FM Kulubaev expresses confidence that Pakistan would provide effective leadership as new chairman of SCO Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar meets Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Zheenbek Kulubaev in Bishkek. PHOTO: MoFA Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Zheenbek Kulubaev underscored the importance Kyrgyzstan attaches to its close and friendly relations with Pakistan during a meeting with…
ISLAMABAD: Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDC) has signed a contract with Baker Hughes, a US energy technology company, to deploy Mature Assets Solutions aimed at revitalising ageing oil and gas wells and increasing Pakistan’s indigenous hydrocarbon production, a statement said on Tuesday. The signing ceremony was held at OGDC Headquarters in Islamabad. Special…
World number two Elena Rybakina beats American teenager Thea Frodin 6-3, 6-2. Photo: AFP NEW YORK: World number two Elena Rybakina and former champion Coco Gauff breezed into the second round of the US Open on Tuesday as men’s top seed Alexander Zverev launched his campaign. Rybakina, eyeing a third Grand Slam title and the…
BERLIN: Germany defender Antonio Rudiger on Tuesday announced his international retirement, two months after last playing for Germany at the 2026 World Cup. The 33-year-old made 86 appearances for the four-time world champions. “After some time reflecting, the moment has come for me to end my national team career and clear the way for the…
Very-high-loss feeders, serving about 1.18m consumers, record average daily outages of 12 hours, 14 minutes Load-shedding in Pakistan. PHOTO: AFP/FILE ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has ordered K-Electric to immediately stop unannounced, unscheduled and excessive load shedding in Karachi and banned the utility from cutting power to entire feeders on the basis…
Fifteen years after the catastrophic Tori Bund breach devastated large parts of Sindh, the southern part of Pakistan appears destined to repeat the same disaster, just in a new decade. Satellite imagery and ground observations show that dangerous riverine encroachments remain virtually unchanged. Today, Pakistan has more than six times its 1947 population of 40…
A missile in flight. PHOTO: ANADOLU AGENCY Iran said that US strikes on its territory killed 11 people, state media reported, after a fresh attack in the southwestern province of Khuzestan, AFP reported. “The Deputy Governor of Khuzestan Province for Security and Law Enforcement Affairs said that last night’s US missile attack on three locations in the…
ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority’s Emergency and Disaster Management Department has sealed Babar Plaza in Sector F-8 following a fire that broke out in the building. According to sources, the CDA Fire Department had previously issued notices to the plaza regarding fire safety arrangements. A notice issued in 2011 was also reportedly not responded to….
. QUETTA: The Sariab-Kuchlak Railway Project in Balochistan has been completed at a cost of Rs3 billion within 120 days, marking a significant development in improving railway connectivity and passenger facilities in the province. Federal Minister for Railways Muhammad Hanif Abbasi, in a post on X, said a new chapter in railway travel in Balochistan…
. KARACHI: Leaders of the Pashtun Awami Jirga have called for the protection of the rights of Pashtuns in Karachi and equal rights for all communities living in Sindh. They said any discriminatory policy against Pashtuns in Karachi or elsewhere in Sindh was unacceptable. Addressing a press conference at the KPC on Tuesday, Jirga leaders…