Day: November 27, 2024

Trump team begins transition after MoU signed with Biden admin

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WASHINGTON: US President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Biden administration, marking the formal commencement of the transition process. The agreement, announced by his incoming chief of staff on Tuesday, came in the wake of weeks of delays. The move will allow Trump’s team to coordinate directly with federal agencies and access documents. The unusual delay in signing the agreement after the Nov. 5 election had raised concerns among some critics about potential hiccups in government operations or conflicts of interest. “This engagement allows…

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Imran Khan asks PTI supporters to ‘fight until last ball is bowled’

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Incarcerated Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan has asked the party workers and supporters to continue protest in Islamabad against his “illegal” incarceration, urging them to “fight until the last ball is bowled”. “I commend the Pakistani nation and PTI’s political workers, who are fighting for their rights by participating in this peaceful protest, and resolutely standing before the mafia that has imposed itself upon our country, to demand their rights and genuine freedom,” the jailed former prime minister said in a message posted on his official X handle. “My…

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PTI claims govt planned violence, suspends ‘peaceful’ protest

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The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leadership announced on Wednesday that it ended the ongoing protest which was launched in Islamabad three days ago in view of the federal government’s ‘plan to shed the blood of innocent citizens’. The announcement comes after the party’s protesters were dispersed from the Red Zone in Islamabad following a crackdown by law enforcers with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur and PTI founder Imran Khan’s wife Bushra Bibi taking to their heels, fleeing the protest site. The PTI’s central media cell issued a press release…

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