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Mahmood Achakzai announces nationwide movement if Imran Khan not released

Says PTI has massive public support, but lacks organisation for revolution

Updated 09 Sep, 2024 12:47am

Reko Diq project: AGP objects to Rs89.55bn GHPL investment in USD

ISLAMABAD: The Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP) has raised serious objection to the Rs89.550 billion investment in...

Updated 08 Sep, 2024 11:35pm

Asian Hockey Champions Trophy: Pakistan, Malaysia settle for 2-2 draw

Pakistan kicked off their Asian Hockey Champions Trophy 2024 campaign with a 2-2 draw against Malaysia at the Moqi...

Updated 08 Sep, 2024 11:33pm

Stocks

Most Gulf markets in red on mixed US job report

Most stock markets in the Gulf ended lower on Sunday after Friday’s fall in global shares, as the latest US jobs...

Updated 08 Sep, 2024 11:33pm

Africa

At least 48 killed in Nigerian fuel truck explosion

MAIDUGURI: At least 48 people were killed on Sunday in a fuel tanker truck explosion following a collision with...

Published 08 Sep, 2024 11:09pm

Iraq, US agree phased coalition troop pullout: minister

BAGHDAD: Iraq and the United States have agreed on a phased pullout of the US-led anti-jihadist coalition but have...

Published 08 Sep, 2024 11:01pm

Pant returns to India Test squad for Bangladesh series

NEW DELHI: Rishabh Pant was on Sunday named in India's squad for the upcoming first Test against Bangladesh, his...

Published 08 Sep, 2024 10:56pm

Movies & Music

New 'Beetlejuice' creeps its way to top of North America box office

LOS ANGELES: It was 36 years in the coming, but Warner Bros.' new comedy horror "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice" scored a...

Published 08 Sep, 2024 10:34pm

MENA

Hezbollah fires rockets, Israel strikes after attack kills Lebanon rescuers

BEIRUT: Hezbollah fighters in Lebanon and Israeli forces traded cross-border attacks, both sides said early Sunday,...

Updated 08 Sep, 2024 10:07pm

Europe

Ukraine’s Zelenskiy appoints former arms production minister as adviser

KYIV: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy appointed on Sunday former arms production minister Oleksandr Kamyshin...

Updated 08 Sep, 2024 10:06pm

Europe

Russia advances in east Ukraine, launches deadly air strikes

KYIV: Russia on Sunday said its forces had advanced in eastern Ukraine as Kyiv reported deadly air attacks and urged...

Updated 08 Sep, 2024 10:05pm

Middle East

Health ministry in Gaza says death toll at 40,972

The health ministry in Gaza said on Sunday that at least 40,972 people have been killed in Israeli aggression in the...

Updated 08 Sep, 2024 10:03pm

USA

Manhunt underway in US after Kentucky highway shooting

WASHINGTON: Five people were shot along a highway in the southern US state of Kentucky, US media reported Saturday,...

Updated 08 Sep, 2024 09:35pm

Pakistan Navy Day being observed today to honour heroes of 1965 war

Naval Chief Admiral Naveed Ashraf says the day stands as an enduring tribute to the selfless sacrifices of our gallant officers and sailors

Updated 08 Sep, 2024 09:35pm

AGP flags major discrepancy in tax collection

The latest audit report of the Auditor General of Pakistan reveals that withholding taxes were indirect but were being collected as direct taxes by the FBR

Updated 08 Sep, 2024 09:34pm

Europe

‘Time is now’ to step up efforts for Ukraine peace, says Germany’s Scholz

FRANKFURT: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called Sunday for diplomatic efforts to be intensified to achieve peace in...

Published 08 Sep, 2024 09:33pm

Smith hits back after England collapse against Sri Lanka

LONDON: Jamie Smith’s dashing 67 revived England after they suffered a dramatic collapse in the third Test against...

Updated 08 Sep, 2024 09:29pm

Economic planning: Policy board set up

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives, Ahsan Iqbal has constituted a...

Updated 08 Sep, 2024 06:49pm

South Asia

India isolates ‘suspected mpox case’

NEW DELHI: India reported Sunday that it had put a “suspected mpox case” into isolation, assuring that the world’s...

Published 08 Sep, 2024 06:36pm

‘Brave’ Afghanistan can beat anyone, says skipper ahead of NZ Test

GREATER NOIDA: Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi said Sunday his side have the potential to challenge the...

Published 08 Sep, 2024 06:24pm

India’s Randhir Singh elected Asian Olympic chief

NEW DELHI: India’s veteran sports administrator Randhir Singh was elected Sunday unopposed as the president of the...

Published 08 Sep, 2024 06:19pm

Peaceful protests, public order: President signs bill into law

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari, Saturday, gave his assent to “the Peaceful Protest and Public Order Bill...

Updated 08 Sep, 2024 06:08pm

Middle East

Iran’s president to visit Iraq on first foreign trip

TEHRAN: Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian will visit neighbouring Iraq on Wednesday, state media reported Sunday,...

Published 08 Sep, 2024 05:32pm

Europe

France’s Le Pen urges Macron to hold referendum to break deadlock

PARIS: French far-right leader Marine Le Pen on Sunday urged President Emmanuel Macron to hold a referendum on key...

Published 08 Sep, 2024 05:27pm

Williamson expects ‘phenomenal’ Root to keep breaking records

GREATER NOIDA: New Zealand’s Kane Williamson admits he is a big fan of “phenomenal” Joe Root, believing England’s...

Published 08 Sep, 2024 02:57pm

Asia

Typhoon Yagi weakens after killing dozens in Vietnam, China, Philippines

HANOI: Typhoon Yagi, Asia’s most powerful storm this year, was downgraded to a tropical depression on Sunday, after...

Updated 08 Sep, 2024 02:47pm

England’s Moeen Ali retires from international cricket at 37

England allrounder Moeen Ali has retired from international cricket at age 37, the player told the Daily Mail in an...

Published 08 Sep, 2024 02:45pm

Africa

Fire breaks out at another Kenyan school after 17 die in inferno

NAIROBI: A fire broke out at a girls boarding school in a town in central Kenya late on Saturday, leaving at least...

Published 08 Sep, 2024 02:42pm

SCO MMFETA on 12th

ISLAMABAD: The 23rd Meeting of the Ministers for Foreign Economic and Foreign Trade Activity (MMFETA) of the SCO...

Updated 08 Sep, 2024 02:14pm

Nicole Kidman: A-lister, cinematic chameleon, wins in Venice

VENICE: One of Hollywood’s biggest stars who is never afraid to push herself, Nicole Kidman ventured even further...

Published 08 Sep, 2024 12:25pm

Cameron Green leads Australia to T20 series sweep of Scotland

EDINBURGH: Cameron Green starred with both bat and ball as Australia completed a 3-0 sweep of Scotland from their...

Published 08 Sep, 2024 12:22pm

Recent US Open women’s champions

NEW YORK: Recent US Open women’s champions after Aryna Sabalenka defeated Jessica Pegula 7-5, 7-5 in Saturday’s...

Published 08 Sep, 2024 12:07pm

Pedro Almodovar wins top Venice prize for end-of-life film

VENICE: Spain’s Pedro Almodovar won Venice’s Golden Lion award Saturday for his pro-euthanasia film “The Room Next...

Published 08 Sep, 2024 11:47am

South Asia

Indian rescuers pull eight dead from collapsed building

NEW DELHI: Indian rescuers pulled out eight bodies Sunday from the wreckage of a three-storey building in the city...

Published 08 Sep, 2024 11:19am

Amy Adams gets real about motherhood in ‘Nightbitch’

TORONTO: As far as movie taglines go, this one is epic: “Motherhood is a bitch.” In director Marielle Heller’s...

Published 08 Sep, 2024 11:09am

Despite final loss, Jessica Pegula says deep US Open run a confidence boost

NEW YORK: Jessica Pegula played in her first Grand Slam final in Flushing Meadows on Saturday and despite getting...

Published 08 Sep, 2024 10:56am

Eye of the tiger: Sabalenka roars back from tough year for US Open crown

NEW YORK: Tenacious tiger-tattooed Aryna Sabalenka embodied the spirit of her favourite animal in New York this year...

Published 08 Sep, 2024 10:51am

USA

Venezuela opposition candidate Gonzalez leaves for Spain as diplomatic tensions rise

BRASILIA/CARACAS: Venezuela’s former presidential opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez has left for Spain in the...

Published 08 Sep, 2024 10:38am

Elon Musk denies report his xAI in talks over Tesla revenue

Elon Musk denied a report that his artificial intelligence startup xAI has held talks for a share in future Tesla...

Published 08 Sep, 2024 10:33am

Asia

North Korean leader emphasises importance of strengthening naval power

SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un underscored the importance of strengthening naval power as he toured a naval...

Published 08 Sep, 2024 10:28am

Europe

Russian attack on Ukraine’s Sumy kills two, regional administration says

Two people died and four were injured as a result of an overnight Russian air strike on Sumy, the military...

Published 08 Sep, 2024 10:21am

PTI rally today: Khan introduces major changes to party’s organizational structure

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder and former Prime Minister Imran Khan has introduced major changes...

Updated 08 Sep, 2024 10:02am

IK files acquittal plea in Al-Qadir Trust scam case

**ISLAMABAD: The incarcerated Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founding chairman, Imran Khan, on Saturday, filed an...

Updated 08 Sep, 2024 10:00am

Electricity arrears: KP to move CCI against deductions at source by MoF

ISLAMABAD: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has decided to take up the issue of at-source deductions of Rs 3.426...

Updated 08 Sep, 2024 09:58am

$77.8m ‘Recharge Pakistan’ project being launched on 10th

ISLAMABAD: The $77.8 million “Recharge Pakistan” project that aims to improve the resilience of some of the...

Updated 08 Sep, 2024 09:56am

Gohar accepts Omar’s resignation

ISLAMABAD: Under pressure from party workers, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Gohar Ali Khan on Saturday...

Updated 08 Sep, 2024 09:55am

Before removal, employee must be given fair opportunity to respond: SC

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court noted that before removing from a job or taking any adverse action against any...

Updated 08 Sep, 2024 09:55am

Border trade in Balochistan

Balochistan, Pakistan’s largest province in terms of area, plays a crucial role in the country’s border trade....