14 Adiala jail prisoners escape after blinding police officials with chili powder
RAWALPINDI: At least 14 under-trial prisoners escaped from a police transit van on Monday after blinding personnel with chili powder near Sihala. The incident occurred in the Sihala area after the inmates were being transferred back to Adiala jail following a routine court appearance in Kahuta. According to an official statement from the Rawalpindi police […]
Mushaal Malik calls charge sheet against Yasin Malik ‘politically motivated’
ISLAMABAD: Kashmiri leader Yasin Malik’s wife, Mushaal Hussein Mullick, on Tuesday condemned the Indian State Investigation Agency’s (SIA) decision to implicate him in the 36-year-old murder case of a nurse in Srinagar. According to The Hindu, the SIA filed a 737-page chargesheet before a special Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court, naming Malik as […]
Power tariff may rise by Rs0.82 per unit as Nepra takes up fuel cost adjustment
ISLAMABAD: Electricity consumers across Pakistan, including Karachi, may face an increase of Rs0.82 per unit as the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) is set to hear a petition on Tuesday seeking a monthly fuel cost adjustment for May. The request was filed by the Central Power Purchasing Agency (CPPA), which has proposed an increase […]
Pakistan ready for effective response against any attempt to halt water flow, says minister
ISLAMABAD : Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar warned that Pakistan’s leadership is ready and to give an effective response if any attempt is made to stop the country’s water, reaffirming that Islamabad would safeguard the sanctity of the Indus Waters Treaty under all circumstances. Addressing an international seminar on the Indus Waters […]
US and Iran negotiators head to Doha, but meeting uncertain
ISLAMABAD : Iranian and US negotiating teams were due in Doha this week, but Iran said on Monday no meeting had been scheduled as weekend missile fire from both sides tested the interim ceasefire to end the four-month-old war. US President Donald Trump is sending his son-in-law Jared Kushner and his envoy Steve Witkoff to […]
PM Shehbaz to ‘visit’ Iran for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s funeral
ISLAMABAD : Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is likely to visit Iran in the first week of July to attend the funeral prayers of the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, according to sources. Khamenei, Iran’s number one since 1989, was martyred in the first hour of the US-Israel war against Iran on February 28 in a strike […]
Death toll rises to 32 after twin earthquakes hit Venezuela, hundreds injured
CARACAS: Two powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela on Wednesday, killing at least 32 people and injuring around 700 as dozens of buildings collapsed in and around the capital, Caracas, authorities said. The first earthquake, measuring 7.2 in magnitude, struck about 160 kilometres west of Caracas and was followed less than a minute later by a stronger […]
Pakistan confirms resumption of Iran-US technical talks next week
Pakistan, which is mediating the Iran-US peace process alongside Qatar, said on Wednesday that technical-level negotiations are expected to resume next week. The US and Iran had made encouraging progress during the opening round of peace negotiations at the Swiss mountain resort of Burgenstock on Monday, with mediators Pakistan and Qatar announcing that both sides […]
CDF Munir, Libyan military commander vow enhanced defence ties
Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir and Libya’s deputy army chief on Wednesday stressed the importance of strengthening bilateral defence ties and expanding cooperation in military training and security, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said. The two military leaders exchanged these views during a meeting at the General Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi after Libyan Arab Armed […]
Iran slams NATO chief’s comments on US support in war
Tehran said on Thursday that NATO was complicit in the US-Israeli war against Iran, after the bloc’s chief noted its support for the United States in the conflict. Responding to US President Donald Trump’s criticism of allies for not supporting the war, NATO boss Mark Rutte told Fox News that hundreds of American planes launched […]