KABUL: A Taliban military commander in Kabul was among the fighters killed when his men responded to an Islamic State attack on a hospital, officials said Wednesday. Hamdullah Mokhlis, a member of the hardline Haqqani network and an officer in the Badri Corps special forces, is the most senior figure to have been killed since … Read more
LAHORE: Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Mufakhar Adeel, the prime suspect facing charges of murdering his childhood friend and former Assistant Advocate General (AAG) Punjab Shahbaz Tatla, has been dismissed from service. According to an Establishment Division’s notification, the Secretary Establishment Division dismissed the former SSP after an investigation against him. “Consequent upon finalization of … Read more
KABUL: At least 19 people were killed and 50 others injured in an attack on a military hospital in Kabul on Tuesday, the latest assault to rock Afghanistan since the Taliban seized power. Two blasts struck close to the entrance of the sprawling site followed by reports of shooting inside the hospital, the Taliban and … Read more
TEHRAN: Iran’s foreign minister has tested positive for Covid, local media reported, at a key moment in diplomatic efforts to revive a nuclear agreement with major powers. Hossein Amir-Abdollahian “tested positive today for coronavirus,” the Tasnim news agency reported late Monday. The 57-year-old career diplomat, who was named foreign minister in August by ultraconservative President … Read more
LOS ANGELES: The growth of streaming and binge-watching during the pandemic have switched more audiences onto foreign cinema, veteran director Michael Mann said Monday at the launch of Hollywood’s French film festival. “Heat” and “The Last of the Mohicans” director Mann was speaking at the 25th anniversary opening night of COLCOA, which celebrates French movies … Read more
BEIJING: US tech giant Epic Games said it will shut down its popular survival game Fortnite in China, months after authorities imposed a series of strict curbs on the world’s biggest gaming market as part of a sweeping crackdown on the technology sector. Beijing has embarked on a wide-ranging regulatory clampdown on a number of … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan is set to announce a ‘Mega Relief Package’ for direct facilitation to more than 10 million citizens bearing brunt of the global inflation. Speaking to the media after Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) core committee meeting on Monday, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry said, “Two major agendas including a mega … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan assured on Monday that the government was taking measures to keep prices low despite the coronavirus pandemic and rapidly rising commodity and petroleum prices in the international market. PM Imran Khan said this during a briefing given to him by his economic team on inflation in the international market and … Read more
DERA GHAZI KHAN: President Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) Shehbaz Sharif claimed on Monday that the government was aware that its future was “dangerous,” but the opposition would not give it any space at that time. Addressing media in Dera Ghazi Khan with PML-N spokesperson Marriyum Aurengzeb and Rana Sanaullah, the opposition leader in the National … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry on Monday slammed the Indian government for arresting Kashmiri students under terror just because they celebrated Pakistan’s win against archrival India. Taking to Twitter, the minister said that despite the Modi government’s heinous acts against Kashmiris in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), the hope for … Read more
PARIS: With the world poised to hit more than five million people officially dead from the coronavirus, experts tell AFP the pandemic’s future path will depend greatly on vaccinations. How many dead? The true number of fatalities is believed to be far higher than the five million based on daily reports provided by health authorities … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain has censured Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Vice President Maryam Nawaz for posting a two years old Indian sponsored video about Balochistan on Twitter. Commenting on the tweet, the minister said Maryam Nawaz had again posted an anti-state video on her Twitter account, “which is the part of … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) reported coronavirus cases below the 1000-mark across Pakistan for the second week in a row on Sunday, showing a sign of recovery by far from the pandemic. Pakistan reported 733 fresh coronavirus cases out of 48,192 tests conducted on Saturday, with a positivity ratio of 1.52 per cent. … Read more
KABUL: Taliban supreme leader Haibatullah Akhundzada has made his first ever public appearance, officials announced Sunday, after he addressed supporters in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar. Akhundzada has been the spiritual chief of the Taliban movement since 2016 but has remained a reclusive figure, even after his group seized power in Afghanistan in August. … Read more
ISLAMABAD: In the wake of the cyberattack on the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP), NBP President Arif Usmani apprised that the hackers could not succeed to enter the main computer server of the government bank. The hackers had reportedly hacked Microsoft system of the NBP. Immediately following the incident, services of the bank across the … Read more
DUBAI: Pakistan captain Babar Azam’s mother was on a ventilator when he played the T20 World Cup match against arch-rivals India, his father revealed on Saturday. Babar scored 68 not out and shared an opening stand of 152 with Mohammad Rizwan (79 not out) as Pakistan trounced India by 10 wickets in Dubai last Sunday. … Read more
DHAKA: Former cricketers and analysts blamed Bangladesh’s disastrous start to the T20 World Cup on the intense pressure placed on the national team. Bangladesh lost to the West Indies by three runs in Sharjah on Friday — the team’s third successive defeat in as many matches in the Super-12 phase, effectively ending their chances to … Read more
Prime Minister Imran Khan praised the “impressive” Afghanistan cricket team after it gave ‘favourites’ Pakistan a tough time during a nail-biting Twenty20 World Cup encounter on Friday. Yesterday, Pakistan registered its third consecutive win in as many games in Group 2 of the Super 12 stages, almost assuring a semi-final place, needing just one more … Read more
Dashing batsman Asif Ali said he had been confident he would hit sixes after leading Pakistan to a hard-fought five-wicket victory over Afghanistan in the Twenty20 World Cup in Dubai on Friday. The 30-year-old smashed pacer Karim Janat for four sixes in the 19th over to take Pakistan past a tricky 148-run target, giving them … Read more
Former Test spinner Ashley Mallett, who has died aged 76 following a long battle with cancer, was remembered Saturday as a humble man who played a significant role in Australian cricket. Nicknamed “Rowdy” in an ironic nod to his quietly spoken nature, Mallett played 38 Tests from his debut against England in 1968, taking 132 … Read more
Mian Rehman Aziz Chan, a law graduate with honours from the University of London and MBA degree holder of the Government College University, is a successful entrepreneur who has taken the family business to new heights by introducing several innovations. After assuming the charge of the chief executive officer and director of several initiatives of … Read more
London: After seven decades of relentless service, Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II has reached a “turning point” after a night in hospital forced her to take advice to slow down and cut back on engagements. The 95-year-old cancelled her appearance at the UN climate conference, which starts on Sunday in Scotland, a rare move for the … Read more
As world leaders prepare for the COP26 climate summit from October 31, AFP Fact Check examines some common claims that question the existence of global heating caused by humans. ‘It’s a hoax / conspiracy’ Some brand the crisis a hoax by scientists to justify their research grants — or even a conspiracy by governments to … Read more
Rising sea levels and violent flooding are already putting tens of millions of lives at risk in Bangladesh, but they bring another problem that threatens the entire nation: Water-logged land and high salinity in streams and soil are killing crops. Bangladesh ranks seventh for countries most affected by extreme weather in the past two decades, … Read more
The United States on Wednesday announced its first passport with “X” for gender, a landmark step for people outside the binary male or female categories. The State Department said it had issued a first passport with “X” for gender and would make the option routinely available by early 2022 both for passports and birth certificates … Read more
Pakistanis and Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control (LoC) and across the world are observing ‘Black Day’ on Wednesday to register their protest against the illegal occupation of the territory by India on this day in 1947. Chairman Jammu and Kashmir People’s Political Party Engineer Hilal Ahmad War, in his statement in … Read more
A female teacher at an Indian school was fired from her job after expressing happiness over Pakistan’s victory against India in the T20 World Cup, reported India Today. The Muslim teacher, Nafeesa Attari, was working at the Neerja Modi School in Indian state Rajasthan’s Udaipur area. She had put up a status on WhatsApp with … Read more
BEIJING: Researchers have proposed a 3D printing strategy to develop titanium alloy with high strength and plasticity, according to a recent report published in the journal Science. The inhomogeneity of composition in metallic materials is often regarded as a major defect. But, researchers have found that the inhomogeneity of composition to a certain extent contributes … Read more
