Archives for August 10, 2020
Chinese companies launch pilot projects of driverless taxis
SHANGHAI: Chinese entrants to the race to put autonomous vehicles on the road are bringing “robotaxis” online in hopes that a hired-car format can be the key to unlocking wide…
Beirut police fire tear gas as protesters regroup and two ministers quit
Lebanese police fired tear gas to try to disperse rock-throwing protesters blocking a road near parliament in Beirut on Sunday in a second day of anti-government demonstrations triggered by last…
At least 5 killed, 14 injured in a powerful blast in Chaman
At least five people were killed and several injured in a blast on Chaman's Mall Road on Monday, police said. At least 14 have been injured, all of whom have…
GCC backs extending UN arms embargo on Iran
DUBAI: A six-nation bloc of Gulf Arab nations torn apart by internal strife endorsed on Sunday an extension of a United Nations arms embargo on Iran, just two months before…
Trump signs orders for Covid-19 relief as talks hit a deadlock
BEDMINSTER: President Donald Trump on Saturday signed executive actions extending financial relief to Americans hit by the coronavirus pandemic as polls showed a large majority of voters unhappy with his…
Where the buck never stops
K-Electric CEO Moonis Alvi can see the light in the darkness. Quite literally. “I was coming from Islamabad that night. Karachi lit up brightly as the plane started its descent.…
Dispatches from detention: What is it like to be imprisoned during a pandemic?
August 10 is commemorated as International Prisoners' Justice Day in remembrance of Edward Nalon who took his own life in a Canadian prison on this day in 1974 after being…
Punjab Notes: Banning books: the dread of what challenges the unchallenged (Part I)
It’s not that states and regimes are afraid of books per se. They in fact dread certain type of books that on the one hand critique, oppose and reject their…
Frustrated and disappointed but we shouldn’t be mentally down
In this Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019 photo, former Pakistan cricket team's captain Misbah-ul-Haq speaks to reporters at Qaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Pakistan. Misbah has applied for the post of head…
The weeping willows of Shabqadar and other marvels at this magnificent fort
After the death of Ranjit Singh in 1839, the Sikh rule in Punjab was in doldrums due to palace intrigues and infighting. However, it continued to expand from Amritsar to…