Over 4k cops will secure 175 polling stations; 31 polling stations declared sensitive RAWALPINDI: Election campaigning for the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Legislative Assembly refugee constituencies in the Rawalpindi Division concluded on Friday, with the police finalising extensive security for the elections on Sunday amid protests in Rawalkot. Authorities announced that the election code…
PARIS: A damaging split within Asian football deepened Tuesday as the region’s top official hit back at a Qatari challenge over the confederation’s move to join UEFA and CONCACAF in targeting FIFA president Gianni Infantino. Infantino has been the butt of scathing criticism ever since launching, and then withdrawing within days, a plan to bring…
Accuses government of economic mismanagement and corruption while urging people to join the party’s planned protest PTI Central Secretary General Salman Akram Raja addresses a press conference. SCREENGRAB Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Secretary General Salman Akram Raja on Saturday accused the government of corruption, economic mismanagement and political victimisation, urging citizens to participate in the party’s August…
Police says diversions on Srinagar highway, Express highway may continue at different times, affecting traffic flow Pakistani police officer divert bikers from a road leading to Serena hotel, as Pakistan prepares to host the US and Iran for the second phase of peace talks in Islamabad on April 22, 2026. Photo: Reuters ISLAMABAD/RAWALPINDI: After a…
Pakistan highlights a contrast between the UN experts’ statement and established findings from various UNSC reports A photo of a TTP member. PHOTO: FILE ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Sunday questioned the position of United Nations human rights experts regarding the lack of “credible evidence” linking the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) attacks to Afghan soil, pointing to…
Video analysis found the bull unrealistically huge, far larger than any known cattle breed The viral post of a giant bull gained 2.8 million views and AI generated. PHOTO: VIDEO GRAB Multiple accounts have been sharing a video across social media platforms since May 18, 2026, claiming that it shows a giant bull at the…
Concludes criminal responsibility of an individual would have to be determined separately Javeria, mother of a newborn victim, is consoled following a deadly fire at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) hospital in Islamabad on August 26, 2026. Photo: Reuters ISLAMABAD: The inquiry committee constituted by the prime minister to investigate the August 26…
Gaza faces massive cleanup, with 61m tonnes of rubble, says UNDP official Alessandro Mrakic Palestinian workers break up concrete while working on rubble in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, April 19, 2026. PHOTO: REUTERS Palestinians are using war rubble to repave streets destroyed during Israel’s two-year assault on Gaza, crushing concrete and metal into pavement…
A girl was killed and two children were injured when a hand grenade exploded by a roadside in Peshawar’s Faqirabad area, police said. Superintendent of Police (SP) Hamid Ehsan said the blast took place in Saeedabad, where children were playing with the grenade when it exploded, adding that its clip was recovered from the scene. “The two…
Yousaf Raza Gilani. PHOTO: FILE ISLAMABAD: Senate Chairman Yousaf Raza Gilani on Tuesday called for a stronger focus on skills, innovation, technology and employability in Pakistan’s higher education system, saying that academic qualifications must translate into meaningful economic opportunities for young people. Addressing a convocation, he said country’s expanding higher education sector now faced the…