TOKYO: Japan’s Takefusa Kubo has vowed to fill the World Cup void left by Kaoru Mitoma, who will miss the tournament with a heartbreaking late hamstring injury. Winger Mitoma was left out of Japan’s squad on Friday after their medical staff decided he did not have enough time to recover after limping out of Brighton’s…
Actor says Ara ‘never got an invitation to Cannes, but her work made mine possible’ Actor Sanam Saeed made her debut at the Cannes Film Festival this year, honouring Pakistani cinema icon Shamim Ara and paying homage to women in the entertainment industry. Captioning an Instagram post “On my trip to Cannes, I carry her legacy and…
KARACHI: A Karachi court on Saturday granted the police physical remand of alleged drug dealer Anmol alias Pinky till May 22 in one of the many cases against her. On Tuesday, Karachi police arrested a woman accused of operating one of the city’s most organised narcotics supply networks. The suspect, identified as Anmol alias Pinky, was arrested during a…
KARACHI: Punjab’s manufacturing sector has undergone a significant structural shift over the past 50 years, moving away from traditional labour?intensive industries towards more mechanised, engineering?led and electrical manufacturing activities. Analysis of long?term industrial data from 1971?72 to 2020?21 shows a clear divergence in performance. While several older industries have stagnated or declined, sectors linked to…
Pakistan closed the opening day of the second Test match with 21 for no loss in six overs, trailing by another 257 runs, after pacers Khurram Shahzad, Mohammad Abbas and Hasan Ali shared nine wickets to dismiss Bangladesh for 278 in 77 overs here at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Saturday. After they were…
A view of a train after its collision with a bus and several cars on Asok-Din Daeng Road, causing several casualties, in Bangkok, Thailand, May 16, 2026. REUTERS At least eight people were killed and 25 others injured after a train collision triggered a fire that engulfed a public bus in Bangkok on Saturday, rescue…
Bannu Police repell a militant attack on the Fatah Khel police check post early Monday morning PHOTO: EXPRESS MIRAN SHAH: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Police on Saturday killed two suspected terrorists involved in the killing of a Rescue 1122 driver, while another terrorist was also killed in a separate operation, according to Bannu Regional Police Officer (RPO)…
KARACHI: Gold prices in Pakistan declined sharply on Friday, tracking a broad-based selloff in international markets, where bullion fell to a more than one-week low amid a stronger US dollar and rising Treasury yields. In the local market, the gold price per tola dropped to Rs476,862 after a steep decline of Rs15,500 during the day….
LOS ANGELES: The San Antonio Spurs booked their ticket to the NBA Western Conference Finals with an emphatic 139-109 win over the Timberwolves on Friday, as the resilient Detroit Pistons stayed alive in the East by defeating Cleveland. The Spurs arrived in Minnesota with a 3-2 lead in their best-of-seven semifinals, and led throughout a…
SEOUL: South Korea’s coach backed Son Heung-min to get back to goalscoring ways at his fourth World Cup after on Saturday naming the striker in his squad for the tournament. Captain Son has struggled for goals since swapping English Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur for Los Angeles FC in Major League Soccer a year ago….