Pakistan’s tennis stars collect four medals at ITF Masters World Championships in Lisbon ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi added another glittering chapter to his remarkable tennis career as he successfully defended his World Mixed Doubles title at the ITF Masters World Championships, partnering Austria’s Nina Hermann to a straight-sets victory over the top-seeded Portuguese pairing of…
Strike targets house in Nabatieh as Israeli warplanes target Ali al-Taher hill, Lebanon’s National News Agency says Destruction in Lebanon from Israeli bombing campaigns. PHOTO: ANADOLU AGENCY At least seven people were killed and three others injured in an Israeli airstrike on a house in southern Lebanon early Saturday, Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) reported….
Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi is pictured here on the right. PHOTO: ANADOLU AGENCY Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Kazem Gharibabadi on Saturday rejected US President Donald Trump’s claims regarding the Strait of Hormuz, stressing that Iran retains authority over the strategic waterway. Gharibabadi stated on X that “The Strait of Hormuz cannot be…
After securing a commanding 228-run lead, Bangladesh struck early to leave Australia struggling Darwin Bangladesh were in strong position as after posting 426 in response to Australia’s first innings total of 198 they reduced the hosts to 111-3 in Darwin as the third day’s play was in progress. Steven Smith (41) and Cameron Green (18)…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Norway have agreed to enhance cooperation in various areas, including counterterrorism, prevention of illegal immigration, police training and mutual legal assistance. This came at a meeting between Intrerior Minister Mohsin Naqvi and Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide in Islamabad. Mohsin Naqvi said Pakistan’s effective measures have contributed to a forty seven…
(Clockwise) Schoolchildren wave national flags at the mausoleum of Quaid-e-Azam in Karachi. Children riding a motorcycle carry a large national flag in Islamabad. Sikh artists perform cultural dance during a parada at D-Chowk. Photos: Jalal Qureshi/Express/Agencies ISLAMABAD: The nation celebrated its 80th Independence Day with national zeal and fervour on Friday, as President Asif Ali…
QUETTA: Seven people, including three Anti-Terrorism Force (ATF) personnel, were injured when unidentified gunmen attacked the convoy of Balochistan Home and Tribal Affairs Minister Mir Ziaullah Langau in Mastung on Friday, while the minister escaped unhurt, police told The Express Tribune. The attack took place at Kund Umarani in the Khad Koocha area, south of…
Hikes owners’ profit by 15.5% to Rs10 per litre ECC takes decision in hurriedly called virtual meeting Dealers ISLAMABAD: The government on Friday increased profit margins of petrol pump owners by 15.5% in a hurriedly called virtual meeting to avert a strike, as it withdrew a decision to link profits with sales digitisation, partially rolling…
. GENEVA: The United Nations appealed to donors on Friday not to cut funding for women’s programs in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, saying this would add to suffering in a country where conditions for women are already the worst in the world. Despite ever-deteriorating conditions for women five years after the Taliban’s return to power, funding shortfalls…
. WASHINGTON: A U.S. federal appeals court handed President Donald Trump’s administration a legal victory on Friday in its efforts to seek data from providers of transgender healthcare to minors, reinstating a Justice Department subpoena that a lower court had blocked as politically motivated. In its ruling, a divided panel of the San Francisco-based 9th…