This is probably going to be short as this year is perhaps the most unproductive year I've ever had.
As usual, I start this off with a compilation of monthly "highlights" that I've already listed in my monthly newsletter.
January
Monday’s batch of orders brought a rare bit of good news at the Supreme Court. The justices announced that they will hear _Kian v. Florida_ next year, setting the stage for the court to strike down Florida’s Jim Crow–era law allowing six-member criminal juries.
The Sixth Amendment requires, among many other things, that criminal trials be conducted before an “impartial jury.” In nearly every…
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The long-running feud between Microsoft and security researcher Nightmare Eclipse has entered a new chapter.
Eclipse, who has spent the past several months publicly releasing unpatched Windows vulnerabilities while sparring with Microsoft over vulnerability disclosure practices, has published exploit code for a new zero-day flaw dubbed RoguePlanet.
The researcher said their exploit uses a race…
Graham Platner will kick off starts his first general election at one of the lowest points of his upstart Senate campaign. There has been nonstop coverage, both in Maine and nationally, about racy text messages he sent to women who aren’t his wife, as well as his alleged callous treatment of ex-girlfriends. That drumbeat helped lead to Tuesday’s election results, in which about 20 percent of…
A review of top election results of South Dakota state legislative Republican primary races.
• Criticises practice of frequent strike calls; terms them ‘illegal’ and violative of litigants’ rights
• Dismisses Peshawar bar appeal; holds that everyone has right to counsel of choice
ISLAMABAD: In a landmark judgement on an appeal filed by the Peshawar High Court Bar Association, the Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) on Wednesday ruled that bar associations and bar councils cannot suspend…
A Kenyan court on Friday suspended President Trump’s plan to build a quarantine field hospital in the region to house Americans exposed to the Ebola virus in the country—rather than have them return home for treatment.
The denial came after a lawsuit filed by the Katiba Institute, a Kenyan constitutional rights organization. It alleged that the “secretive, unilateral establishment of an Ebola…
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ISLAMABAD: Just days after the first anniversary of Marka-i-Haq, calls for dialogue with Pakistan have grown in India, with several leaders in India-held Kashmir among the latest to support efforts to end hostilities between the neighbouring nuclear powers.
Former chief ministers of India-held Kashmir, Farooq Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti, have backed the recent demand by Rashtriya Swayamsevak…
For years, LGBTQIA+ organisations, venues, artists, health campaigns, events and media outlets have been told the same thing by social media giants: if you want to reach your community, you ...
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When Russia invaded Ukraine back in 2022 with help from Belarus, the International Olympic Committee responded by barring the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes as punishment for starting a war that’s still being fought.
Later, though, that policy was modified to allow qualifying Russians and Belarusians to compete at the 2024 Summer Games in Paris as “neutral” athletes, without…
Louisiana’s secretary of state has already received tens of thousands of absentee ballots for the state’s primary elections, but now won’t count them because of Republican Governor Jeff Landry’s desperate move to please Donald Trump.
The Supreme Court voted 6-3 last week to throw out Louisiana’s congressional map and get rid of its only Democratic (and majority-Black) district. Landry…
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LAHORE: An anti-corruption court on Thursday granted interim pre-arrest bail of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s daughter Rabia Imran and her husband Ali Imran Yousaf in a case of alleged irregularities in the Punjab Saaf Pani Company (PSPC).
The couple appeared before the court, where Judge Javed Iqbal Warraich presided over the proceedings.
The court allowed the bail petitions and sought a…
The Sri Lankan government took control of the island’s cricket board on Wednesday and appointed a nine-member interim administration to carry out “structural reforms”.
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) is the country’s wealthiest sporting body, but it has been plagued by allegations of corruption and mismanagement.
World governing body International Cricket Council (ICC) suspended Sri Lanka for two…
LAHORE: A special court (central) on Tuesday granted interim pre-arrest bail to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s daughter, Rabia Imran and her husband Imran Yousaf in a money laundering case.
The couple personally appeared before the court along with their counsel.
Judge Ashfaq Ahmed heard and allowed the bail petitions of the couple, subject to submission of surety bonds, and restrained the…
US President Donald Trump said on Monday that Jimmy Kimmel should be immediately fired by _ABC_ and parent company Walt Disney, joining his wife Melania Trump in calling out the late-night talk show host for a monologue he delivered prior to a shooting near a gathering of journalists and politicians over the weekend.
Kimmel said last Thursday, in a parody segment on the upcoming White House…
US first lady Melania Trump said on Monday it was time for _ABC_ to “take a stand” on Jimmy Kimmel over a joke likening her to an “expectant widow,” a jibe with eerie resonance after a shooting at a dinner attended by President Donald Trump.
Even though Kimmel made the remark in a monologue days ago, right-wing commentators who support Trump have resurrected it to call for the head of the talk…
In Ohio, the state legislature’s GOP super-majority has been busy, populating the legislative slate with ruinous bills that test the outside bounds of common sense and basic constitutional rights. There is a bill that would require medical personnel to file a “certificate of life” for every fetus in Ohio, after detection of a heartbeat. There’s Ohio’s version of the SAVE Act; a separate bill…
ISLAMABAD: Former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, on Friday approached the Islamabad High Court (IHC) seeking the urgent fixation of their appeals to set aside the conviction in the Toshakhana I case and to suspend the sentence in the £190 million corruption case, citing “inordinate delays” and “dilatory tactics” by the prosecution.
On March 31, the IHC adjourned the hearing…
The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) on Monday took notice of what it called a “disturbing incident” regarding the filming of patients mid surgery at Lahore’s Lady Willingdon Hospital.
The video in question, which was widely shared on social media, showed doctors performing what appeared to be C-sections on two patients in the same operating theatre, with a medical curtain in the…
LAHORE: The Punjab government on Saturday suspended the medical superintendent and head of the gynaecology department at Lady Willingdon Hospital for “serious negligence in duties” after a video of a surgical procedure went viral on social media.
The video in question showed doctors performing what appeared to be C-sections on two patients in the same operating theatre, with a medical curtain in…
KARACHI: A police officer who sustained bullet wounds during a ‘poorly planned’ raid on the house of the main suspect in the Mustafa Amir murder case succumbed to his injuries on Monday.
Deputy Inspector General Syed Asad Raza told _Dawn_ that Deputy Superintendent Police Ahsan Zulfiqar was injured during a raid jointly carried out by the Anti-Violent Crime Cell and the Citizens-Police Liaison…
NASCAR indefinitely suspended Kaulig Racing driver Daniel Dye after he mocked another driver with a homophobic remark during a livestream, triggering swift disciplinary action from both his team and the sanctioning body.
The sanctioning body announced the suspension on Tuesday, saying Dye violated a rule prohibiting members from making public statements that “criticize, ridicule, or…
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) on Thursday dismissed claims regarding a missile attack near Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) involving its flight, terming it “entirely baseless and false”.
Several media reports had claimed that a PIA flight on Tuesday had narrowly escaped a missile attack during landing at the Fujairah airport.
“PIA clarifies that the news circulating regarding…
LONDON: A US-Israeli war on Iran has severely disrupted Middle East energy exports, collapsing oil production in Iraq and shutting down the entirety of Qatar’s natural gas facilities, choking off a shipping artery that handles a fifth of the world’s supply.
The conflict has forced widespread production stoppages and shipping closures, with Kuwait announcing output cuts over the weekend. Analysts…
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday directed the registrar’s office to fix PTI founder Imran Khan’s plea — seeking permission to undergo medical treatment at Shifa International Hospital — for hearing on March 10.
The IHC also fixed the main appeal in the _Toshakhana criminal case_ — in which the PTI founder was first _arrested_ on Aug 5, 2023 — for hearing on March 10.
A…
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KARACHI: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Thursday framed charges against main suspect Armaghan Qureshi and co-accused Sheraz alias Shavez Bukhari in the Mustafa Amir murder case.
Amir, 23, was allegedly kidnapped and _murdered_ by his friends — Armaghan and Sheraz — in Karachi’s Defence Housing Authority (DHA) on Jan 6, 2025. According to the police, the accused stuffed Amir’s body in the trunk…