Two women schoolteachers were killed in a tragic traffic accident at Latsaka Super Chowk in Lodhran on Wednesday while returning home from school on Monday. Police said the victims were identified as Tahira Khatoon and Rabia Bibi, teachers at Government Girls High School 35-M. Tahira Bibi was a resident of Lodhran, while Rabia Bibi hailed […]
A rickshaw driver was arrested for deceiving the traffic police with fake challan slips. The case was registered at Sargodha Road police station on the complaint of Traffic Officer Akif Rehman. The issue surfaced during checking at PMC Chowk when Vigilance In-charge Qaisar Ahmed stopped a loader rickshaw carrying cardboard sheets. The driver, Hamid Ali […]
Police have seized wheat and flour worth over Rs441 million while foiling their attempted illegal transportation. Wahwa police, under the supervision of SHO Asmat Ullah, took two vehicles into custody and seized a huge quantity of smuggled commodities. According to police officials, 2,24 tonnes of wheat was seized, valued at approximately Rs268.8 million, while 1,329 […]
USA leg-spinner Mohammad Mohsin said Monday that “the pressure will be on Pakistan” when the teams lock horns in the T20 World Cup again, two years after the Americans inflicted a shock defeat on the former champions. But Pakistan quick bowler Salman Mirza insisted the stunning super over defeat in Dallas in the 2024 T20 […]
Somalia on Monday signed a defence agreement with Saudi Arabia, as the Horn of Africa becomes an arena for proxy wars between Gulf monarchies, with Abu Dhabi at loggerheads with Riyadh. The region, strategically located between the Indian Ocean and the Suez Canal on one of the world’s busiest trade routes, has increasingly attracted the […]
The government may face political backlash as solar net metering is almost dead in Pakistan after the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) abolished exchange of electricity units in solar net metering on Monday in a blow to consumers desiring to shift to renewables. At present, the buyback rate for solar net generation is Rs25.9 per unit which […]
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has finalised plans for a long march two weeks after Eidul Fitr to press for the release of its founder and former prime minister, Imran Khan. Party sources confirmed to this reporter that preparations are underway, including the readiness of a specially equipped container that will serve as a command and protest […]
The EU executive told Meta on Monday that it must let rival AI chatbots use its WhatsApp platform, after an antitrust probe found the US giant to be in breach of the bloc’s competition rules. The European Commission said a change in Meta’s terms had “effectively” barred third-party artificial intelligence assistants from connecting to customers […]
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer lost a second senior aide on Monday as pressure mounted over his decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the United States, an appointment now overshadowed by Mandelson’s links to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Starmer’s communications chief, Tim Allan, resigned, saying he was stepping aside to allow a […]
Walee Technologies purchased the former Multan franchise at the Pakistan Super League (PSL) auction for a record Rs2.45 billion on Monday, with the new owners confirming the team would be renamed Rawalpindi ahead of the upcoming PSL 11 season. The highly anticipated PSL franchise auction took place at the Expo Centre Lahore, marking a significant […]