JERUSALEM: Three Israeli soldiers and a member of Egypt’s security forces were killed on Saturday in a rare exchange of fire near the border between the two countries, official sources from both sides said...
The Israeli army said an Egyptian assailant shot dead two soldiers “in the early morning
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid Punjab Secretary General Shafay Hussain has advised the embattled Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf President Chaudhry Parvez Elahi to form his own party after quitting the PTI as there was no room for the former chief minister in the PML-Q...
Flanked by former Punjab governor Chaudhry Sarwar, Mr Hussain was speaking to media persons outside the Jinnah House, that was attacked and torched during May 9 protests
ISLAMABAD: As the European Union’s 10-year preferential trade arrangement approaches its expiration this year, Pakistan has intensified its efforts to enhance compliance with key international conventions that encompass a wide spectrum of human rights, labour standards, and environmental protections...
The EU monitoring team had already visited Pakistan and compiled the last assessment report on the Generalised Scheme of Preferences...
LAHORE: Senior lawyer Irfan Qadir, who is also Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Accountability, said on Saturday that the federal government did not want to undermine the judiciary, but rather strengthen the courts to pull the country out of multiple crises...
Mr Qadir’s remarks, made during a press conference at the Governor’s House in Lahore, came at a time when the government is trying to regulate the suo motu powers of the...
IF the government decides to call for elections just a few days shy of the current parliament’s term-end, the caretaker administration will have 90 days in which to complete the process, and if the term is completed, then in 60 days...
This would translate into elections in the first half of either October or November
MOSCOW: The Kremlin said on Saturday that journalists from “unfriendly countries” would not be allowed into the St Petersburg International Economic Forum, which President Vladimir Putin has used to showcase the Russian economy to global investors...
The forum in St Petersburg, the former imperial capital built by Tsar Peter the Great 300 years ago as a “window” to Europe, has been held since 1997 and is cast by many officials as...
LAHORE: The Islamabad police on Saturday served warrants on PTI Chairman Imran Khan for his appearance before a court in the federal capital...
The warrants were served at Mr Khan’s Zaman Park residence in Lahore to appear on June 8 in the case of threatening a women sessions judge
The Punjab police decided on Sunday to approach the high court against a Lahore anti-terrorism court’s order to discharge PTI leader Yasmin Rashid in a case pertaining to vandalism at the Lahore Corps Commander’s Residence — also called Jinnah House — on May 9...
The PTI chief’s arrest at the Islamabad High Court last month by the paramilitary Rangers in a corruption case had sparked countrywide protests, during which several private and...
BALASORE: When India’s worst train accident in more than 20 years happened just outside his home, Hiranmay Rath said it felt “like the sky was falling on us or the earth was cracking open”...
What followed was an unimaginable nightmare of corpses, body parts and suffering
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden on Saturday signed into law a debt ceiling bill passed by Congress after weeks of wrangling, moving to avert a catastrophic, self-induced default in the world’s biggest economy...
The Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 authorises the government to extend the so-called debt ceiling to renew borrowing, keeping the bills paid
Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu told Asia’s top security summit on Sunday that conflict with the United States would be an “unbearable disaster” but that his country sought dialogue over confrontation...
Speaking at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, Li said the world was big enough for China and the US to grow together — remarks made days after he refused to meet his US counterpart for direct talks
Zoo Director Kanwar Ayub says two elephants at Safari Park are healthy...
—White Star/file KARACHI: Despite getting treatment for potentially fatal blood parasites a few weeks ago, zoo elephant Madhubala has again tested positive for the same germs, it emerged on Saturday
ISLAMABAD: The federal government is planning to file an application in the Supreme Court seeking a review of its decision on the interpretation of Article 63-A of the Constitution, according to sources...
The government’s plan to file a review is doubly interesting because the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) had already filed a similar petition against the order
ISLAMABAD: The National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) during a comprehensive visit to Adiala jail on Saturday found no evidence of inhuman or derogatory treatment of detained political workers...
The team was visiting the jail in response to reports of alleged torture and inhumane treatment of the political workers
MANSEHRA: The police raided the houses of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf leaders here on Saturday...
However, no arrest was made as the police didn’t find PTI leaders at home