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South Korea’s Constitutional Court will issue its long-awaited ruling on President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment on Friday, months after he was suspended for declaring martial law. Yoon’s December 3 attempt to subvert civilian rule plunged South Korea into political chaos after he sent armed soldiers into parliament. Lawmakers defied the troops to vote the measure down and impeached Yoon soon after, but months of political instability have hit South Korea’s economy and left the country in leadership limbo, as US President Donald Trump targets the region with sweeping tariffs. The court held weeks of impeachment hearings to determine whether to officially remove Yoon from office and then took weeks to deliberate on the case, giving rise to speculation that the judges were locked in intense disagreements. “The president’s impeachment case verdict will be on April 4, 2025 at the Constitutional Court,” the court finally said in a statement Tuesday. For Yoon to be removed from off...

Four friends died in a road accident when their car fell into an irrigation channel called the Naseer canal in Tando Allahyar district on Monday night, police said. They were travelling in a car coming from Karachi when their car fell into the canal probably due to speeding, Mirpurkhas Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Saleem Shah told Dawn.com . “The bodies were shifted to Karachi last night after they were fished out,” he said. The deceased were identified as Abdul Ahad Sheikh son of Mohammad Aslam Sheikh 23, Sameer son of Rizwanuddin Siddiqui 21 Ali Shan son of Mohammad Iqbal 26 and Adeel son of Mohammad Azam Farooqui 20. Ameen Gul Odh, Tando Allahyar police spokesperson, said that Abdul Ahad was resident of Mirpurkhas and had moved to Karachi. He said that he was coming to meet his cousin, Asfand Leghari in Mirpurkhas with his friends in a rented car. He said Ali Shan was a resident of Sialkot Punjab but was residing in Karachi. They all were residing in the same neighbo...

The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) on Tuesday said that hot and dry weather was likely to prevail over most parts of Sindh for the next three days after Eidul Fitr. Eidul Fitr was celebrated across Pakistan on Monday with prayers and gatherings, marking the end of Ramazan. Karachi has experienced cold and dry spells in the beginning of March as temperatures fell to 13.1°C, which, according to officials, was significantly lower than the average temperature of 19.4°C during the month. Meteorologist Anjum Nazeer Zaigham told Dawn last month that there was an increasing trend of temperature in the city, which would experience somewhat hotter days in March. According to a three-day weather forecast issued by the PMD today, the weather will likely remain hot and dry in the province during the next three days, with temperatures ranging from 36 to 38°C. The update said that the lowest temperature during the next three days will be between 21-23°C — with Tuesday experiencing th...

A 4.7-magnitude earthquake was felt by residents of Karachi on Monday, while the first day of Eidul Fitr was being observed. According to the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), the earthquake was recorded 75 kilometres north of Karachi at 4:10pm and had a depth of 19km. A Dawn.com correspondent confirmed that there were no reports of damage so far. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) said on its website the earthquake had a magnitude of 4.6, as opposed to a magnitude of 4.7 reported by the PMD. The USGS said the quake’s centre was located 65km east-southeast to Uthal in Balochistan and had a 10km depth. The earthquake struck at 4:10pm, according to the USGS as well. In June of last year, A 3.2-magnitude earthquake was also felt in several parts of the city. It was the third earthquake felt in the metropolis over a period of a few weeks. In May 2024, a 2.3-magnitude earthquake had jolted parts of the metropolis, including Gadap Town, Katohr and areas of Malir d...

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif held a telephone conversation on Monday with the Chief Adviser of the Government of Bangladesh Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus, to extend his warm wishes and greetings on the occasion of Eid ul-Fitr, Radio Pakistan reported. In the years since the split between Pakistan and Bangladesh, Dhaka’s leaders — especially the ousted regime of Sheikh Hasina — stayed firmly in the Indian camp, preferring to maintain close ties with New Delhi and keeping Islamabad at arm’s length. However, ever since a popular uprising that saw Hasina’s government toppled in August of last year, with the disposed premier fleeing by helicopter to her old ally India, there has been a thaw in ties between the two capitals, with trade and bilateral relations seeing a marked improvement. “The prime minister expressed his satisfaction at the positive momentum in bilateral relations between the two countries, particularly in trade and travel,” the report said. It added that the two lead...

Billionaire Elon Musk on Sunday handed out million-dollar checks to two voters in Wisconsin and promised smaller payments to others who help elect a conservative candidate to the state’s top court in a closely watched election. The Tesla CEO, a top adviser to US President Donald Trump, handed out oversized checks at a rally in Green Bay as he sought to drum up enthusiasm for a state Supreme Court election that is already the most expensive judicial race in US history. Musk said he would also pay supporters $20 for every voter they recruit over the next two days. He said he was spending the money to raise awareness of a race in which liberal Susan Crawford seems to be running ahead of conservative Brad Schimel. “We actually are in serious danger of losing the election,” he said. “We’ve got to pull a rabbit out of a hat.” The April 1 contest will determine the ideological tilt of the state’s top court as it considers abortion rights, labor rights and possibly election rules. Techn...

Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry, during his state visit to the United Kingdom, attended a dinner on Sunday hosted by UK Home Secretary Yvette Cooper in honour of visiting ministers and discussed a range of bilateral issues. Pakistan and the UK share a longstanding relationship characterised by historical ties, trade, and a significant Pakistani diaspora in the UK. In 2024, Pakistan was the kingdom’s 51st largest trade partner, while the UK ranked as Pakistan’s third-largest, following China and the United States. The UK also stands as the third-largest source of remittance inflows to Pakistan, trailing only Saudi Arabia and the UAE. During the event, Chaudhry held discussions with Cooper on various bilateral matters, focusing on strengthening cooperation between the two countries. Today, the minister is set to hold key meetings with the UK Home Secretary and interior ministers from other countries, where topics such as effective border management, prevention of illega...