Mahmoud Khalil seeks $20m from US over immigration arrest

Khalil, a 30-year-old permanent U.S. resident of Palestinian descent, was arrested in March Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University student and pro-Palestinian activist who was detained by U.S. immigration authorities for more than 100 days, is seeking $20 million from the Trump administration over what he says was his false imprisonment and malicious prosecution. Khalil’s lawyers…

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National tennis Championship starts in Karachi

KARACHI: The 21st Westbury National Tennis Championship commenced at the Karachi Club on Thursday, with organisers confirming more than 230 entries across various events. Results from Thursday included qualifying matches in the men’s singles and juniors Under-18 singles categories, alongside the opening round of the men’s singles main draw. In men’s singles qualifying, Arham Shahzad…

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Celebrities step in to lay Humaira Asghar Ali to rest after her family ‘refuses to claim her body’

While actors like Sonya Hussyn and Yashma Gill have offered to arrange her burial, others have reflected on the isolation she may have faced. Actor and model Humaira Asghar Ali, whose decomposed body was found in a Karachi apartment on Tuesday nearly a month after her passing when the police were executing a court-ordered eviction, stirred…

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