Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday took a major decision to allow cricket fans to attend the final of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 11 at the stadium. Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Mohsin Naqvi wrote in a post on X, ” Dear cricket fans, I requested Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to allow spectators in […]
US negotiators are scheduled to leave for Pakistan on Saturday, but Iran said its officials did not plan to meet the Americans to discuss ending the war that has killed thousands of Iranian and Lebanese civilians and roiled global markets. US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner are due to depart on Saturday morning for talks […]
Senior American journalist and renowned author Fareed Zakaria has said that United States President Donald Trump would need to “give up something” to secure a deal with Iran to end the conflict. In an interview on Express 24/7 programme ‘Full Frame’ with host Fahd Husain, Zakaria said President Trump would want a deal that placed […]
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday jacked up prices of both high speed diesel and petrol by Rs27 per liter despite no increase was required in the rates of petrol and to push its price higher the premier imposed nearly Rs27 per liter more tax on fuel. Accordingly, the high speed diesel price has been […]
Security forces and law enforcement agencies killed 22 terrorists in a joint intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Khyber district, the military’s media wing said on Friday. Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said the terrorists belonged to India-sponsored Fitna al Khawarij. Fitna al Khawarij is a term the state uses for terrorists belonging to the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban […]
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday that a US blockade on Iran is going global, adding Tehran had a chance to make a “good deal” with Washington. “Our blockade is growing and going global,” Hegseth told reporters. “No one sails from the Strait of Hormuz to anywhere in the world without the permission […]
After days of uncertainty and pessimism, Islamabad is back in the diplomatic spotlight as Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in the federal capital late Friday, signalling a renewed push to revive stalled talks between Tehran and Washington. The high-stakes visit comes at a critical juncture, with tensions still elevated and the fate of diplomacy […]
Manawan police have arrested a suspect accused of injuring a man in a firing incident. The incident took place in the Manawan area, where a citizen identified as Adil was shot and wounded while travelling on a motorcycle. He was shifted to a hospital for immediate medical treatment. Police said they launched action and arrested […]
A 23-year-old man was allegedly shot dead by five individuals at a factory, who then attempted to cover up the murder by staging it as an electrocution and later a suicide, police said on Friday. According to the FIR registered at Airport Police Station, complainant Sajjad Hussain Shah, a cement trader from Sargodha, stated that […]
Hundreds of sanitary workers and rickshaw drivers staged a protest rally on Friday over non-payment of salaries for the past two months by the Suthra Punjab Authority-linked outsourcing system. The protesters marched from District Council Chowk to the Deputy Commissioner’s Office under the leadership of Baba Latif Ansari, Chairman of Pakistan Labor National Movement and […]