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ISLAMABAD :The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday ordered the removal of Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri in the fake degree case. The decision was announced by a division bench comprising Chief Justice Sarfraz Dogar and Justice Azam Khan. The court directed the Ministry of Law to de-notify Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri. In its verdict, the court held that Tariq Jahangiri did not possess a valid LLB degree at the time of his appointment as a judge. It ruled that his appointment was illegal and that he was not eligible to hold the office of judge. The court accepted the petition filed…

The Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly elections have been postponed due to severe weather conditions in the area. According to the Election Commission, an all-party conference was held regarding the elections in Gilgit-Baltistan, during which the decision to postpone the elections was made. The PPP and PML-N supported holding the elections on January 24. The Commission stated that 13 different parties opposed the general elections, and a new date will be announced later. It is worth noting that the all-party conference was convened today to discuss postponing the elections due to worsening weather conditions, after which the official announcement of the postponement was…

ISLAMABAD : Pakistan has said that the sudden change in the flow of the River Chenab is unacceptable and has urged the international community to take notice of India’s violation of the Indus Waters Treaty. Foreign Office spokesperson Tahir Hussain Andarabi said that India’s actions pose a threat to peace and stability in the region, adding that no unilateral step regarding shared rivers is acceptable. He strongly condemned India’s violation of the Indus Waters Treaty. The spokesperson said that international laws govern the IWT and described the sudden change in the Chenab’s flow as alarming. He stressed that the international…

Chinese Foreign Ministry’s Special Envoy for Asian Affairs will again make a shuttle diplomacy trip to Cambodia and Thailand on Thursday in an effort to bridge the two sides to rebuild peace at an early date, a foreign ministry spokesperson said late Wednesday. As a close neighbor and friend of Cambodia and Thailand, China closely follows the ongoing border conflict between the two countries and has shuttled between the two sides to promote peace, the spokesperson said. “Through its own way, China has been working actively for de-escalation,” the spokesperson added.

China has made progress in invasive brain-computer interface (BCI) tehcnology, achieving complex real-world operations such as mind-controlled wheelchairs. BCI is categorized into three types: invasive, semi-invasive and non-invasive. The latest breakthrough in the invasive BCI was achieved by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, in collaboration with Huashan Hospital affiliated with Fudan University and other institutions. In a major advance during clinical trials, a middle-aged man with quadriplegia caused by a cervical spinal cord injury is now able to steer a wheelchair outdoors and command a robotic dog to retrieve takeout…

China will double down on efforts to enhance its capacity to cope with extreme weather, as global warming drives more frequent, widespread, intense and concurrent events. Research shows that since 2011, the area in China receiving between 400 and 800 millimeters of annual precipitation has expanded significantly. Meanwhile, according to the China Meteorological Administration, extreme heavy rainfall is triggering longer-lasting, more destructive and more hazardous cascading disaster chains. With nine Fengyun meteorological satellites, 842 weather radars and more than 90,000 ground-based meteorological stations in service, China’s detection rate for severe weather has reached 83 percent. However, accurate forecasting and early…

China on Thursday launched island-wide special customs operations in the Hainan Free Trade Port (FTP), the world’s largest FTP by area, allowing freer entry of overseas goods, expanded zero-tariff coverage and more business-friendly measures. The move is widely seen as a landmark step in China’s ongoing efforts to promote free trade and expand high-standard opening up at a time of rising protectionism worldwide. Under the new arrangements, the tropical island of more than 30,000 square km has been designated as a special customs supervision zone. This marks a new stage in the development of the Hainan FTP, which enables freer…

China is willing to strengthen the alignment between its 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030) and the development visions of Middle Eastern countries, consolidating cooperation in traditional areas while deepening collaboration in emerging and frontier sectors, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has said. In an interview with Chinese media following his visit to three Middle Eastern countries from December 12 to 16, namely the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia and Jordan, Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, said China will further advance cooperation with Middle Eastern countries in innovation-driven development,…

In the first 11 months of this year, the Chinese capital of Beijing recorded its lowest average concentration of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) since monitoring began, the municipal environmental authorities reported on Tuesday. The Lianhuachi Park, Beijing, China, September 7, 2025. /VCG From January to November, Beijing’s average PM2.5 concentration dropped to 26.5 micrograms per cubic meter – a 16.7 percent year-on-year decrease. During the period, the city enjoyed 282 days of good air quality, which was 23 days more than in the same timeframe last year. These improvements are attributable to the city’s ongoing efforts to combat air pollution,…

China’s Hainan Free Trade Port (FTP) will officially begin island-wide special customs operations on December 18, a landmark step in China’s efforts to align with high-standard international economic and trade rules. More than a regional policy shift, the move signals that China’s institutional opening up is entering a new phase and is expected to generate strong demonstration effects for the country’s 21 other pilot free trade zones (FTZs). A nationwide network of free trade zones China’s FTZ program began in 2013 with the launch of the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone. Over the past 12 years, the program has…