HANGU: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Muhammad Sohail Afridi on Saturday vowed to personally lead Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) workers in the September 27 long march to Islamabad, declaring that the announced date was firm and non-negotiable and that the party would not retreat until achieving its objective. The chief minister made the remarks during a one-day visit…

. BEIJING: A Chinese humanoid robot ran 100 metres in 9.39 seconds in a preliminary heat at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing on Saturday, faster than the men’s world record held by Jamaican sprinting great Usain Bolt. Tiangong Ultra, developed by the Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center, won its heat at the opening…

KARACHI: The city’s long-awaited transport overhaul is gathering momentum, with construction on the BRT Red Line accelerating and the Sindh government setting a September 15 deadline to make University Road fully motorable, Senior Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon said during a visit and inspection of the project site on Saturday. Sharjeel reviewed construction activity along the…

. DHAKA: Bangladesh has signalled that it is open to joining the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye, as Dhaka seeks to expand its strategic partnerships while keeping national interests at the centre of its foreign policy, it emerged on Saturday, according to state-run Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS). “Bangladesh maintains a…

. The investigation was conducted by federal police and the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation spy agency. PHOTO: PEXELS LAHORE: A review board at the Supreme Court Lahore Registry on Saturday heard a case concerning the release, repatriation, and health conditions of 31 foreign prisoners from India, Bangladesh, Tanzania, and other countries. The review board, headed…

KARACHI: Export-oriented sectors – including value-added textiles, knitwear, ready-made garments, leather garments and towels – have expressed serious concern over an extraordinary surge in sea freight charges and the unavailability of shipping space for consignments following a nine-day goods transport strike, estimating losses worth Rs450 billion during the strike period. Chief Coordinator of export associations…

New show focuses on the numerous ordinary people whose skills are essential for us to live normal daily lives KARACHI: After more than three decades of experimenting with television, radio, film and digital media, creative content creator, director, writer, actor and producer Azfar Ali is returning to television with Rahon Main, a new show airing…

. There are no shortcuts to wellness. Neither to Shifa. The events of the last week have shown yet again that Imran Khan remains more relevant to the system than the government may acknowledge, and less relevant than PTI imagines. The distance between jail ward and hospital ward is – no surprise – tortuously long…

Defendants were accused of violating a law requiring parental consent to collect data from children under 13 A logo is displayed over a door at the US headquarters of the social media company TikTok in Culver City, California, U.S. January 17, 2025. REUTERS TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance on Friday agreed ​to a…