Senior Pakistani actress Atiqa Odho has come under fire from fellow artists and social media users following her recent remarks calling artists ‘ambassadors of love.’ In a recent talk show appearance, Odho said that artists are not meant to take sides in conflicts or wars, but instead should promote peace and love. “We have nothing […]
Former Pakistan captain and renowned all-rounder Shahid Khan Afridi met with the Prime Minister of Pakistan. During this meeting, which took place at the Prime Minister’s House in Islamabad, Shahid Afridi congratulated Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on the remarkable success of Operation Bunyanum Marsoos. Federal Minister for Information Attaullah Tarar was also present during the […]
Fatima Bhutto has announced the birth of her second child, a baby boy named Caspian Mustafa, via a post on her official Instagram account. https://www.instagram.com/p/DJrjx8gKiNX/ This marks Fatima Bhutto’s second son, following the birth of her first child, Mir Murtaza, in March 2024. She married in April 2023, but has largely kept her personal life […]
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) senior leader and former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi was transferred from Kot Lakhpat Jail to Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) on Saturday after suffering chest pain, officials said. Shah Mahmood Qureshi was moved to the Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) shortly after dawn. Qureshi, who has been in custody since August […]
The US Supreme Court on Friday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from using the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to expedite deportations of Venezuelan migrants in northern Texas, ruling that those facing removal are entitled to due process. In an unsigned 24-page opinion, the court sided with two Venezuelan migrants who had received 24-hour deportation notices […]
United States President Donald Trump has described Pakistanis as “brilliant people” and expressed a strong desire to expand bilateral trade, while claiming credit for averting what he called a near-nuclear conflict between Pakistan and India. Speaking in an interview with Fox News, Trump said his intervention helped bring the two nuclear-armed neighbours back from the […]
Several people were feared missing on Friday after a passenger car plunged into the Panjkora River following a collision with a coach in Khyber-Pakhtunwa province’s Upper Dir district, local officials said. The crash occurred in the Charkum area of Upper Dir district, where the vehicle skidded off the road and into the fast-moving river following the […]
Ukraine rallied support from its Western allies on Friday after Kyiv and Moscow failed to agree to a ceasefire at their first direct talks in more than three years, with Russia presenting conditions that a Ukrainian source described as “non-starters”. Under pressure from US President Donald Trump to end the bloodiest conflict in Europe since […]
India’s foreign minister has said his counterpart in Afghanistan’s Taliban government condemned a deadly April 22 attack in IIOJK which sparked a brief conflict between New Delhi and Islamabad last week. Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said that he had a “good conversation” with acting Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi on Thursday evening. “Deeply […]
UK religious leaders on Friday called on Prime Minister Keir Starmer to tone down his language about migration, after comparisons were made to an inflammatory speech in the 1960s. Labour leader Starmer this week announced tougher new policies to tackle high levels of migration, in an attempt to stem a growing loss of support to […]