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PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Saturday said the federal government had made up its mind to impose emergency or governor’s rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; however, his party suggested finding a political solution to fight terrorism in a “better way”. Addressing an event in Karachi, the PPP chair...
LAHORE: A judicial magistrate on Saturday sent a woman suspect to jail on a 14-day judicial remand in connection with a case of an Azeri woman’s rape. The 20-year-old Azerbaijan national had travelled to Pakistan for business purposes and was allegedly gang-raped by three men in a rented flat of a p...
Indian police detained several people in New Delhi on Saturday, disrupting a second day of protests backed by the Gen Z-led Cockroach Janta Party and other opposition groups against changes to voter rolls. The protesters say the changes benefit Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s governing party and are ...
North Korea said it tested an intermediate-range strategic missile on Saturday that involved the use of AI, hours after Seoul said Pyongyang had launched a ballistic missile. The launch took place days after Seoul’s military demanded an apology from Pyongyang for a blast that wounded three South Kor...
Delegations from the government and the PTI gathered for a second round of talks on Saturday afternoon to discuss various issues, including the latter’s planned Oct 4 march to Islamabad. Ahead of the talks, the opposition held a meeting in which standard operating procedures (SOPs) were finalised. I...
Tigray rebels were abandoning their regional capital in northern Ethiopia on Saturday, a local journalist and residents told AFP, as pro-government forces advanced on the city. Fighting erupted on September 23 in northern Ethiopia as the rebel Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) launched attacks...
Pakistan’s hockey team produced a brilliant come-from-behind victory to claim bronze at the Asian Games, beating South Korea 5-3 at the Gifu Prefectural Green Stadium on Saturday, while the volleyball team ended a 64-year wait for a medal. The medal in hockey arrived a day after heartbreak against b...
As delegations from the government and the PTI again gather on Saturday for the second round of talks, the opposition held a meeting in which standard operating procedures (SOPs) for the talks were finalised. It was decided that it would be proposed during the meeting that no one from either side wo...
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad administration on Saturday requested an extension of the deployment of Pakistan Rangers personnel in the federal capital from Oct 5 to Oct 15. The request came amid the PTI’s planned long march to the capital from Oct 4. Since the call was made, the administration has the be...
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi on Saturday remained adamant about holding the long march on October 4, vowing to prevent a repeat of the events of May 9. His remarks came as the government and the opposition are scheduled to hold the second round of talks today in the Speaker’s Cham...
Pakistan summoned the Indian chargé d’affaires to lodge a strong protest over the killing of two Pakistani civilians by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) personnel in the Bedian sector along the international border, the Foreign Office said on Saturday. Two unarmed Pakistani civilians were martyred...
Hasan Nawaz’s fighting 96 went in vain as Pakistan fell 19 runs short of India’s 212-run target to settle for silver in the Asian Games men’s cricket final at the Korogi Athletic Park in Nisshin, Japan on Saturday. Hasan struck five fours and seven sixes in his 51-ball innings before being caught be...
