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An accountability court suspended Nawaz Sharif’s perpetual warrants in the Toshakhana case on Thursday. Judge Muhammad Bashir announced the decision shortly after it was reserved on Thursday morning. Nawaz’s perpetual warrants have been suspended to allow him to surrender in the court. However, the judge ruled that the warrants would be restored if the former PM did not appear for proceedings. Advocate Qazi Misbah appeared in Judge Muhammad Bashir’s court on Thursday morning and said that the Nawaz wished to face cases in court. He added that Nawaz is set to return to October 21 so the warrants should be suspended till October 24. National Accountability Bureau Prosecutor Sohail Arif told the court that he had no objection if the accused wanted to surrender in court. However, the judge remarked that the perpetual warrants were issued in October 2020 and asked Nawaz’s lawyers why he had not appeared in court since then. The lawyer replied that Nawaz had left the country on medica...

Meta is extending its broadcast channels to Facebook and Messenger, allowing content creators to share content in a controlled group chat environment. Meta is extending its broadcast channels to Facebook and Messenger, allowing content creators to share various types of content with their followers in a controlled group chat environment. These channels were previously available on Instagram and WhatsApp. Introducing Broadcast Channels on Facebook, Messenger Meta's widely-anticipated broadcast channels, previously accessible through Instagram and WhatsApp, are set to expand their reach to Facebook and Messenger in the near future, as revealed in a Meta blog post. The announcement came from a post from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on his personal Facebook account. In essence, this broadcast channels function as expansive yet controlled group chats. The Verge reported that content creators can extend invitations to their followers and subsequently share various content types, encomp...

A day after attempting to regain the huge ground lost to the Pakistani rupee over the past few weeks, the US dollar once again shed value. At the opening of Thursday's trading session, the mighty American currency lost another Rs1.29 against the local rupee in the interbank market. On Thursday morning, the US dollar opened with Rs279 in the interbank market. On Wednesday, the American currency attempted to bounce back against the Pakistani Rupee as the greenback halted the advance of local units and closed at Rs280.29 with a huge increase of Rs3.25. In the afternoon session, the USD gained nearly Rs3 against the local currency and crossed Rs280. Moreover, in the open market, the rupee shed Rs4 against the USD, as the exchange companies traded the dollar at Rs278 for buying and Rs281 for selling, compared to the previous closing of Rs274 for buying and Rs277 for selling. On Tuesday, US Dollar continued its downward trend on the 29th business day against the ‘unstoppable’ Pak...

At least 500 Palestinians were martyred in an Israel's air strike on the Al Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza, bringing the death toll to at least 3,500 in Israeli bombardment. Israel’s relentless bombardment of Gaza since October 7 is the worst the besieged Palestinian enclave has seen since Tel Aviv imposed a land, sea and air blockade in 2007. Israel began its relentless airstrikes on Gaza after Hamas breached Israel's high-tech security fence, which has enclosed 2.3 million Palestinians for 16 years, with gunmen crossing into several Israeli towns under a heavy barrage of rockets fired from Gaza. Hamas officials said the coordinated attack was in response to Israel’s desecration of Al Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem and increased state-sanctioned Israeli settler violence across the occupied Palestinian territories. At least 1,400 Israelis have been killed in Hamas' "Al Asaq Flood" operation, according to Israeli officials and around 199 Israelis have bee...

An Israeli airstrike on Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in the Gaza Strip has left at least 500 people dead, a spokesman for the health ministry in the besieged enclave said on Tuesday. Egypt condemned the attack and said the international community must urgently intervene to stop such violations. The UAE said it “strongly condemns” the Israeli attack that targeted the hospital. The UAE called for an immediate cessation of hostilities and to ensure that civilians and civilian institutions are not targeted. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the Israeli strike on the hospital in Gaza was “horrific and absolutely unacceptable.” Trudeau told reporters that “it’s not acceptable to hit a hospital.” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the attack on the Gaza hospital was “the latest example of Israel’s attacks devoid of the most basic human values.” “I call on all humanity to take action to stop this unprecedented brutality in Gaza,” Erdogan wrote on social media platform X....

Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar ul Haq Kakar has strongly condemned the Israeli attack on Al-Ahly Al-Mamadany Hospital in Gaza. In his tweets today, he said the massacre of innocent civilians in the vicious Israeli attack is inhumane and indefensible. He said it is a grave violation of international law and humanitarian law. The Prime Minister said Israel must be held accountable for its war crimes as it continues its unrelenting bombardment and siege of Gaza that has resulted in death, destruction and displacement. He demanded an end to this indiscriminate targeting and urged the international community to act swiftly to stop the violence. He said the backers of Israeli occupation need to reconsider their policies which provide impunity to Israeli authorities in carrying out their campaign of terror against the people of Gaza.

US President Joe Biden will make a landmark trip to Israel in an "ironclad" show of US support, as efforts to ease a spiralling humanitarian disaster in Gaza intensify. Gaza authorities say more than 2,800 people have been martyred in Israeli attacks since Oct. 7, around a quarter of them children, and more than 10,000 wounded are in hospitals desperately short of supplies. Secretary of State Antony Blinken described the visit as a statement of "solidarity with Israel" and an "ironclad commitment to its security". Biden's visit will also seek to avert a regional conflagration with Iran, which on Monday warned of a possible "pre-emptive action" against Israel "in the coming hours". Repeated fire in recent days along Israel's northern border with Lebanon has claimed lives on both sides and compounded fears of a regional spillover of the war. Biden's visit also comes amid frantic diplomatic efforts to ease the deepening ...