Investigators recover vehicle parts; over 1,000kg of explosives obliterated police checkpoint Rescue and search operations continue after terrorists rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into the Fateh Khel police checkpoint in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Bannu district late Saturday night martyring 12 police personnel. PHOTO: EXPRESS In a major breakthrough in the investigation into the deadly suicide attack on the…
Hoffenheim edge Borussia Dortmund 2-1 in Bundesliga clash. Photo: AFP/FILE BERLIN: Bayern Munich edged closer to the Bundesliga title after Borussia Dortmund lost 2-1 at Hoffenheim on Saturday, while pioneering Union Berlin coach Marie-Louise Eta was beaten on her debut. Dortmund’s defeat leaves Bayern 12 points clear and knowing they need just a point at…
Investigators probe riders, women-led groups, ‘links to educational institutions, officials’ KARACHI: What began as a routine narcotics probe has now unfolded into one of Karachi’s largest alleged online drug trafficking networks, exposing a shadowy web of over 70 suspected dealers operating across the metropolis – with the so-called “Cocaine Queen” Anmol alias Pinky emerging at…
WASHINGTON/DUBAI: Iran said on Thursday it would respond with “long and painful strikes” on US positions if Washington renewed attacks, and also reasserted its control over the Strait of Hormuz, complicating US plans for a coalition to reopen the waterway. Two months into the US-Israeli war with Iran, the vital sea channel remains closed, choking…
Trade agency says it will impose additional duties of 12.5% on remaining 45 countries it investigates A recent study ranks Pakistan as having the second-highest tariff cascading structure globally, after Egypt. photo: file The Trump administration on Tuesday proposed imposing additional duties of 10% or 12.5% on imports from 60 economies after determining their failures…
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday expressed confidence that Pakistan and Iran would enter a new era of prosperity, economic cooperation and stronger bilateral relations following the signing of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Iran and the United States. Addressing the National Assembly, Sharif said Pakistan had earned global recognition for its…
. ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination, Mustafa Kamal, said Pakistan was committed to promoting global partnerships for the research, development and equitable distribution of tuberculosis (TB) vaccines, stressing that the fight against the disease required urgent action, innovation and international solidarity. “With joint efforts, we can save millions of lives,”…
India, the world’s third-largest oil buyer, normally sources about half of its crude through the Strait of Hormuz India’s Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar addresses the BRICS foreign ministers’ meeting at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, India May 14, 2026. PHOTO: REUTERS BRICS foreign ministers, including Iran’s Abbas Araghchi and Russia’s Sergei Lavrov, met in New…
Ruet-e-Hilal Committee Chairperson Maulana Muhammad Abdul Khabeer Azad looks through telescope for the new moon. Photo: AFP The Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee will meet in Karachi on Sunday to sight the moon of Zilhajj 1447 AH. According to the Ministry of Religious Affairs, the meeting of the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee on 29 Zilhajj, May 17, at…
According to the verdict, suicide is a cardinal sin in Islam and is an anti-life act ISLAMABAD: The Federal Shariat Court (FSC) has declared that the Criminal Laws (Amendment) Act, 2022pertaining to the omission of the offence of attempt to commit suicideis un-Islamic. “After hearing the parties at length and meticulously perusing the record, we…