referral of patients (like Neurology, Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Burn and Plastic Surgery, Pediatrics, Medicine) and departments of SVNIRTAR like Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Orthopedics etc.) to improve healthcare and…

New York, July 5 (IANS) Adolescent and young adult kidney cancer survivors are at a significantly elevated risk for heart issues, majorly due to increased levels of hypertension or high blood pressure, finds a study.Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of health complications and death among adolescents and young adults (between the ages of 15 and 39) diagnosed with cancer. In the study, published in the Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, the researchers found that two medications used in the treatment of kidney cancer raises the risk of high blood pressure. People who took two drugs called sunitinib…