Trump said US Navy was acting ‘like pirates’ in carrying out Washington’s naval blockade of Iranian ports US President Donald Trump speaks at the Forum Club of the Palm Beaches in Florida about the recent interception, boarding, and seizure of Iranian cargo ships and oil tankers by the US Navy. PHOTO: SCREENGRAB US President Donald Trump said…
PUBLISHED May 03, 2026 KARACHI: Authors usually want their readers to imagine the world presented in their novels. But Turkish Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk asked them to literally walk into his. Most novels leave their worlds behind on the page. When the book closes, the characters and their belongings dissolve back into imagination. But in…
Sometime in the near future, an astronaut from Pakistan will float through a hatch into China’s space station and become, in that small weightless moment, the first foreign national to board Tiangong. He will have trained for months in a language that is not his own, in a country with its own complicated reasons for…
. Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar. SCREENGRAB ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Saturday spoke to Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Jarrah Jaber Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced. “The two leaders discussed the evolving regional situation and exchanged views on its wider economic implications,” it said in a post on…
LAHORE: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, while chairing a meeting on energy sector reforms on Saturday, directed the authorities concerned to formulate a comprehensive strategy to stabilise electricity tariffs. During the meeting, the prime minister stressed the need to provide relief to both industrial and domestic electricity consumers and instructed officials concerned to take concrete measures…
PESHAWAR: A grand Loya Jirga of tribal elders on Saturday agreed to form a smaller representative jirga to negotiate with the federal government and other stakeholders regarding the demands of people in K-P’s merged districts. Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Chief Minister Sohail Afridi, who chaired the tribal meeting, later announced that they might march on Islamabad if…
Iran says renewed conflict with US ‘possible’ Some ships seized by US after exiting Iranian ports IRGC flex DUBAI/ WEST PALM BEACH: US President Donald Trump on Friday said the US Navy was acting “like pirates” in carrying out Washington’s naval blockade of Iranian ports during the US and Israel’s war against…
ISLAMABAD: Saudi authorities have reversed their earlier decision to impose restrictions on younger Hajj pilgrims, restoring the previous policy that allows children aged 12 years and above to travel for Hajj. A spokesperson for the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony confirmed this development on Saturday. He said the Saudi Ministry of Hajj and…
The Foreign Office on Saturday denounced a social media post by British Special Representative for Afghanistan Richard Lindsay regarding developments along the border with Afghanistan, terming the "one-sided remarks … devoid of a deeper understanding of the situation along the border". The remarks come as the UK special envoy took to X, expressing concern over…
. KARACHI: The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has issued a Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (Glof) alert for Gilgit-Baltistan and parts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, warning of heightened risks due to an incoming weather system. According to the advisory, a moderate westerly wave is expected to enter the upper parts of Pakistan from May 3 (today) bringing widespread…