ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Attaullah Tarar on Monday said the Indus Waters Treaty cannot be unilaterally suspended or altered, asserting that Pakistan’s rights over the Indus river system remain protected under the legally binding agreement. Addressing a joint press conference with Climate Change Minister Musadik Malik in Islamabad, Tarar said the […]
INGLEWOOD: Canada men’s national soccer team booked their place in the FIFA World Cup round of 16 after Stephen Eustaquio scored a dramatic stoppage-time winner to secure a 1-0 victory over South Africa national soccer team on Sunday. Eustaquio struck in the second minute of second-half stoppage time, collecting a […]
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Board of Governors on Monday unanimously approved a surplus budget for the 2026-27 financial year during its 84th meeting, chaired by Mohsin Naqvi at Gaddafi Stadium. The board also approved the budget for the 12th edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) and decided […]
DHAKA: Ousted former Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina has vowed to return to Bangladesh this year despite being sentenced to death in absentia, dismissing the verdict as politically motivated and declaring she will overcome “every obstacle and every conspiracy.” Speaking in an interview with Indian broadcaster NDTV, the 78-year-old leader […]
CARACAS: Rescue teams in Venezuela are racing against time to search for survivors after twin powerful earthquakes devastated large parts of the country, with the death toll approaching 1,450 and tens of thousands of people still believed to be trapped beneath collapsed buildings. International rescue operations have intensified in the […]
WEB DESK: Iran and Oman have held the inaugural meeting of a joint committee on the Strait of Hormuz in Muscat, marking an early step towards implementing provisions of a recent interim agreement between Tehran and Washington. Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs, Kazem Gharibabadi, announced the […]
WEB DESK: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Monday announced that $6 billion in frozen Iranian assets will be released and repatriated through Qatar, describing the move as a major diplomatic achievement under a broader peace framework reached through international negotiations. Speaking during a visit to the city of Qom, where […]
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Interior has directed authorities across the country to arrest any Afghan national residing in Pakistan without a valid visa from July 10, as part of an intensified nationwide drive against illegal foreign nationals. In a notification issued to the chief secretaries of all provinces, Gilgit-Baltistan, Azad […]
MUZAFFARABAD: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Supreme Court on Monday suspended a lower court order that had restored the registration of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), placing the party’s electoral future in fresh uncertainty ahead of the upcoming legislative assembly elections. The apex court stayed the AJK High Court’s June […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has summoned the Afghan chargé d’affaires to lodge a strong protest over the recent terrorist attack on a Pakistan Rangers (Sindh) camp in Karachi, the Foreign Office said on Monday. In a statement, Foreign Office spokesperson Tahir Andrabi said the Afghan diplomat was called to the Ministry of […]