RAWALPINDI: More than 71 terrorists have been killed during security operations in different areas of Balochistan over the past 96 hours, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Sunday. According to the military’s media wing, Pakistan’s intelligence agencies identified multiple hideouts of what it described as Indian-sponsored Fitna Al-Khawarij and […]
LAHORE: Police have identified two of three men allegedly involved in the sexual assault of a 20-year-old Azerbaijani woman in Lahore and recovered the vehicle allegedly used in the incident, officials said on Sunday. According to police officials and sources, the vehicle was recovered from the residence of a relative […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Navy’s newly inducted submarine PNS/M Hangor successfully conducted its maiden live weapon firing in the North Arabian Sea, accurately striking a designated long-range target with an anti-ship cruise missile, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Sunday. Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Naveed Ashraf witnessed the firing […]
LAKKI MARWAT: At least three people were killed and three others injured when armed attackers opened fire on a group of locals in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Lakki Marwat district, police said. The incident took place near Abdul Khel in the jurisdiction of Shaheed Haibat Ali Khan Police Station in Dara Pezu, […]
TEHRAN: Iran on Sunday reiterated that diplomacy was the only way to resolve its conflict with the United States and Israel after US President Donald Trump said Washington had rejected Tehran’s proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end the fighting. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran’s conditions […]
ATHENS: Six people were killed after a two-storey residential building collapsed following an explosion in central Athens, Greece’s fire brigade said on Saturday. US officials said four American citizens were among those killed in the blast, which occurred in the tourist district of Plaka, near some of the Greek capital’s […]
NEW YORK: Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has announced plans to introduce a “Universal Card” by integrating various government social-protection and assistance programmes into a unified system. Addressing the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on September 24, Tarique said the government wanted to ensure […]
NEW YORK: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday told the United Nations General Assembly that Pakistan had chosen dialogue over confrontation and peace over war, calling for diplomatic efforts to resolve conflicts in the Middle East, Kashmir and Palestine. Addressing the General Debate of the 81st session of the UN […]
NEW YORK: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Friday met Benin’s Foreign Minister Corinne Amori Brunet on the sidelines of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. During the meeting, the two ministers signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the establishment […]
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi on Friday announced that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) long march towards Islamabad, originally scheduled for September 27, had been postponed to October 4. In a statement, Afridi said the long march would depart from Peshawar on October 4. He said Tehreek Tahafuz Ayeen-e-Pakistan […]