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An undated image of PML-N leader Siddiqul Farooq. — Facebook@Sadiq-ul-Farooq-chairman-ETPB/FileRAWALPINDI: Senior Pakistan Mulsim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Siddiqui Farooq breathed his last on Sunday.According to family sources, the seasoned politician was suffering from a heart disease. During his political career, Farooq served as press secretary to three-time prime minister Nawaz Sharif, head of the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) and PML-N’s information secretary.His funeral prayers will be held at H-11 cemetery in Islamabad at 11am on Monday (tomorrow).Reacting to the grim news, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed grief over the late PML-N leader’s demise.Conveying condolences to his family, the premier said that…

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Former US President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York, US, on April 25, 2024. — ReutersABC News has agreed to give $15 million to United States President-elect Donald Trump’s presidential library to settle a lawsuit over comments made by anchor George Stephanopoulos.According to a court document filed on Saturday, comments made by Stephanopoulos on air involved the civil case brought against Trump by writer E Jean Carroll. The lawsuit, filed on March 19 in US District Court in Southern Florida, accused Stephanopoulos of making the statements with malice and a disregard for…

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Netflix filmmaker gives his honest take on Meghan Markle, Prince HarryThe man responsible for creating Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s Netflix documentary on Polo has just shed light on what the couple are like.He gave his honest take in a candid conversation alongside the New York Post. In his conversation the expert admitted that there is more than what meets the eye with the Sussexes.In the eyes of showrunner Miloš Balać, “Both Prince Harry and Meghan were just amazing collaborators from the start.”“They have so much knowledge about the sport, but also an understanding that we’re trying to bring new…

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Prince Harry would have a differing opinion on Donald Trump, had he not met Meghan Markle, it is predicted. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who do not get along well with Trump due to his various policies, would think differently if they were not married.Former Royal photographer Arthur Edwards said: “I think it’s quite well known that Harry and Meghan don’t particularly get on with Donald Trump.”I think Meghan doesn’t get on with him. That’s probably why Harry doesn’t get on with him.”Harry is a pretty affable guy and if it were necessary he would obviously get on with…

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Backlash has been building in the United States following a news report that links one of President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed cabinet members to an effort to revoke approval for the polio vaccine. On Saturday, The Associated Press news agency published a statement from a spokesperson for Robert F Kennedy Jr, whom Trump has nominated to lead the Health and Human Services Department. In the statement, Kennedy’s camp attempted to distance the nominee from a New York Times report that his lawyer Aaron Siri had petitioned to suspend approval for the life-saving vaccine. “Mr Kennedy believes the Polio Vaccine should be…

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These file photos show Justice Mansoor Ali Shah (left) and Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail. — Supreme Court of Pakistan websiteJustice Mandokhail refuses to comment on 26th Amendment.Says Justice Shah’s suggestions to be considered in Dec 16 meeting.”Draft rules to be tabled before JCP for final approval on Dec 21.” Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail on Saturday responded to concerns raised by Justice Mansoor Ali Shah over the Judicial Commission of Pakistan’s proceedings, saying that “most suggestions tabled by the Supreme Court’s senior puisne judge have already been incorporated in the draft rules which he had also personally shared with him prior…

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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol delivers an address to the nation at the Presidential Office in Seoul, South Korea, December 12, 2024. — Reuters SEOUL: South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol faces the greatest threat to his brief but chequered political career, with his fate in the hands of judges after some of his allies turned from him and voted to impeach him on Saturday for allegedly leading an insurrection.Regarded as a tough political survivor but increasingly isolated, he has been dogged by personal scandals and strife, an unyielding opposition and rifts within his own party. After he narrowly won…

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A representational image depicting a bottle with a paper message inside it. — Unsplash/FileA message in a 132-year-old bottle has been discovered by an engineer conducting an inspection at a 209-year-old Scottish lighthouse. Ross Russell, who is a Northern Lighthouse Board mechanical engineer, removed some panels in a cupboard at Corsewall Lighthouse, which is located at the northern tip of the Rhins of Galloway, reported UPI. He also spotted a bottle hidden inside the wall.To fish the bottle out of its hiding place, Russel and his team used some rope and a broom handle. They opened it with the current…

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