Pakistan witnessed 1,524 violence-related fatalities and 1,463 injuries in the year 2023, from 789 terror attacks and counter-terror operations, including nearly 1,000 fatalities among civilians and security forces personnel, Dawn reported.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) will move to the election tribunals on Monday to challenge the rejection of nomination papers of scores of its candidates, including party founder Imran Khan, Dawn reported.
The IDF (Israel Defence Forces) reported that Sunday night an Israel Air Force fighter jet successfully intercepted a suspicious aerial target that was headed to Israeli territory from the east.
Despite being in a long jail sentence in Siberia, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said in his New Year message that he does not feel lonely and is in a "great" mood, but he still misses spending time with his family and friends in person, CNN reported.
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has set up election monitoring and control centres to receive public complaints for the upcoming polls, which are slated to take place in February, ARY News reported on Sunday.
It reported that the tensions between China and Taiwan remain high, Xi has repeatedly affirmed China's stance that Taiwan is a part of China and that it must be reunified, by force if necessary.
Pakistan's political outfit, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazal (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman's convoy, came under attack in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Dera Ismail Khan, Geo News reported on Sunday.
Pakistan's former interior minister and Awami Muslim League (AML) supremo Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said on Sunday that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) disqualified him from contesting the election as they were assured of his success in the upcoming polls, The News International reported
It reported that the Accountability Court Judge Muhammad Bashir postponed the hearing as National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Deputy Prosecutor General Sardar Muzaffar Abbasi was absent because of health issues.
It reported that Additional Inspector General Karachi Khadim Hussain Rind said that the charges of attempted murder will be included in the cases lodged against those involved in aerial firing on New Year's night.
The South Asian Partnership (SAP) and Aurat Foundation, Pakistan said considering population statistics, the proportion of reserved seats for women should be increased in all elected assemblies and local bodies, Dawn reported.
Eurostar on Saturday cancelled all services connecting the UK to Europe due to flooded railway tunnels, disrupting travel plans for those heading from London to Paris, Brussels, and Amsterdam for the New Year, CNN reported.