Brazil goalkeeper Alisson Becker speaks to reporters at the team’s World Cup base on Thursday. Photo: AFP LONDON: Brazil goalkeeper Alisson Becker insisted Thursday that doubts about the record five-time champions could work in the team’s favour at the World Cup as they prepare to get their campaign in North America up and running. “It is a…
Phil Foden and Cole Palmer have been left out of England’s World Cup squad. Photo: AFP/File LONDON: Cole Palmer and Phil Foden were among a number of high-profile players left out of Thomas Tuchel’s World Cup squad announced on Friday. Real Madrid’s Trent Alexander Arnold was also omitted, with Saudi-based Al-Ahli striker Ivan Toney the…
Meeting reviews cooperation in counter-terrorism, illegal migration, institutional collaboration, and police training The United Kingdom’s Minister for the Middle East, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, Hamish Falconer meets with Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi in Islamabad. SCREENGRAB The United Kingdom’s Minister for the Middle East, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, Hamish Falconer, said on Wednesday that the recent US-Iran rapprochement…
Settlement marks first resolution from DOJ’s ‘Civil Rights Fraud Initiative’ formed to crack down on DEI policies IBM logo. PHOTO: X IBM has agreed to pay $17 million to settle a United States government probe over the firm’s diversity, equity and inclusion practices, which President Donald Trump’s administration has cracked down on during his second…
ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Friday reduced the prices of petrol and high-speed diesel (HSD) by Rs1.97 per litre for the next week, according to a notification issued by the Ministry of Petroleum. Under the revised rates, the price of petrol has been fixed at Rs297.53 per litre, while HSD will now cost Rs309.50 per…
IIOJK Chief Minister Omar Abdullah says police stopped protesters from staging their demonstration Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) Chief Minister Omar Abdullah demanding statehood of Indian-occupied Kashmir. Photo X Hundreds of people led by the chief minister of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) shouted slogans and staged a protest in the capital…
. The Economic Survey for the outgoing year paints an optimistic outlook of the economy, despite the growth target being missed. The survey highlights notable macroeconomic progress featuring enhanced fiscal discipline, LSM growth and exchange rate stabilisation. Importantly, the agricultural sector demonstrated sustained resilience against the dual pressures of climate degradation and extra-monsoonal floods. Moreover,…
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) held on Thursday that merely creating or administering a WhatsApp group did not make a person criminally liable for every message posted by its members, while mere membership of a group, passive receipt of content or failure to leave it also did not constitute a criminal offence. Justice Tariq…
Swat’s missing mountaineer Mian Syed Ali Shah. Photo: Express A search operation was underway on Saturday to trace a mountaineering guide who went missing after a Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) affected seven people trekking Falak Sar Peak in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Swat district, Rescue 1122 said. “Swat’s legendary mountaineer Mian Syed Ali Shah was climbing Falak Sar…
Petition notes the outbreak killed nine, infected over 200 children at the KBV hospital since November 2025 A nurse draws a blood sample from a child for an HIV test at a clinic in South Africa. Photo: REUTERS/file The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Thursday directed the provincial government to submit a detailed report within a…