Party says polling staff caught red-handed with polling bags and ballot papers, preparing to engage in ballot stuffing A picture showing the branch of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Election Commission—FILE PHOTO The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Tuesday accused polling staff in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) of abandoning a polling station and being…
The coalition asking federal court to block the measures and order refunds for importers A cargo ship full of shipping containers is seen at the port of Oakland, California. Photo: Reuters/file Twenty-five US states, nearly all led by Democrats, sued US President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday over wide-ranging tariffs, arguing that the president had…
The pacer will rejoin the franchise for the remainder of the Lanka Premier League Shaheen Afridi’s Test selection in doubt. Photo: PCB Pakistan fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi will rejoin the Kandy Royals for the remainder of the Lanka Premier League (LPL) after the franchise secured a place in the 2026 playoffs, tournament organisers said…
Naomi Osaka of Japan in action during her quarter-final match against Elisabetta Cocciaretto of Italy at the Washington DC Open tennis tournament. Photo: AFP TORONTO: Naomi Osaka is hoping her success last year in Montreal, where she finished runner-up to Victoria Mboko, will translate as the WTA’s 1000 event in Canada shifts to Toronto. The four-time…
Multiple khawarij reported wounded as security forces destroy terrorist hideouts, recover cache of weapons, ammunition Security forces killed several terrorists during intelligence-based operations (IBOs) in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s (K-P’s) Lakki Marwat as part of the Azm-e-Istehkam vision, state media reported on Tuesday, citing security sources. According to the sources, security forces also destroyed multiple terrorist hideouts during…
FIFA president Gianni Infantino speaks during the event. Photo: REUTERS NEW YORK: FIFA President Gianni Infantino faces an uphill battle in his re-election bid as the national soccer federations of Serbia, Sweden and Wales withdrew their support after a failed proposal to sell a stake in the World Cup to private investors. The following figures…
Trump said talks underway on Monday, but Iran denied that negotiations were being held or planned Vessels at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, June 18, 2026—REUTERS Conflicting signals from the United States and Iran over the status of talks to end their five-month-old war boosted uncertainty on Tuesday, with the latest attack on shipping…
WASHINGTON: New observations of some of Neptune’s moons and rings are providing evidence of a catastrophe that occurred billions of years ago around the solar system’s outermost planet in which a Pluto-sized interloper caused a celestial demolition derby. Researchers used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to examine the composition of three of Neptune’s small inner…
DISPLACED: A Palestinian woman Soumah Dawla looks on as she stands on the rooftop of a house where she has taken shelter after being displaced due to the further advancement of the Israeli military’s ‘yellow line’, in Gaza City. PHOTO: REUTERS CAIRO/GAZA: Palestinians in Gaza said on Monday Donald Trump’s touting of a deal aimed…
International rates slip over ME uncertainty, US data watch; rupee gains three paisa KARACHI: Gold prices rose in the Pakistani market on Monday even as international rates edged lower, driven by lingering uncertainty over the Middle East conflict and concerns about rising inflation. Markets are also closely watching a series of US jobs reports this…