COLOMBO: Sri Lanka Cricket on Thursday announced a 16-member squad, led by Charith Asalanka, for the two-match One-day International series against Zimbabwe in Harare later this month. The International Cricket Council (ICC) noted that all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga has been left out after failing to recover from a hamstring injury sustained […]
BUENOS AIRES: Argentine authorities on Wednesday arrested the owner and senior officials of two pharma laboratories after contaminated batches of medicinal fentanyl were linked to scores of deaths across the country. President Javier Milei’s government estimated last week that around 100 people had died since May due to the tainted […]
PESHAWAR: Torrential rains, cloudbursts and flash floods have wreaked havoc in the northern districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, leaving 386 people dead and causing an estimated Rs20 billion worth of damage to the province’s infrastructure, according to an initial assessment by the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA). The report, submitted to […]
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted bail to Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan in eight cases related to the May 9 riots, questioning the prosecution on consistency in earlier rulings and the strength of evidence produced. The hearing was conducted by a reconstituted three-judge bench, headed by Chief […]
RAWALPINDI: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Friday started distributing payments to 17,500 victims of the B4U fraud case, one of Pakistan’s largest financial scams. At a special ceremony chaired by NAB Chairman Lt Gen (retd) Nazir Ahmed, officials said Rs3.7 billion had been returned to affectees in the initial […]
KARACHI: A major power breakdown crippled the city’s three main pumping stations on Thursday, slashing Karachi’s water supply by 200 million gallons amid already severe shortages. A K-Electric spokesperson said a cable fault disrupted power supply to feeders at Dhabeji, Pipri, and Hub pumping stations. Large parts of the city—including […]
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court has resolved a decades-old property dispute dating back to before Partition, setting aside a trial court verdict that had granted inheritance rights to the heirs of a deceased sister. Justice Khalid Ishaq, in a 29-page judgment, noted that the sister, Ghafooran Bibi, lived until 1988 […]
LAHORE: The Punjab government has reinstated lifetime family pensions for widows and unmarried daughters of deceased government employees, reversing a decision made last year to limit the benefit to 10 years. A notification issued by the provincial finance department said amendments to the Punjab Civil Service Pension Rules would now […]
GILGIT: Widespread protests broke out across Gilgit-Baltistan on Thursday after law enforcement agencies used tear gas and aerial firing to disperse traders staging a sit-in at Sost against income and sales taxes collected at the Khunjerab border. The clashes began around 2am when supporters from Hunza and Nagar joined the […]
ZIARAT: The district administration on Wednesday arrested 37 individuals under Section 3 of the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO) to maintain law and order in the area. Read More: Drone cameras to monitor Lahore traffic jams According to a notification issued by Deputy Commissioner Zakaullah, the detainees have been shifted […]
