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Pakistan conducted a successful test launch of the indigenously developed extended version of the Fatah-IV ground-launched cruise missile, the military’s media wing said in a statement on Tuesday. In a statement, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said, “Equipped with advanced avionics and state...
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday expressed dismay over the “unfortunate events” in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) in recent months, adding that, however, the law took its course. He was addressing a ceremony in Islamabad in which four AJK Council members – nominated by the AJK Legislative Asse...
A former German spy chief was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of passing sensitive information to foreign powers, an embarrassing case that comes as the country is seeking to bolster its intelligence agencies. August Hanning, who ran Germany’s BND foreign intelligence agency from 1998 to 2005, is a...
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi was leading a convoy from Kohat to Mattani, located on the outskirts of Peshawar, as the PTI resumed its protest march to demand the release of jailed party founder and ex-prime minister Imran Khan. PTI Information Deputy Secretary in KP Ikra...
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday directed the relevant authorities to prepare a comprehensive plan for gas load management and take all necessary measures to ensure uninterrupted gas imports during the winter season, given the regional situation. He issued these instructions while chairing a...
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday lauded Pakistan’s “pivotal role” in mediating between the United States and Iran as he called on the parties to end the conflict and return to diplomacy. Addressing a press conference in Islamabad alongside Deputy Prime Minister and Foreig...
Russian authorities denied Tuesday that they were imposing special anti-plague measures after a laboratory technician reportedly died of the disease, as the UN’s health agency said the risk to the country was low. It was reported last week that a worker at an anti-plague institute in Siberia’s Irkut...
Belgian physicist Francis Halzen on Tuesday won the Nobel Prize in Physics for work on subatomic particles at the South Pole, the award jury said. “This year’s prize is about ghostly messengers from space,” Ellen Moons, secretary general of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, told a news conferen...
ISLAMABAD: Senior members of the PTI legal team on Tuesday approached the Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) seeking early fixation of a criminal appeal filed by former first lady Bushra Bibi in the £190 million Al-Qadir Trust case. The former first lady was handed a seven-year sentence in the case ...
Kenya has recorded its first confirmed Ebola case, a Kenyan citizen who has been living in Democratic Republic of Congo and arrived in Nairobi on Saturday, Health Minister Aden Duale said. The patient has since died, and 28 contacts have been identified so far including family members and health wor...
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday urged PTI to end its long march to Islamabad and invited the opposition to sit with the government to resolve contentious issues through political dialogue. The opposition has gone ahead with its march despite warnings from the Centre, which has vowed to prev...
LAHORE: The Punjab government on Tuesday extended Section 144 across the province for 10 days until October 15 amid threats of terrorist activities, according to a notification issued by the provincial home department. The development comes as the previous 13-day period expired on Oct 5. The restric...
