Police encounter in Lahore. Photo: Express (file) GUJRANWALA: Five alleged robbers wanted in dozens of criminal cases were killed during three separate police encounters in Gujranwala’s Gakhar, Wahando and Garjakh areas, while seven of their accomplices managed to escape, police said on Sunday. City Police Officer (CPO) Dr Sardar Ghiyas Gul Khan took immediate notice…
KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is planning to construct a cricket stadium in Saudia , which could potentially host Pakistan Super League matches in the future. According to details, the PCB aims to promote cricket in Saudi Arabia, where a large population of Pakistanis and other Asian expatriates have a strong interest in the…
Sindh CM says Pakistan ‘does not want war’ but would never compromise on its defence PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari speaking at a ceremony marking the first anniversary of Marka-e-Haq in Karachi. SCREENGRAB KARACHI: Pakistan has “endured and prevailed”, and remains a nation that does not compromise on its sovereignty, PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari…
LONDON: Former Germany players have hit out at Jurgen Klopp for comments he made about national coach Julian Nagelsmannwhile working as a pundit covering the 2026 World Cup. Former Liverpool manager Klopp has been employed as a TV pundit alongside former Germany and Bayern Munich midfielder Thomas Mueller for the duration of the tournament. In the lead-up to Germany’s opener against…
Fitch on Monday kept Pakistan’s highly speculative credit rating of B negative unchanged against hopes for an upgrade and said that Islamabad’s role as a “ceasefire broker” will partly offset external account pressures despite $3.5 billion bilateral debt repayments this month. The rating agency first said that Pakistan has “repaid” $3.5 billion to the United…
LAHORE: The Punjab government has allocated Rs91.9 billion for agriculture in its budget for fiscal year 2026-27, as part of a combined Rs132.54 billion set aside for development and non-development spending on the agriculture, livestock, and fisheries sectors. Government officials describe these sectors as the backbone of the province’s economy, food security and export earnings….
People gather after a two-week ceasefire in the Iran war was announced, in Tehran, Iran, April 8, 2026. PHOTO: REUTERS ISLAMABAD: All bets were off. The world and the region were preparing for the worst. At one point, it looked all Pakistan’s efforts to seek an end to the hostilities would come to naught. Pakistani…
China has sent astronauts to its space station nearly a dozen times amid a growing US-China lunar race Astronauts Zhu Yangzhu, Zhang Zhiyuan, and Lai Ka-ying, who is the first astronaut from Hong Kong, wave during a see-off ceremony before taking part in the Shenzhou-23 spaceflight mission to China’s Tiangong space station, at Jiuquan Satellite…
ISLAMABAD: The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) was informed on Saturday that smart lockdowns had been enforced in 1,292 localities across the country during the last 24 hours to prevent the further spread of Covid-19. The forum, which serves as the nerve centre of the country’s unified efforts to contain the spread of novel…
Givt absorbed the shock for two to three weeks, bearing burden internally while ensuring uninterrupted availability ISLAMABAD: The government on Monday defended its handling of the fuel price surge, telling the National Assembly that emergency measures, including subsidies exceeding Rs100 billion, were rolled out to shield consumers after global oil markets were jolted by the…