France reports first-ever human case of Shamonda virus
PARIS: French authorities have confirmed the first known human infection with the Shamonda virus (Shav) in a patient who died in early October, raising questions...
Shehbaz defends KP emergency, accuses PTI of ‘criminal negligence’ over security
PESHAWAR: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday defended the imposition of governor’s rule and an emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, saying the decision had been taken...
Prices climb above $110 as attacks on Saudi Arabia intensify
WEB DESK: Oil prices advanced on Thursday, with Brent crude futures rising above $110 per barrel as fresh attacks on Saudi Arabia heightened concerns over...
JI-led town administrations donate eight buses to Karachi University
KARACHI: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI)-run town administrations have provided eight buses to the University of Karachi to help address students’ transportation difficulties. The buses were handed over...
Jawad Dogar given additional charge as NFA director general
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has approved the appointment of Jawad Dogar as director general of the National Forensic Agency (NFA). According to a notification...
Court rejects Iqrarul Hassan’s bail plea in social media case
KARACHI: A Judicial Magistrate-East court on Thursday dismissed the bail application of Awam Raj Tehreek chief Iqrarul Hassan in a case involving the alleged circulation...
TikToker among 15 held in NCCIA crackdown on cybercrime
LAHORE: The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) has arrested 15 suspects in separate operations targeting cybercrime, online fraud and other digital offences. Among those...
NADRA says FIR not required to replace lost CNIC
ISLAMABAD: The National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) has clarified that citizens do not need to file a police report to apply for a replacement...
Naqvi, Talal Chaudhry visit family of deceased student Laiba Ijaz
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi and Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry visited the home of student Laiba Ijaz in Sector G-10 to offer...
Suspect in death of Multan teenager killed in Bahawalpur police encounter
LAHORE: A man accused of chasing and running over a 15-year-old boy in Multan was killed in a police encounter in Bahawalpur on Wednesday, two...
Punjab plans province-wide basant festival in March 2027
LAHORE: The Punjab government is planning to extend Basant celebrations across the province in the second week of March 2027, with measures being prepared to...
Gold price drops by Rs900 per tola
KARACHI: The rate of gold increased by Rs.900 per tola in Pakistan. Gold prices fell across Pakistan, with the rate for one tola declining by...
PHC seeks progress in cases of missing KP minister, MNA
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday heard petitions seeking the recovery of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister Fazal Shakoor Khan and MNA Fazal Muhammad, who have...
Uganda rejects link to Nigeria’s first Ebola case in a decade
ABUJA: Nigeria has confirmed its first Ebola case in nearly a decade after a woman living in the capital, Abuja, tested positive following travel involving...
Islamabad court sentences man to death for raping stepdaughter
ISLAMABAD: A sessions court in Islamabad has sentenced a man to death for repeatedly sexually assaulting his stepdaughter over the course of a year while...
Suspect in shooting of K-Electric meter reader arrested after police encounter in Karachi
KARACHI: Mehmoodabad police have arrested an injured suspect allegedly involved in the shooting of a K-Electric meter reader following an encounter near TP2, while efforts...
Punjab, Saudi Arabia agree on Rs500bn export target as Maryam meets new Envoy
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif and newly appointed Saudi Ambassador Dr Rajeh Albugamy have discussed expanding bilateral trade, attracting Saudi investment to Punjab...
Lahore residents pay up to Rs600 per kg for LPG
LAHORE: LPG is selling for Rs560 to Rs600 per kilogram across parts of Lahore—more than double OGRA’s notified rate of Rs279.34. Shopkeepers attributed the increase...
Case filed against orphanage official after Multan teen’s killing
MULTAN: Police in Multan have filed a case against an orphanage official accused of sending 15-year-old Waseem Abbas to work without authorisation, days before the...
Panama Canal sets cargo record as Hormuz Closure redirects shipping
WEB DESK: The Panama Canal moved a record 521 million tons of cargo during the fiscal year ending in September, as shipping patterns shifted after...
Shehbaz warns India against using Indus waters as political weapon
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has warned that any violation of the Indus Waters Treaty by India would be treated by Pakistan as an act...
Newborn tests positive for Mpox after circumcision in Karachi
KARACHI: A 20-day-old infant has tested positive for mpox after allegedly contracting the virus through contaminated circumcision instruments, prompting the Sindh Healthcare Commission (SHCC) to...
Sindh Cabinet orders public release of Mir Raza probe report
KARACHI: The Sindh Cabinet has approved making the judicial commission’s report on the murder of entrepreneur Mir Raza public and directed officials to upload the...
NCCIA Arrests 59 Suspects in Lahore Crackdown on Illegal Call Centres
LAHORE: The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) has arrested 59 people, including seven women, during raids on three alleged illegal call centres in Lahore...
KP governor, Jamaat-e-Islami leaders discuss security and development
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi met Jamaat-e-Islami officials in Peshawar on Tuesday to discuss security, governance, development and issues affecting residents. During a...
Lahore deploys 14 additional judges to tackle rising drug cases
LAHORE: The Lahore Sessions Court has assigned 14 additional sessions judges to hear drug-related cases as filings reach record levels. Between 200 and 300 cases...
Ishaq Dar, SCO delegation leaders meet Tajikistan’s president in Dushanbe
DUSHANBE: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar, alongside heads of government delegations from Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member states, met Tajikistan’s...
Pakistan set England 303-run target in tri-nation ODI series
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan set England a target of 303 in the second ODI of the tri-nation series after being put in to bat. Pakistan’s innings got...
Sindh increases Secretariat staff’s house rent allowance to 85%
KARACHI: The Sindh government has raised the house rent allowance for Secretariat employees from 50% to 85%, following protests by the Sindh Secretariat Employees Welfare...
Field Marshal Asim Munir arrives in Tehran to advance Iran-US mediation
TEHRAN: Chief of Defence Forces Field Marshal Asim Munir has arrived in Tehran for meetings with Iranian leaders as Pakistan continues its diplomatic efforts to...
Martyred Major Wajahat Waheed buried with military honours in Lahore
LAHORE: Major Wajahat Waheed, who embraced martyrdom in Pasni, Balochistan, was laid to rest in Lahore with full military honours. The funeral prayer of the...
Govt offers dialogue with opposition on national security, says Rana Sanaullah
ISLAMABAD: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Political Affairs Rana Sanaullah Khan has called on all political parties to unite against terrorism, saying the federal...
Tribunal orders Moeen Qureshi to pay Rs3m to Azma Bokhari in defamation case
LAHORE: The Lahore Defamation Tribunal has ruled in favour of Punjab Information and Culture Minister Azma Bokhari in a defamation case against Punjab Assembly Opposition...
Petrol price cut by Rs5.16, Diesel becomes cheaper by Rs7.69 per litre
ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) has announced a reduction in petrol and diesel prices, according to an official notification. Under the revised...
Gold prices drop by Rs3,600 per tola in Pakistan
KARACHI: Gold prices in Pakistan fell sharply on Tuesday, with the price of 24-karat gold declining by Rs3,600 per tola to Rs435,436, according to the...
Multan man arrested for allegedly running over 15-year-old orphan
MULTAN: Police have arrested a man accused of chasing and running over a 15-year-old orphan with his car at a private housing society in Multan...
Rs200bn set aside for Balochistan development projects, NA told
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal has said the government has earmarked Rs200 billion in the development budget for projects in Balochistan,...
Millions removed from India’s voter rolls as citizens struggle to prove eligibility
NEW DELHI: Thousands of Indian voters are facing difficulties restoring their names to electoral rolls after a nationwide revision removed millions of entries, including people...
265 Girls relocated to boys’ school after Lahore building declared unsafe
LAHORE: A girls’ higher secondary school in Mozang has been declared unsafe, prompting authorities to shift 265 students to a nearby boys’ school during the...
PTI chief calls for Bushra Bibi meetings, release of Imran Khan’s sisters
ISLAMABAD: PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan has called for meetings with Bushra Bibi to be allowed and for the release of the sisters of...
Railway police and KMC officials file competing cases after alleged assault
KARACHI: Shahrah-e-Faisal Police have registered a case against Pakistan Railways Police personnel over allegations that they abducted and tortured a Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) city...
NAB reports major railway land recovery, says more sites identified
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) says it has recovered 235,622 kanals of Pakistan Railways land in Punjab and Sindh, valued at Rs6.78 trillion, and...
Punjab crime rate has fallen sharply, says Azma Bukhari
LAHORE: Punjab Information Minister Azma Bukhari said the province’s overall crime rate had declined, while describing the increase in reported rape cases as deeply concerning....
Court remands Iqrarul Hassan to prison
KARACHI: A Karachi court on Monday sent Iqrarul Hassan to prison on judicial remand, rejecting the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency’s (NCCIA) request for further...
President, PM praise security forces for Kalat and Gwadar operations
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif have praised security forces for their operations against terrorists in Kalat and Gwadar. In separate...
Gold prices fall by Rs1,600 per tola in Pakistan
KARACHI: Gold prices in Pakistan declined on Monday, following a drop in international markets. The price of gold fell by Rs1,600 per tola to Rs439,036,...
Israeli ad agency accused of using online advertising to track internet users
WASHINGTON: Israeli digital advertising firm Discover-Tech used a broad network of online ads to identify and track internet users, and in some cases help deliver...
Salman Ali Agha marks Pakistan return with Rawalpindi century
RAWALPINDI: Salman Ali Agha made an emphatic return to international cricket, scoring 107 from 90 deliveries against Sri Lanka in the tri-nation ODI series and...
Atif Aslam’s sweet message to wife Sarah delights fans
WEB DESK: Singer Atif Aslam shared a public tribute to his wife, Sarah Bharwana, posting photos of the couple on Instagram alongside a warm message....
Justice Hasan Azhar Rizvi sworn in as acting chief justice of FCC
ISLAMABAD: Justice Syed Hasan Azhar Rizvi has been sworn in as the Acting Chief Justice of the Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) of Pakistan. Justice Aamer...