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Sharif spoke on Monday to leaders of his Pakistan Muslim League party via a video link from London, where he has been living in self-imposed exile since 2019. At the time — and though convicted on corruption charges, which he has always denied — Sharif was permitted to leave Pakistan for medical treatment abroad by the government of Imran Khan, who succeeded him as prime minister. After Sharif later failed to return, a court declared him a fugitive from justice. Sharif's party said on Tuesday he will return next month ahead of parliamentary elections. After Khan was ousted in a no-confidence vote in April 2022, Sharif's younger brother Shehbaz Sharif served as a prime minister until August, when he stepped down to allow an interim government to run daily affairs and organize the elections. In his remarks to party officials on Monday, Nawaz Sharif claimed former army chief Qamar Javed Bajwa and ex-spy chief Faiz Hameed conspired with two judges to remove him. He offered no evidence for his claim and there was no immediate comment from the military, the intelligence agency or the judiciary. Sharif's daughter Maryam Nawaz, also an official in the Pakistan Muslim League, said Monday at a party gathering at a hotel in the eastern city of Lahore that her father's return would be «historic.» «Nawaz Sharif's comebacks have been stronger than his setbacks.

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Reliance Jio, on Tuesday, launched its Jio AirFiber services. In its initial stage, the service will be live in eight cities including Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Pune. "With JioAirFiber, we are expanding our addressable market to rapidly cover every home in our country with similar quality of service.

Read more of our recent coverage of the Ukraine war “Poles are conservative," complains Ernest Suleimanov, who in January opened Warsaw’s first Crimean Tatar restaurant. Customers love his chebureki (meat pastries) but have trouble with the digital menus that are ubiquitous in tech-savvy Ukraine. Mr Suleimanov is one of more than a million Ukrainians living in Poland, many of them refugees from Russia’s invasion.

As per the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), which adheres to the 2021 standard protocol notified by the air quality overseer, the Commission for Air Quality Management in Delhi and NCR, there were six episodes of crop residue burning on September 15 and 16. These incidents occurred in Punjab's Amritsar, two in Haryana's Sonipat, two in Rohtak, and two in Uttar Pradesh's Deoria. Professor Vinay Sehgal, principal scientist and in-charge of the Consortium for Research on Agroecosystem Monitoring and Modeling from Space Laboratory at IARI, explained, «Due to cloud cover following rain, the satellites did not detect farm fires on Sunday and Monday.» Comparing data from previous years, IARI reported that between September 15 and 18 last year, satellites detected 23 fires in these neighboring states.

Forbes shared this exciting news. This incredible phenomenon is created by an enormous storm in space called a geomagnetic storm, which is triggered by a massive burst of energy known as a coronal mass ejection (CME). This explosion occurred on the sun's surface on Saturday, September 16, and it is now traveling straight for Earth. The CME is projected to impact Earth on Tuesday, September 19, but we don't know when. The storm is expected to be at its fiercest between 06:00 and 09:00 UTC on September 19, according to specialists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Space Weather Prediction Center.

Shenzhen, China, is readying a new digital yuan giveaway as the city looks to showcase the CBDC at a range of upcoming sporting events.

Mumbai's traffic authorities have issued restrictions on heavy vehicles and private buses to ensure smooth traffic flow. The restrictions will be in effect on various dates in different parts of the city.South Mumbai Restrictions On September 21, 24, 26, and 29, heavy vehicles and private buses will not be allowed to enter or ply on the roads in South Mumbai.

Paramount Pictures' "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem" took the big screen by storm, and now it's headed to streaming. You can catch the Heroes in a Half-Shell's latest adventure from the comfort of your own home. Here's all you need to know about when and where to watch. «Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem» is a reboot of the iconic comic book franchise that first captivated audiences in the 1980s. This animated feature marks the turtles' return to theaters after their 2016 outing in «Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows.» The film follows Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo, and Raphael as they emerge from the New York City sewers, aiming to gain acceptance from the public. Along the way, they cross paths with April O'Neil and face the formidable Superfly and his mutant army.

PTI, the event, which will span approximately one and a half hours, will commence and conclude with the rendition of the national anthem, followed by a lunch. Here are the top ten keyways. Also Read: Parliament special session LIVE: Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha to meet in new Parliament building today 1.

Sai Silks Kalamandir (SSKL) is an ethnic apparel retail chain in Southern India with 54 stores across 12 cities. The funds raised are to be used for working capital required towards store expansion and debt repayment. The promoter families are diluting 15% of their stake in this IPO.Business Established in 2005 by a software engineer, SSKL is among the top ten apparel retailers, particularly sarees, having presence in South India.

The Russian Central Bank says that its CBDC, the digital ruble, “has nothing to do with” state efforts to collect biometric data.

China, where marriages are traditionally elaborate, expensive affairs, but the industry estimated at almost $500 billion is now facing a bigger threat: a plunge in the number of couples willing to tie the knot. The trend, which has become more obvious as the economy weakens and consumer confidence wanes, is also worrying officials trying to revive marriage, and birth, rates which dropped to record lows last year, leading to the first decline in population numbers in 60 years. «The number of marriages is falling and few are willing to spend a lot on weddings,» said Yuan Jialiang, who ran a full-scale wedding planning business for almost a decade in Shanghai before switching to focus on wedding photography before the pandemic. «The future of this industry doesn't look promising.» There were 6.8 million marriages across China last year, 800,000 fewer than in 2021 and the lowest since the government began publishing the data in 1986. This drop in marriage registrations will exacerbate the decline in births in China, now one of the world's fastest-ageing societies.

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) -The United States urges Guatemalan authorities to end their «intimidation efforts» targeting election officials and members of the party voted to power in last month's presidential elections, the U.S. Ambassador to the Organization of American States said on Monday.

Citigroup has introduced Citi Token Services, a private, permissioned blockchain that offers cross-border payments, liquidity and automated trade finance solutions to institutional clients. The new services “will integrate tokenized deposits and smart contracts into Citi’s global network,” according to a statement.  

Hong Kong authorities have apprehended social media influencer Joseph Lam (Lin Zuo) for his involvement in the troubled JPEX exchange.

Pay transparency is on the rise for job applicants — and momentum suggests that trend will continue, experts said.

Hindustantimes.com on Monday. According to the report, 393 MBBS and 356 specialists doctors were recruited through walk-in interviews for contractual jobs. Citing a senior health department official, the report said that these doctors will work at different government hospitals as per the need and vacancies.

While many companies have been cutting staff and freezing new hires this year, the government is laying out the welcome mat. Public-sector jobs at the federal, state and local level have risen by 327,000 positions so far in 2023, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is approaching one-fifth of all new American jobs created in the first eight months of the year.

Kota police Monday said a minor girl has died by suicide. This the second suicide case in past two weeks and eighth in last two months, India Today reported. According to police, the victim used to live in Vigyan Nagar area of Kota district in Rajasthan.

In an exclusive interview, Radheecka Rakesh Garg, Director of Rajdarbar Realty, talks about the growth prospects of commercial realty in Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities and shares her views on the Gurugram market. Excerpts: