Wazed began as WHO Southeast Asia head in 2024 but was placed on unpaid administrative leave in late 2025 Saima Wazed, daughter of ousted Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, with World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Photo: X Saima Wazed, the World Health Organization’s Southeast Asia head and daughter of ousted Bangladeshi Prime Minister…
Hails foundation for its role in polio eradication, health, nutrition and financial inclusion Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif meets Gates Foundation representatives Kalpana Kochhar and Anita Zaidi in Islamabad on Thursday. Photo: APP Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday reaffirmed the government’s commitment to completely eradicate polio as he met a delegation from the Gates Foundation….
Hosts lead by 320 after Brook, Smith, Lawrence and Robinson hit fifties against Pakistan Ollie Robinson gets down to reverse-sweep against Saim Ayub. Photo: AFP England strengthened their position in the third Test against Pakistan on Thursday, taking a huge 320-run first-innings lead after being bowled out for 453 at Edgbaston. England, who lead the…
Of the 42 people on board, 12 were evacuated safely, and five were injured and hospitalised The death toll from the foreign cargo ship fire at a shipyard in Qingdao, east China’s Shandong Province, rose to 25, local authorities said on September 10, 2026. Photo: Xinhua News Twenty-five people died in a fire aboard a…
PTI chairman urges political parties, lawyers and public to unite for an independent judiciary and Election Commission Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan addresses a lawyers’ convention at the Lahore High Court on September 10, 2026. SCREENGRAB LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan on Thursday called on political parties, lawyers and…
PSG’s Ferran Torres celebrates scoring their fifth goal with Ousmane Dembele in the UEFA Champions League opening match against Slovan Bratislava. Photo: REUTERS PARIS: Holders Paris Saint-Germain made a smooth start to their bid for a third consecutive Champions League title as Ferran Torres scored a hat-trick in a 6-1 rout of Slovan Bratislava on…
Chinese President Xi Jinping and India Prime Minister Narendra Modi meet on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia October 23, 2024. China Daily via REUTERS Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend a two-day BRICS summit in New Delhi this weekend, marking his first trip to India in seven years, China’s Foreign Ministry…
Petitioners ask LHC to adjudicate upon 2 PMDC directives and declare them ‘illegal and unconstitutional’ LAHORE: Thirteen Afghan medical students on Thursday filed several petitions before the Lahore High Court (LHC), challenging directives from the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) ordering them to return to Afghanistan. The PMDC reiterated the directive in a letter…
LAHORE: Australian High Commissioner Timothy Kane has said negotiations on a modernised Pakistan-Australia Bilateral Investment Treaty are expected to conclude by December, a move that could encourage greater Australian investment in Pakistan, according to a statement issued on Wednesday. Australia and Pakistan have a treaty dating back to 1998, but it needs to be modernised…
Sri lanka’s Dushan Hemantha celebrates after taking the wicket of Australia’s Travis Head during the 2026 ICC Men’s T20 Cricket World Cup group stage match between Australia and Sri Lanka at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Kandy on February 16, 2026. PHOTO:AFP Sri Lanka will tour Pakistan in October and November 2026 for a multi-format…