3-day weekend: Public holiday announced on February 25 for schools in Oman

The Sultanate will observe the day as Omani Teacher’s Day every year All educational institutions across public and private schools in the Sultanate of Oman will enjoy an official holiday on Sunday, February 25, to observe Teachers’ Day. This decision aims to honour the invaluable contributions of educators and provide them with a well-deserved break….

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Pakistan: Imran Khan’s party begins protests against polls rigging

Tehreek-e-Insaf party has decided to sit in the Opposition in Parliament Authorities on Saturday imposed prohibitory orders in Pakistan’s capital as jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s party began nationwide protests against alleged rigging and stealing of its mandate in the recent elections. Criticising the outcome of the polls, which saw the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party-backed independent candidates emerging…

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India flight: Passenger arrested for smuggling gold worth Rs5.8 million from gulf country

Based on spot profiling, Customs officials apprehended the person and further investigation is underway Customs at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi, India, on Saturday arrested a passenger who tried to smuggle gold worth Rs5.8 million. The authority posted on X saying that based on spot profiling, officials apprehended the person who had…

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India’s top court scraps electoral bonds, calls them ‘unconstitutional’

India’s Supreme Court on Thursday scrapped a seven year-old election funding system that allows individuals and companies to donate money to political parties anonymously and without any limits. The decision is seen as a setback for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party, which has been the largest beneficiary of the system it introduced in…

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Pakistan: Shehbaz Sharif set to lead again as party seeks to get PPP to join cabinet

Officials in both PML-N and PPP said they had formed internal committees to discuss the modalities of government formation A political stalemate in Pakistan, after an inconclusive election, ended with Shehbaz Sharif chosen to lead the country again, while efforts were underway on Wednesday to get the second-largest party to join the government to ensure…

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Over 59,000 Indians acquired US citizenship in 2023: Report

Washington, DC: Over 59,000 Indians were enlisted as bona fide US citizens in 2023, helping the country secure the second slot for the top source country for new citizens in America after Mexico, the annual progress report for 2023, released recently by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) stated. According to the official report, nearly…

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More than 17,000 candidates to contest elections in Pakistan

Islamabad: More than 17,000 candidates will be contesting today’s elections in Pakistan, Dawn reported. Voters will elect 266 candidates to the Pakistan National Assembly, who will later, by a majority vote, elect the next prime minister. Simultaneously, voters will also elect representatives to their respective provincial assemblies, who will then elect the provincial chief executives…

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Poll campaign ends in Pakistan following election commission advisory

Islamabad : The election campaign in Pakistan came to an end on Tuesday as the country’s election commission issued an advisory restraining all political parties and candidates from electioneering for the polls on Thursday, Dawn reported. The last day of the campaign trail took Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari to Larkana, home to…

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