A first-half Serhou Guirassy double and four Julian Ryerson assists helped Borussia Dortmund to a 4-0 home win over Mainz on Friday, pulling them three points behind Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich. Wing-back Ryerson laid on four Dortmund headers, including Guirassy’s brace and one each from Maximilian Beier and Ramy Bensebaini in Dortmund’s biggest league win […]
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi on Saturday referred to a directive of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, saying that under the orders of the chief justice, incarcerated former prime minister Imran Khan’s treatment should be completed by February 16. Afridi, reacting to the recent tensions following the surfacing of a report on Khan’s eye condition, […]
As China prepares for Lunar New Year holidays starting on Sunday, rivals to DeepSeek are scrambling to release artificial-intelligence models a year after it burst onto the scene with its game-changing R1 and V3 models. With DeepSeek set to launch its next-generation V4 model soon, according to tech news site The Information, many other Chinese […]
Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has said riverine “Katcha” areas in Rajanpur and Rahim Yar Khan have been cleared of criminal gangs after a six-week intelligence-based operation. Addressing a high-level meeting on Saturday, she said 42 criminals from Rajanpur and 200 from Rahim Yar Khan surrendered, adding that more than 500 criminals in total laid […]
A petition has been filed in the Islamabad High Court seeking suspension of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan’s sentence in the Toshakhana-II case and his release on bail on medical grounds. The petition was filed through Barrister Salman Safdar and Khalid Yousuf Chaudhry on Saturday. A miscellaneous application has also been filed seeking an […]
Pakistani actress Hania Aamir has stirred fresh debate on social media after a viral video showed her joking about getting married, amid ongoing speculation linking her with singer Asim Azhar. In the widely shared clip posted on Instagram, Aamir is heard saying: “Everyone wanted us to get married, so we had a fake wedding.” The […]
The Director General of the Excise, Taxation and Narcotics Control Department has taken strict notice of a 56 per cent shortfall in property tax collection during the first seven months of the 202526 financial year, seeking performance reports from area Inspectors and Excise and Taxation Officers (ETOs). The DG has warned that officers demonstrating poor […]
An emergency meeting was convened by the management of Deewan Cement in Hattar to address environmental concerns, which was attended by a five-member delegation formed by the Environmental Protection Forum Hattar. Anis Ahmed represented the head office of Deewan Cement with full authority, accompanied by a high-level delegation comprising the director, general manager and legal […]
US President Donald Trump said Friday that a change of government in Iran would be “the best thing that could happen,” as he ordered a second aircraft carrier to the Middle East to increase military pressure on the Islamic Republic. Trump’s remarks were his most explicit call yet for the removal of Iran’s clerical leadership, […]
Award-winning Indian writer Arundhati Roy said Friday she was withdrawing from the Berlin International Film Festival after jury president Wim Wenders said cinema should “stay out of politics” when asked about Gaza. Roy said in a statement sent to AFP that she was “shocked and disgusted” by responses from Wenders and other jury members to […]