Author: admin

The British Broadcasting Corporation sent a personal apology to US President Donald Trump on Thursday but said there was no legal basis for him to sue the public broadcaster over a documentary his lawyers called defamatory. The documentary, which aired on the BBC’s “Panorama” news programme just before the US presidential election in 2024, spliced together three parts of Trump’s speech on January 6, 2021, when his supporters stormed the Capitol. The edit created the impression he had called for violence. “While the BBC sincerely regrets the manner in which the video clip was edited, we strongly disagree there is…

Senior actress Seemi Raheel has expressed her views on Pakistani award shows, calling them fake and devoid of merit. She made these remarks at a private news channel where she shared her candid thoughts about the state of award ceremonies in Pakistan. Raheel stated that these award shows are not real awards but rather public events, sometimes organized within Pakistan and sometimes abroad. According to her, every television channel has introduced its own set of awards, which are given based on favouritism and bias rather than fairness or merit. She also questioned the credibility of the voting process in these…

Bollywood star Vicky Kaushal has opened up about his first meeting with Katrina Kaif, revealing that comedian Sunil Grover was the one who introduced them. Appearing on a show, the Sam Bahadur actor shared endearing details about how his journey with Katrina began long before their wedding. Vicky recalled that he first met Katrina during an award show where he was hosting and she was performing. “The first time I met her was at an award show I was hosting. I performed Chikni Chameli with her on stage, and later, when we went backstage, Sunil Grover introduced us,” he said with a…

China and Kazakhstan vowed to deepen strategic cooperation as senior officials from both sides met in Beijing on Thursday. Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs, held talks with Murat Nurtleu, assistant to the president of Kazakhstan for international investment and trade cooperation. Wang said China and Kazakhstan enjoy solid mutual trust, and their relationship has withstood various tests. He noted that bilateral ties continue to show broad development prospects and significant cooperation potential. China, he added, stands ready…

China has advanced the innovative development of 6G in recent years, with progress including systematic research on 6G system design and network architecture, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on Thursday. China now holds a reserve of over 300 key 6G technologies, Vice Minister of Industry and Information Technology Zhang Yunming said at the 2025 6G Development Conference. The country has united over 100 domestic and foreign industrial chain entities, invited global firms to participate in 6G technology trials, and deepened cooperation with Europe’s 6G-IA and the Republic of Korea’s 6G Forum, Zhang said. This year saw…

China’s Shenzhou-20 crew is scheduled to return to Earth on Friday aboard the Shenzhou-21 spacecraft, the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) announced. The spacecraft will return to the Dongfeng landing site in northern China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The astronauts – Chen Dong, Chen Zhongrui and Wang Jie – are in good health, and preparations for their touchdown are underway, with the landing zone and all participating systems ready. The crew’s return, originally scheduled for November 5, was postponed due to a suspected impact from tiny space debris on the Shenzhou-20 spacecraft. The Shenzhou-22 spacecraft will be launched at an…

Chinese President Xi Jinping held a welcome ceremony in Beijing on Friday for King Maha Vajiralongkorn Phra Vajiraklaochaoyuhua of Thailand, who is on a state visit to China.

ISLAMABAD (DI NEWS) : All future construction in Pakistan will now be carried out under the Green Building Code – a decision taken under the vision of the Prime Minister and the leadership of Federal Minister for Planning, Development & Special Initiatives, Prof. Ahsan Iqbal Chaudhary, to align the country’s construction sector with global standards of environmental sustainability, energy efficiency, water conservation, and the use of renewable materials. Addressing the “Pakistan Green Buildings Session” held in Islamabad in collaboration with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the Federal Minister for Planning said that under the URAAN Pakistan framework, the government has…

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday gave assent to the much-debated 27th Constitutional Amendment after approval from the Parliament. With the president’s signature, the amendment has now officially become part of the Constitution. “The Constitution (Twenty-Seventh Amendment) Bill, 2025 is assented to, as advised by the Prime Minister [Shehbaz Sharif], at Para-5 of the Summary,” read a notification issued by the President’s House. The development came moments after the Senate approved the amendment bill following changes approved by the National Assembly a day earlier, amid noisy protests by the opposition. Federal Minister for Law Azam Nazeer Tarar presented the…

The Senate is set to meet today to re-approve the 27th Constitutional Amendment, with the government confident it has secured the numbers needed for passage. Officials say the required 64 votes are in place following fresh outreach to opposition senators. The Senate will reconvene today to take up the 27th Constitutional Amendment once again. According to government sources, preparations for re-approval of the amendment — this time with further changes added by the National Assembly — are fully complete. Members of the treasury benches have been instructed to ensure their presence in the session, given that constitutional amendments require a…