Dhaka: National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq briefly met Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Wednesday during the state funeral of former Bangladeshi prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia in Dhaka. According to sources, the two exchanged a handshake after Jaishankar approached the speaker and introduced himself. Ayaz Sadiq responded […]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif met with UAE President and Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan at Sheikh Zayed Palace in Rahim Yar Khan on Tuesday. The prime minister was accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, Information Minister Ata Tarar, Special […]
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia on Tuesday said its national security was a red line and backed a call for United Arab Emirates forces to leave Yemen within 24 hours, hours after a Saudi-led coalition carried out an airstrike on the southern Yemeni port of Mukalla. The warning came after the coalition […]
Karachi: Pakistan International Airlines on Tuesday announced that it will resume London flights from March 29, 2026, ending a six-year suspension of its UK capital route. According to an airline spokesperson, PIA will operate four flights per week from Islamabad to London, with services landing at Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 4. […]
Lahore: An election tribunal on Tuesday dismissed a petition filed by PTI senior leader Yasmin Rashid challenging PML-N President Nawaz Sharif’s victory from Lahore’s NA-130 constituency in the 2024 general elections. The incarcerated PTI leader had filed the petition in April last year through her counsel Ahmed Awais and Rana […]
Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday strongly condemned the alleged incident targeting the residence of the Russian president, describing it as alarming and highly reprehensible. He said such acts posed a serious threat to global peace, security and regional stability. In a statement, the prime minister expressed Pakistan’s solidarity […]
Dubai: Pakistan’s Olympic javelin champion Arshad Nadeem has been honoured with the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Sports Award in the Global Breakthrough Athlete category during the World Sports Summit in Dubai. Nadeem received the award in recognition of his record-breaking performance at the Paris Olympics, where he threw […]
At least 16 people were killed and three others injured after a fire broke out at a nursing home in Indonesia’s North Sulawesi province, local authorities said on Monday. According to the city’s fire and rescue agency chief Jimmy Rotinsulu, firefighters received a report of the blaze at 8:31pm on […]
KARACHI: Karachi Mayor Murtaza Wahab on Sunday inaugurated newly constructed animal enclosures, a renovated Reptile House and additional facilities at the Karachi Zoo, as part of efforts to upgrade the city’s oldest recreational space. Speaking to the media, the mayor said the zoo, still known to many as Gandhi Garden, […]
ISLAMABAD: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) issued a weather alert on Monday, warning that a westerly wave is expected to enter the country and impact several regions over the coming days. In its advisory, the NDMA said the weather system is likely to enter the western parts of the […]