WEB DESK: A magnitude-7.7 earthquake struck eastern Indonesia on Saturday, killing at least 51 people and injuring more than 100 others, while landslides and collapsed buildings disrupted rescue operations, authorities said on Sunday. The powerful earthquake hit East Nusa Tenggara province, triggering widespread damage and forcing around 5,000 people to […]
WEB DESK: A dozen people were killed and at least 10 others injured after a Polish-registered bus carrying tourists overturned on a motorway in eastern Hungary early Sunday, according to Hungarian authorities. The accident occurred near the town of Mezokeresztes when the bus, travelling towards Nyiregyhaza on the M3 motorway, […]
DUBAI: An Iranian official on Sunday demanded that Qatar allow an Iranian investigative team to enter the country to determine the fate of pilots whom Tehran claims were captured by Qatari forces. Qatar has denied capturing any Iranian pilots. Doha said its search and rescue teams recovered the remains of […]
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) on Sunday announced plans to initiate a “grand national dialogue” on the creation of new provinces, arguing that Pakistan’s growing population and governance challenges had made administrative restructuring necessary. Speaking at a press conference alongside senior party leaders, MQM-P Chairman Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui said […]
MURREE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz President and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Sunday expressed disappointment over complaints raised by the Pakistan Peoples Party during the Azad Jammu and Kashmir elections, saying he did not expect the party’s regional government to provide grounds for such grievances. Addressing a meeting of the […]
QUETTA: Security forces killed seven terrorists during an intelligence-based operation in Kharan district of Balochistan, while several militant hideouts were destroyed and a large cache of weapons and ammunition was recovered, security sources said on Sunday. The operation was conducted under the ongoing “Radd-ul-Fitna 3” campaign after security forces received […]
LAHORE: Five people, including two pedestrians, were killed and a child injured after a speeding car lost control and crashed into a tree on Lahore’s Canal Road early Saturday morning, police said. The accident occurred around 6am in the Harbanspura area. According to an eyewitness, the car was travelling at […]
WEB DESK: President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif inaugurated the Yadgar-i-Fatah monument in Islamabad on Thursday night, ahead of Pakistan’s 79th Independence Day. Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir, Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Zaheer Ahmad Babar Sidhu and […]
WEB DESK: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment to promoting global peace and stability, saying the country would continue to play its role in resolving conflicts and strengthening regional security. Addressing a ceremony at the Yadgar-i-Fatah monument in Islamabad on the occasion […]
WEB DESK: The moon for Rabi-ul-Awwal was not sighted anywhere in Pakistan, with the first day of the Islamic month to fall on August 15, the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee announced. A meeting of the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee, chaired by Maulana Abdul Khabir Azad, was held in Islamabad to review reports […]