Army captian martyred, seven terrorists killed, in Hangu IBO: ISPR
President Zardari, PM Shehbaz express grief over Captain Hamza Akram’s martyrdom Captain Hamza Akram. Photo:…
Army captian martyred, seven terrorists killed, in Hangu IBO: ISPR
President Zardari, PM Shehbaz express grief over Captain Hamza Akram’s martyrdom Captain Hamza Akram. Photo: ISPR A Pakistan Army captain was martyred and seven terrorists were killed during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s (K-P) Hangu district on August 7, the military’s media wing said on Saturday. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the operation was…
Middle East conflict weighs on PSX
KARACHI: Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) slipped into negative territory on Friday as cautious investor sentiment and fears of an escalation in the Middle East conflict triggered selling across major sectors. The benchmark KSE-100 index closed at 181,430.02, down 346.57 points, or 0.19%, after hitting the intra-day high of 181,647.27 and the intra-day low of 180,620.08….
Rybakina advances while Andreeva exits at Toronto
World number two Elena Rybakina, the reigning Australian Open champion, defeated American Ann Li to reach the fourth round of the WTA Toronto Masters hardcourt tournament. Photo: AFP TORONTO: Reigning Australian Open champion Elena Rybakina advanced to the fourth round of the WTA Toronto Masters on Friday while French Open winner Mirra Andreeva was eliminated…
Trump’s top general seeks path out of Iran war as military options narrow: report
US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen Dan Caine has privately urged senior Trump administration officials to seek a way to de-escalate the war with Iran, amid concerns that available military options could produce limited results and trigger wider retaliation, according to a report on Friday. Citing three sources familiar with the discussions, CNN…
Arshad ‘Chaiwala’ seeks passport renewal
ISLAMABAD: Arshad Khan, popularly known as ‘Arshad Chaiwala’, approached the Islamabad High Court (IHC), seeking the renewal of his passport. He completed his biometric verification ahead of filing a constitutional petition. His counsel Umar Ijaz said Khan’s CNIC had already been restored, yet the authorities had failed to renew his passport. Source link
SMEs hold key to growth: SEDF chief
Khizar Pervaiz highlights financing gaps, skills shortage, calls for holistic support on Express Tribune podcast KARACHI: Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), often described as the backbone of modern economies, remain central to Pakistan’s growth story but continue to face structural challenges, according to Khizar Pervaiz, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Sindh Enterprise Development Fund…
Thai teen kills 7 in rampage at home, school
. BANGKOK: A teenage Thai student killed at least five people and himself at a school outside Bangkok on Friday after fatally shooting his grandparents, police said, in the Southeast Asian nation’s worst mass killing in nearly four years. Those killed at the school were all teachers and staff, and police said the 14-year-old shooter…
Pact redraws Muslim world’s strategic map
ISLAMABAD: The year was 2019, and Pakistan found itself trapped in one of the most delicate diplomatic balancing acts in its recent history. Two of its closest strategic partners Saudi Arabia and Turkiye had drifted onto opposite sides of an expanding geopolitical divide. Islamabad ultimately withdrew from the Kuala Lumpur Summit after Riyadh viewed the…
Women centre to boost entrepreneurship, skills
. KOHAT: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government on Friday inaugurated a Women Business Development Centre in Kohat, built at a cost of Rs338.053 million, to promote women’s entrepreneurship, enhance vocational skills and expand their participation in the provincial economy. The centre was inaugurated by Provincial Minister for Local Government and Higher Education Meena Khan Afridi, accompanied by…
Govt U-turn clears way for Mir Raza’s exhumation
Mir Raza Ali, owner of the popular dessert shop Wafflix, whose body was found in Gulistan-e-Jauhar after he was allegedly kidnapped from PECHS. SCREENGRAB/ Youtube KARACHI: Authorities on Friday restored the original medical board to oversee the exhumation and re-postmortem of Wafflix owner Mir Raza Ali, reversing a controversial decision that had triggered strong objections…
