ISLAMABAD: Tremors from a moderate earthquake were felt in several parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) on Wednesday, according to the National Seismic Monitoring Centre. The quake, measuring 5.3 magnitude, was recorded in Peshawar, Swat, Malakand, Swabi and Mansehra, along with adjoining areas. It also struck Gahkuch city […]
ISLAMABAD: Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Chairman Junaid Akbar has resigned from his post, confirming that the decision was made on the instructions of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan and the party’s political committee. Speaking to reporters, Junaid Akbar — a PTI MNA — said he had sent his resignation […]
ISLAMABAD: A gang of swindlers looted Rs1.7 million from a citizen outside a bank in Islamabad’s I-8 Sector before fleeing the scene. According to details, six suspects surrounded the victim shortly after he exited the bank. Two of them posed as police officers and, under the pretext of conducting a […]
JAIPUR: Bollywood superstars Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone have been booked in Bharatpur, Rajasthan, for allegedly endorsing a car model plagued with technical defects. According to Indian media reports, six senior officials of Hyundai Motor India have also been named in the case. The FIR stems from a complaint […]
LAHORE: Authorities on Tuesday night resorted to breaching protective dykes to safeguard populated areas and key infrastructure as the Chenab River witnessed a record-high flood, while the Ravi and Sutlej continued to inundate vast swathes of Punjab. At Marala headworks, the Chenab’s flow crossed one million cusecs — the highest […]
ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has directed all entities under its regulatory ambit to adopt digital payment solutions — particularly Raast QR codes — by Oct 31, 2025. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the regulator said the directive applies to non-banking finance companies, insurance firms, […]
WASHINGTON: A United Nations agency overseeing the global postal sector said on Tuesday that 25 of its member states have suspended goods consignments to the United States following Washington’s decision to scrap a customs tax exemption on small packages. The development underscores how tariff measures introduced by President Donald Trump’s […]
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) founder and former prime minister Imran Khan has asked party leaders to resign from all parliamentary committees and directed the leadership not to participate in upcoming by-elections, as doing so would “legitimise” the polls, his sister Aleema Khan told reporters on Tuesday. Speaking outside Adiala Jail […]
KARACHI: Armed men allegedly wearing police uniforms snatched a citizen’s car in Buffer Zone area near Nagan Chowrangi, officials said on Tuesday. According to the FIR registered at Taimuria Police Station of Karachi on the complaint of a citizen named Farhan, the suspects intercepted him near Nagan Chowrangi and took […]
MUZAFFARGARH: Police have registered a case against six men for allegedly gang-raping a woman in Mahmood Kot area of Muzaffargarh district after holding her two-year-old son at gunpoint, officials said on Wednesday. According to the FIR lodged on the complaint of the victim’s husband, the suspects committed the assault inside […]