Karachi: Pakistan's first satellite mission to the moon 'iCube Qamar' will take off from China's Hainan Space Launch Site today.

Dr Khurram Khurshid, a member of the Core Committee of the Institute of Space Technology, told that Pakistan's satellite mission will orbit the moon for three to six months.

He said that the mission will leave for the satellite space mission at 2:18pm Pakistani time and the satellite will reach the lunar orbit in five days.

Dr Khurshid stated that through this mission, Pakistan will have pictures of the moon taken by its satellite for research.

In 2022, the Chinese National Space Agency through the Asia-Pacific Space Corporation Organization (APSCO) provided a unique opportunity for member countries to reach lunar orbit for free.

The member countries had sent their plans on the proposal of APSCO. The member countries of APSCO include Pakistan, Bangladesh, China, Iran, Peru, South Korea, Thailand, and Turkey.

The Institute of Space Technology also submitted a proposed project on behalf of Pakistan, out of eight countries, only Pakistan's project was accepted.

Islamabad: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Friday also dismissed the miscellaneous petition of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) to withdraw the objection on the bench in the Audio Leaks case.

A hearing was held on IB's request to withdraw the objection against Justice Babar Sattar.

At the beginning of the hearing, the Assistant Attorney General said that IB wanted to withdraw the plea of objection to the bench.

Justice Babar Sattar replied: “Your objectionable application has already been dismissed, you will get the order to dismiss the application when it comes. In the order, the Director General (DG) IB is notified, why contempt of court action should not be taken against them. The order also asked who had given the authority to file the petition. You can give a response after the order”.

It is pertinent to note that the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA), IB, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), and Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) had objected to Justice Babar and filed requests to withdraw from the audio leaks case.

Petitions of PEMRA, PTA and FIA were dismissed with the penalty of Rs500 thousand each. IB had filed a request to withdraw objections after imposing fines of Rs1.5 million on three institutions.

Lahore: Naila Bhatti, commissioner of Pakistan Super League (PSL), has resigned from the post citing personal reasons, GNN reported.

According to sources, earlier when Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Lahore raided the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) office regarding alleged corruption in tickets, Naila Bhatti was under reproach. 

Chairman PCB Mohsin Naqvi had already indicated that whoever was involved in tickets’ corruption would face serious action, however, before the report was released, Naila citing personal engagement, resigned from the post.

It is pertinent to note that Naila Bhatti has been working in PCB since the tenure of Najam Sethi and Zaka Ashraf.

Notably, Director of Medical and Sports Sciences of PCB Dr Sohail Saleem resigned yesterday due to the injury of Pakistani fast bowler Ehsanullah, whose resignation was also accepted by PCB.