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Supreme Court of Pakistan has delivered its reserved verdict in the high-profile case concerning the seniority and transfer of Islamabad High Court (IHC) judges, declaring that judicial transfers are not unconstitutional. The five-member constitutional bench announced the decision with a 3-2 majority. Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, Justice Shahid Bilal, and Justice Salahuddin Panhwar were in favor of the majority opinion, while Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan and Justice Shakeel Afridi dissented. According to the judgment, the transfer of judges, whether permanent or temporary, does not constitute a new appointment and cannot be deemed unconstitutional. The court ruled that the President of…

Israel’s military has confirmed it carried out airstrikes targeting Iran’s Arak heavy water nuclear reactor overnight, marking a significant escalation in the ongoing conflict between the two countries. According to an official statement, Israeli fighter jets struck dozens of sites across Iran, including what it described as key nuclear and missile production facilities. Among the primary targets was the IR-40 reactor, a 40-megawatt thermal heavy water facility near Arak, part of Iran’s nuclear complex. The Israeli military claimed to have specifically targeted “the structure of the reactor’s core seal,” a critical component in the production of plutonium, which could be…

Malaysia’s communications regulator said on Thursday it has obtained a temporary court order against messaging service Telegram and two channels on the platform for allegedly disseminating content that violates the country’s law. The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission said it sought the court order against Telegram following the platform’s “serious failure to address content that has been repeatedly reported to it”. It said the content on the two channels on Telegram, named “Edisi Siasat” and “Edisi Khas”, had “the potential to undermine public trust in national institutions and disrupt societal harmony”. A Malaysian high court granted an interim injunction order…

Apple is interested in tapping generative artificial intelligence to help speed up the design of the custom chips at the heart of its devices, its top hardware technology executive said in private remarks last month. Johny Srouji, Apple’s senior vice president of hardware technologies, made the remarks in a speech in Belgium, where he was receiving an award from Imec, an independent semiconductor research and development group that works closely with most of the world’s biggest chipmakers. In the speech, a recording of which was reviewed by Reuters, Srouji outlined Apple’s development of custom chips from the first A4 chip…

A host of Pakistani cricket stars have been picked up by various franchises for the upcoming 2025 season of Australia’s Big Bash League (BBL), including top names such as Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Rizwan, Hasan Ali, and Shadab Khan. Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Rizwan, Haris Rauf, and Shadab Khan have all been selected in the prestigious Platinum category, confirming their status as some of the most sought-after international players in T20 cricket. Shaheen Afridi has been picked by Brisbane Heat Haris Rauf will once again represent the Melbourne Stars Mohammad Rizwan has joined the Melbourne Renegades Shadab Khan will feature…

ISLAMABAD : Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Senator Ishaq Dar, held a telephone conversation with the Foreign Minister of Uzbekistan, Bakhtiyor Saidov. The two leaders discussed a range of bilateral and regional matters of mutual interest, the Foreign Office said in a press release. They exchanged views on the agenda for the upcoming meeting of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM), scheduled to take place in Istanbul from 21–22 July. Both leaders also agreed to meet on the sidelines of the OIC CFM. A day earlier, Dar received a telephone call from the UK Foreign Secretary, David Lammy. During…

An Iranian ballistic missile struck Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba on Thursday morning, causing significant damage as air raid sirens wailed across Israel during a large-scale missile attack launched from Iranian territory. The IDF identified Thursday morning at 7:03am that between 20 and 30 missiles were launched from Iran toward Israeli territory. As per Israeli this is the largest barrage launched from Iran in the past 48 hours. There are reports of at least seven impact sites, including three in Gush Dan and one at Soroka Hospital in Be’er Sheva, which sustained a direct hit. So far, over 50 individuals…

ISLAMABAD (DI NEWS) : Mr. Awais Raoof, Chairman of the Board of Governors at the University of Lahore (UOL) along with Mr. Khalid Taimur Akram, Executive Director of the Pakistan Research Center for a Community with Shared Future (PRCCSF) Islamabad and Mr. Hiu David Chu, CEO of Precise Development (HK) Limited, China visited Institute for Community with Shared Future (ICSF), Communication University of China (CUC) and met with Mr. Li Xinjun, Vice President of Communication University of China (CUC), Beijing, China. The meeting was also notably attended by several key figures from the Communication University of China (CUC). These included…

RAWALPINDI : Chief of Army Staff (COAS) of Pakistan, Field Marshal Asim Munir, met with President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, at the White House,  the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a press release on Thursday. The high-level engagement was scheduled at the Cabinet Room over Luncheon followed by a visit to the Oval Office. President Trump was accompanied by Secretary of State Senator Marco Rubio, and Mr. Steve Witkoff, the U.S. Special Representative for Middle Eastern Affairs. Field Marshal Asim Munir was joined in by Pakistan’s National Security Advisor. It said a detailed exchange of…

Buying returned to the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX), with the benchmark KSE-100 Index gaining over 1,100 points during the opening hours of trading on Thursday. At 9:40am, the benchmark index was hovering at 121,629.44 level, an increase of 1163.51 points or 0.97%. Buying was observed in key sectors including automobile assemblers, cement, commercial banks, fertilizer, oil and gas exploration companies, OMCs, power generation and refinery. Index-heavy stocks including HUBCO, PSO, WAFI, MARI, OGDC, PPL, MCB, MEBL, NBP and UBL traded in the green. United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that he was “honoured” to meet Field Marshal Syed Asim…