LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar’s principal secretary Tahir Khurshid was transferred on Tuesday apparently in the wake of an investigation into assets beyond means initiated against him by the National Accountability Bureau( NAB). The bureau had summoned Mr Khurshid on July 8 in an assets beyond means matter. The NAB notice states, “ Details of investment in shares/ companies by you and your family members, bank accounts held by you and your family members, copies of assets declaratio

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s president on Friday declared a state of emergency for the second time in five weeks, giving security forces sweeping powers amid a nationwide strike by angry demonstrators who blame him for an unprecedented economic crisis.... A spokesman for President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said he invoked the tough laws to “ ensure public order ” after shops closed and public transport was halted on Friday, bringing the South Asian island nation of 22 million people to a standstill after week

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was conceived in the fallout of the 2008 financial crisis.... Elizabeth Warren proposed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau when she was still a Harvard professor.... The rule mandates that certain nonbank entities report public enforcement orders to a designated registry....

beleaguered prime minister of ditching flagship promises to revive disadvantaged “ Red Wall

One of the gangs recently kidnapped 17 members of a U.S.-based missionary group and reportedly demanded a ransom of$ 1 million each for their release, warning that the hostages will be killed if their demands aren’t met.... There is no word yet on their fate. Advertisement The gangs have also kidnapped hundreds of Haitians, and the government appears unable, or unwilling, to take them on. Protests broke out Saturday in the Delmas neighborhood, where gas stations have run out of fuel.... They r

Get The 7 DMV newsletter in your inbox every weekday morning.... He recalled Pettigrew’s leadership as a senior official in the human resources department, where Pettigrew helped identify and build up competent personnel at a time when the DCHA was starved for talent, Gilmore said. Pettigrew joined Gilmore to help clean up other government messes.... He served as Gilmore’s deputy general manager for operations at the Housing Authority of New Orleans during another federal receivership in the a

A new national security law has endangered freedom of thought and expression.... “ Hong Kong people are already losing all different kinds of freedom.... Under the national security law, the red line is hidden and invisible.” Times staff writer Pierson reported from Singapore and special correspondent Liu from Hong Kong....

I should take the knee for you’.... He said the PM is “ not a vicious person as some misrepresent it ”.... That’s entirely legitimate, it’s in the public domain and obviously we would not exclude from Government someone with valuable experience and expertise.” A Labour spokesman accused the PM’s new team of “ more clown show nonsense ”....

A provision to authorize the split was included in the fiscal 2022 budget. This week, as first reported by DCist, Bowser sent the council a required transition plan and organizational chart for the two new entities with a proposed deadline of Oct.... Bowser noted that the submitted plan was an initial draft.... The next update is scheduled for January....

, though, could soon come for Kyiv's beleaguered army after the US Congress finally approved a