Court acquits ex-India wrestling chief
NEW DEHLI: A court in New Delhi acquitted the former head of the Indian wrestling…
Court acquits ex-India wrestling chief
NEW DEHLI: A court in New Delhi acquitted the former head of the Indian wrestling federation on Monday of charges of sexual harassment and stalking brought by medal-winning athletes, his lawyer said. Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, 69, a former lawmaker from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), had been accused by some women wrestlers of groping and…
Sabalenka aims to bounce back in Toronto
World number one Aryna Sabalenka is aiming to bounce back from Wimbledon disappointment as she launches her North American hard court season in Toronto. Photo: AFP/File LONDON: Aryna Sabalenka’s world number one ranking will be on the line at the WTA 1000 tournament in Toronto, where the Belarusian star aims to extend her hard court dominance in…
Information ministry accuses Al Jazeera of misrepresenting AJK elections
Reminds foreign media reporting outside Islamabad, Lahore & Karachi requires prior approval under publicity guidelines People cast their votes during the second phase of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Legislative Assembly elections on Sunday. Photo: APP The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (MoIB) on Monday accused Al Jazeera of “selective reporting” on the Azad…
Security forces kill several terrorists in North Waziristan operations
Security sources say multiple hideouts were destroyed during intelligence-based operations under ‘Azm-e-Istehkam’ Security forces conducted effective intelligence-based operations (IBOs) in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) over the past two months under the Azm-e-Istehkam vision, security sources said on Monday. According to the sources, security forces destroyed multiple terrorist hideouts during the operations in North Waziristan. “Several terrorists were…
IT sector sets sights high to gain AI edge
Tech exports cross $4.6b mark; experts call for shift from low-cost labour to high-value products KARACHI: Pakistan, which set its eyes on $5 billion in IT and IT-enabled services exports, closed the 2025-26 fiscal year with a record $4.6 billion in exports, a roughly 21% rise from $3.814 billion in the previous year. The figure…
Afridi breaks ground on Rs2b Jamrud projects
PESHAWAR: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Muhammad Sohail Afridi on Sunday visited District Khyber and laid the foundation stones of five development projects worth more than Rs2 billion in Jamrud. The projects include a Nursing College in Jamrud at a cost of Rs636 million, establishment of AI classes at the Institute of Applied Sciences for Rs32 million,…
Judges’ appointment delay sparks questions
Absence of a constitutional deadline has now emerged as a key issue amid the ongoing delay ISLAMABAD: A fresh constitutional impasse appears to be brewing over the appointment of 19 additional judges to the country’s high courts, as President Asif Ali Zardari has yet to either approve the Judicial Commission of Pakistan’s (JCP) recommendations or…
PSX jumps 1,855 points as easing oil prices lift sentiment
Buying sweeps banking, cement, energy and power stocks amid optimism over lower global crude prices KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) kicked off the trading week on a bullish note on Monday, with the benchmark KSE-100 index surging nearly 2,750 points shortly after the opening bell as investors cheered a sharp decline in global oil…
DC, DPO escape unhurt in ambush
Officials then set out for the government chromite factory in Muhammad Khel, also in tehsil Boya MIRANSHAH: Unidentified armed men opened fire on the convoy of North Waziristan’s Deputy Commissioner Taimur Khan Afridi and District Police Officer (DPO) Sajjad Hussain on Sunday, but both senior officers and their accompanying personnel escaped unhurt with no loss…
PML-N wins 13 of 20 AJK seats, secures simple majority: Sanaullah
He says elections were free, fair, credible, acceptable, in line with directions of PM Shehbaz Rana Sanaullah addressing a news conference alongside Minister for Kashmir Affairs Amir Muqam in Islamabad. Photo: APP Adviser to the Prime Minister Rana Sanaullah Khan has said that the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has secured a simple majority in Azad…
