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Thousands of police were deployed across the Indian capital on Friday, a day before planned protests to demand the election commission chief step down over alleged voter-roll irregularities. Demonstrations have erupted this month over the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) “special intensive revis...
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) on Friday temporarily suspended its flight operations to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, “in view of the situation in the Middle East”, according to a spokesperson. The airline asked passengers to contact the PIA call centre to check the latest status of their flights. Th...
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday sought a report on the provision of medicines, clothes and other basic facilities to the sisters of incarcerated PTI founder Imran Khan in jail. Imran’s three sisters, Aleema Khan, Noreen Niazi and Dr Uzma Khan, have been in detention for nearly three we...
Security forces killed seven terrorists in an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s North Waziristan district, state broadcaster Radio Pakistan reported on Friday. The terrorists belonged to Fitna al Khawarij , a term the state uses for terrorists belonging to the banned Tehreek...
American scientist Margaret Hamilton, who led development of the computer system used by Nasa’s Apollo lunar program, has died at the age of 90, her former employer said Wednesday. In a statement, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology called Hamilton, who taught at the prestigious university fro...
The US will livestream the army’s upcoming firing squad execution of a gunman who killed 13 people at the Fort Hood military base in 2009, the Pentagon said, in what would be an unprecedented broadcast of a US execution. Nidal Hasan, a former army psychiatrist, is set to become the first person to b...
ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) is planning to execute the 11th Avenue project in two phases, starting the first phase from E-11 to Srinagar Highway. Recently, CDA’s DWP approved PC-I worth Rs24.5 billion for the construction of the highway from Margalla Avenue to IJP Road. Accord...
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday condemned recent Houthi attacks against Saudi Arabia, reiterating Pakistan’s commitment to the Gulf state’s “sovereignty, territorial integrity and security” under the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement. In a post on X, the premier condemned attacks targeting Saud...
• Dr Amir Khalil says elephant can now stand and walk, but hind-leg problem and significant weight loss remain a concern• Sri Lankan expert likely to arrive today KARACHI: Dr Amir Khalil of Four Paws — an international animal welfare organisation that has been providing support to the Karachi Metrop...
KARACHI: Sindh Governor Nehal Hashmi on Thursday distributed cheques for Rs26 million each among the families of three Pakistanis who were martyred while in the captivity of Somali pirates on hijacked oil tanker MT Honour 25. The financial assistance cheques were presented to the families of Mahmood...
NINETY-FOUR per cent of youth had no access to a library, 93pc to a sports facility, and 78pc to a park. Ninety-seven per cent had never been to a live music event, 94pc to a sports event, and 97pc to the cinema. A whopping 71pc had no access to any of the above. These figures are from a survey cond...
YET another World Bank report has been published highlighting the unending immiseration of Pakistan’s working people. Pakistan’s economic plight is described as largely on par with war-torn countries in the Arab region like Syria and Yemen. Unsurprisingly, the bank makes only limited mention of its ...
