QUETTA: Seven people, including three Anti-Terrorism Force (ATF) personnel, were injured when unidentified gunmen attacked the convoy of Balochistan Home and Tribal Affairs Minister Mir Ziaullah Langau in Mastung on Friday, while the minister escaped unhurt, police told The Express Tribune. The attack took place at Kund Umarani in the Khad Koocha area, south of…

Hikes owners’ profit by 15.5% to Rs10 per litre ECC takes decision in hurriedly called virtual meeting Dealers ISLAMABAD: The government on Friday increased profit margins of petrol pump owners by 15.5% in a hurriedly called virtual meeting to avert a strike, as it withdrew a decision to link profits with sales digitisation, partially rolling…

. GENEVA: The United Nations appealed to donors on Friday not to cut funding for women’s programs in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, saying this would add to suffering in a country where conditions for women are already the worst in the world. Despite ever-deteriorating conditions for women five years after the Taliban’s return to power, funding shortfalls…

. WASHINGTON: A U.S. federal appeals court handed President Donald Trump’s administration a legal victory on Friday in its efforts to seek data from providers of transgender healthcare to minors, reinstating a Justice Department subpoena that a lower court had blocked as politically motivated. In its ruling, a divided panel of the San Francisco-based 9th…

. NEW DELHI: The High Commission for Pakistan in New Delhi celebrated Pakistan’s 80th Independence Day with traditional zeal and fervour on Friday. Chargé d’Affaires Saad Ahmad Warraich highlighted the country’s nuclear capability, defence preparedness, regional peace efforts and the need for resolution of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute. He hoisted the national flag during…

. WASHINGTON: The US is preparing to tell dozens of countries they must pick sides in the artificial intelligence race with China, warning they will be excluded from a US-led AI coalition if they also sign up for Beijing’s competing framework, according to a US official and an internal draft reviewed by Reuters. Washington last…

President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif interact during a meeting at the Presidency. PHOTO: PPI ISLAMABAD: After weeks of political friction and increasingly public differences, President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday moved to draw a line under their spat, agreeing to rein in public criticism and keep…

. RAWALPINDI: The Punjab Higher Education Department has approved the launch of a two-year Diploma in Information Technology (DIT) programme in government colleges across the province and directed institutions to begin admissions this month. The department has also issued a formal notification outlining the programme and its fee structure. The annual fee has been fixed…