LAHORE: Internal divisions within the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) spilled into the open after a tense exchange between Imran Khan’s sister Aleema Khan and the party’s Information Secretary Sheikh Waqas Akram on a WhatsApp group, prompting both to leave the group in quick succession. According to sources familiar with the matter, the dispute stemmed from Sheikh…
Foreign minister lists key sectors for investment, calls economic diplomacy vital to Pakistan-Turkiye ties Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar speaks at the Pakistan-Turkiye Business Conference on July 4, 2026. PHOTO: MOFA/X Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Saturday said that Pakistan particularly seeks Turkish investment in key sectors including energy, mining, minerals, power infrastructure,…
Authorities not yet announced the extent of the damage to the bridge; no injuries reported A fire breaks out on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York during the city’s fireworks celebration on Saturday, July 4. PHOTO: SCREENGRAB A fire broke out on New York City’s Brooklyn Bridge during the Macy’s US Independence Day celebration fireworks…
Shehbaz, Erdogan discuss regional, global issues. Turkish president says Israel must not scupper deals Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Türkiye President Recep Tayyip Erdogan address a joint news conference in Istanbul. PHOTO: APP ISTANBUL: Pakistan and Turkey on Saturday expressed their commitment to increase bilateral trade volume to $5 billion and discussed ways to increase…
LAHORE: The government has rolled out relief measures for the real estate sector to revive investment and restore market confidence, even as Pakistan faces an urgent need to shift from unchecked horizontal expansion of cities to vertical urban development, said Federal Parliamentary Secretary for Planning and Development Hafiz Mian Muhammad Nauman. Speaking at a seminar…
Visitors include white nationalist organisation Nationalist Front, which marched through capital earlier in day President Donald Trump marked the 250th anniversary of the United States on Saturday with a campaign-style speech that repeated his calls for new voting restrictions, warned that “communists” could gain ground in the country, and cycled through what he touted as his…
LHC chief proposes five serving law officers; interviews to be held under amended rules ISLAMABAD: The chief justices of four high courts have submitted their nominations to the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) for the appointment of additional judges, as the process to fill vacant positions in the superior judiciary moves forward. The JCP had invited…
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs Muhammad Junaid Anwar Chaudhry has said that Pakistan is prioritising port modernisation, the blue economy and environmental sustainability as part of wide-ranging reforms to transform the country’s maritime sector. During a meeting in Istanbul with Arsenio Dominguez, Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), the minister briefed him on…
US president says Iranians ‘are begging to make a deal,’ but said both sides decided to take a week off from talks US President Donald Trump gestures as he speaks in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, US, June 11, 2026. Photo: Reuters US President Donald Trump told Axios on Saturday…
Children’s Hospital, RR, Kahuta Road and key water supply schemes remain incomplete RAWALPINDI: Several major development projects under construction in Rawalpindi have been carried forward into the new fiscal year 2026-27 after remaining incomplete at the close of FY2025-26. These include the Children’s Hospital, Rawalpindi Ring Road Phases I and II, Raja Bazaar and Commercial…