LAHORE: In a move to strengthen women’s inheritance rights, the Supreme Court ordered the restoration of the inherited share of two sisters in their ancestral property after a 71-year dispute, while establishing that the burden of proving an oral gift (hiba) rested with those claiming to benefit from it. In 1955, the defendants’ father passed…

Tiny, quivering spheres designed to feed and multiply raise prospect of artificial organisms Researchers claim they are closer to creating life from scratch after building tiny, quivering blobs that use lab-made DNA to feed, grow and multiply in a dish. According to a report published in The Guardian, the synthetic cells were made from chemical…

ISLAMABAD/ QUETTA/PESHAWAR: Three children and a woman died and more than 30 others sustained injuries in various incidents triggered by torrential monsoon rains and lightning strikes in Balochistan and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), rescue officials said on Wednesday. Meanwhile, monsoon rains accompanied by windstorms and thunderstorms brought much-needed relief from the prevailing hot and humid weather in…

Says Delhi sponsors terrorists operating from Afghan soil FO terms Pak actions ‘legitimate, proportionate’ and t ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday strongly rejected India’s criticism of its recent military action against terrorist hideouts in Afghanistan, terming New Delhi’s statement “baseless” and said India was actively sponsoring terrorist groups operating against Pakistan from Afghan soil. The Foreign…

ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Wednesday rejected as “unfortunate, unfounded, devoid of rationality and sense of history” the alleged threat perception arising from Pakistan’s missile capabilities and delivery systems, raised by a senior US official at a think tank. In a statement issued in response to media queries regarding the US official’s remarks, the Foreign…

DOHA/ DUBAI/WASHINGTON: US Vice President JD Vance said discussions between the US and Iran were going well as they held indirect technical talks in Qatar about the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, adding Washington would not return to full combat unless necessary. The talks are based on a 14-point interim accord signed last month that…

KARACHI: Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Wednesday staged a strong rally where the benchmark KSE-100 index climbed more than 2% as aggressive buying in heavyweight sectors reflected growing investor confidence in the country’s economic outlook. The KSE-100 closed at 184,050.10, up 3,748.40 points, or 2.08%. It touched the intra-day high of 184,234 after slipping to…