UK’s new bank note to feature mathematician Turing

London: The Bank of England on Monday said World War-II code-breaker Alan Turing had been chosen to feature on the back of Britain’s new 50 pound bank note. “Turing was an outstanding mathematician whose work has had an enormous impact on how we live today,” Bank of England Governor Mark Carney said as he unveiled the note at the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester. “As the father of computer science and artificial intelligence, as well as war hero, Turing’s contributions were far ranging and path breaking. Turing is a giant on whose shoulders so many now stand,” the BoE chief added. Due to enter circulation by the end of 2021, the note shows a photo of Turing taken in 1951. AFP

Pak court extends Zardari’s remand by two weeks

Islamabad: A Pakistani anti-corruption court on Monday extended former President and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Zardari’s remand by 14 days in the Park Lane corruption case. The National Accountability Bureau presented the 63-year-old former President in the accountability court of Judge Mohammad Bashir, after the earlier removal of Judge Arshad Malik from the accountability court. The Bureau pleaded to the court for an extension of 14 days in Zardari’s remand in the Park Lane case, which is related to the alleged properties in London. PTI