- Friday, April 04, 2025
FORMER Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan is popular in his constituency and ancestral homeland of Mianwali, but the political posters that line the streets do not bear his face and flags do not fly his colours. A relentless crackdown widely attributed to Pakistan’s powerful military has seen him and his…
AN Indian American was on Tuesday (31) sentenced to nine years of imprisonment for a $2.8 million health care fraud, the Department of Justice said. Yogesh K Pancholi, 43, a resident of Michigan, owned and operated Shring Home Care Inc. (Shring), a home health company. Despite being excluded from billing…
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg who runs Instagram and Facebook issued a public apology in US Congress on Wednesday (31), where he and other tech chiefs of TikTok, Snap, X, and Discord faced intense scrutiny from lawmakers concerned about the risks children encounter on social media platforms. The executives convened by…
THREE foreign-born residents of Japan have filed a lawsuit against the government over alleged racial profiling by police, a case that would be the first of its kind, their lawyers said Monday (30). The three men – one born in Pakistan, an African American, and a Pacific Islander – have…
THE vigilante action drama, Shahenshah, generated a tidal wave of excitement when it was released on February 12, 1988. Amitabh Bachchan’s return to the big screen after more than two years away from it gave him another career-defining role and was the secondhighest grossing movie of that year. Tinnu Anand’s…
New research suggests that gender-specific alterations in brain regions responsible for pain perception due to ageing could be the reason why older women experience more pain. These modifications appear to increase pain sensitivity in older women compared to men, leading to heightened pain experiences. Researchers clarified that these gender-specific changes…
CLIMATE change may take six months off the average human lifespan, according to a study which found that this phenomenon was disproportionately affecting women and individuals in developing nations. Average temperature, rainfall and life expectancy data across 191 countries from 1940– 2020 was evaluated for the study which was published…
Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton could be about to make a surprise switch to Ferrari for the 2025 Formula One season, according to several reports on Thursday. The Italian team want the 39-year-old Briton to partner current driver Charles Leclerc, according to the BBC, Sky, Autosport, Italian newspaper Gazzetta dello…
A BOMB disposal squad will sanitise the Islamabad Sports Complex every morning and two escort vehicles will shadow the Indian Davis Cup team as part of security arrangements, usually accorded to a head of state, to ensure the visiting tennis players’ safety and security. The national Indian tennis team has…
ENGLAND’S attacking “Bazball” style of play trumped India at home in the first Test, but pundits and cricketers on Monday (29) said the hosts remain favourites in the fivematch series. Rohit Sharma’s India lost the nailbiting opener by 28 runs in Hyderabad last Sunday (28) on day four of the…
