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KHYBER: Hostile socio-economic conditions, acute shortage of residential facilities and an impending harsh winter in Afghanistan have greatly hampered the repatriation of illegal Afghan nationals to their country via the Torkham border since early September. Official sources in Torkham told Dawn tha...
DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates announced on Thursday it is investigating a possible terrorist link to an apparent attempt by a co-pilot to crash a flydubai passenger jet headed to Israel. The dramatic events on Wednesday ended with the plane making an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia and passenger...
The unprecedented botched execution of a woman in Tennessee has reignited the debate over execution methods in the United States — which varies from lethal injection to firing squads. Methods used in the US Methods vary by state. States carry out the vast majority of executions, while federal execut...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday signalled a cautious shift in its approach to the newly imposed US sanctions on Iran, saying it would adhere to “all applicable sanctions regimes” under international and domestic law, a formulation that goes beyond Islamabad’s earlier emphasis on international law an...
• Balochistan accounts for nearly 59pc of total fatalities in third quarter of 2026 • CRSS records 1,415 deaths, 558 injuries across 385 incidents • TTP becomes deadliest group, inflicting 117 deaths ISLAMABAD: Pakistan recorded a sharp 83 per cent increase in violence-linked fatalities during the ...
• Describes cuts as ‘accountability’, while critics call them a purge• Musk set to co-lead Pentagon Project Meridian, a study on future of warfare WASHINGTON: Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Wednesday that the United States has slashed the number of its generals and admirals by 20 per ce...
Arab Israeli politician Sami Abu Shehadeh withdrew his candidacy on Thursday from October’s parliamentary election after Israel’s Supreme Court indicated a majority of its judges supported barring him from the race. Arab Israeli parties are seen by political analysts as potential kingmakers in the O...
• US president warns strikes against Tehran could resume after midterms; Washington sanctions Iran’s top carmakers, rail operators• Pezeshkian says his country is open to dialogue; Putin hopes the strait reopens, says Russia’s offer to take enriched uranium still stands PRESIDENT Donald Trump reject...
Pakistan on Friday strongly condemned an attack by the Houthi militia on the Taibah power distribution station in Madina on Sept 29, describing it as a “grave provocation” and a threat to regional peace and security. In a statement, the Foreign Office (FO) said the attack targeted civilian infrastru...
• Seeks faster work on targeted gas subsidies, Rs3.6tr circular debt• Acknowledges power sector’s improvement in recoveries, loss reduction• Govt, lender to discuss direct cash support for deserving power consumers next week ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has appreciated Pakistan’s...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will face renewed pressure on Friday as the Gen Z-led Cockroach Janata Party and a separate coalition of student and activist groups stage fresh protests, demanding the resignation of the elections commission chief over a controversial voter roll revision. The CJP will r...
Abdul Samad’s blistering unbeaten 30 off 15 balls powered Pakistan into the Asian Games men’s cricket final as they beat Bangladesh by six wickets in a rain-reduced semi-final at Korogi Sports Park in Nisshin, Japan on Thursday.
