A Norwegian court on Friday found an man guilty of orchestrating a deadly shooting at a gay bar during Oslo’s 2022 Pride celebrations, sentencing him to the country’s maximum term of 30 years in prison. Arfan Bhatti, a 48-year-old Norwegian citizen born in Oslo, stood trial on charges of complicity in aggravated terrorism for planning […]
US President Donald Trump on Friday gave a key role in post-war Gaza to former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and appointed a US officer to lead a nascent security force. Trump named members of a board to help supervise Gaza that was dominated by Americans, as he promotes a controversial vision of economic development […]
At least 14 people were killed and several others injured on Saturday after a truck crashed due to dense fog in Punjab’s Sargodha district, rescue officials said. The accident occurred near Ghalapur Bangla in Kot Momin tehsil, where visibility was extremely low because of heavy fog. A mini-truck veered off the road and fell into […]
Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Dr Tariq Fazal Chaudhry on Friday informed the Senate that more than 80 per cent of international pledges made during the 2022 floods were in the form of soft loans rather than grants. Replying to questions during the Question Hour, the minister said Pakistan ultimately received less than 50 per cent […]
The son of Iran’s late shah said Friday he was confident that mass protests would topple the Islamic republic and urged international action, as President Donald Trump holds off on intervening in the unrest. Reza Pahlavi, who lives in exile in the Washington area, has presented himself as leader of the opposition as the cleric-run […]
Pakistan has brushed aside India’s untenable claim that Jammu and Kashmir was its “integral and inalienable part”, saying that the UN resolutions recognized the Himalayan state as a disputed territory. “Jammu and Kashmir is not ‘an integral part’ of India, nor has it ever been so under international law,” Pakistani delegate Asif Khan told the […]
Commerce Minister Jam Kamal Khan on Friday said agriculture remained a major component of Pakistan’s trade as the country witnessed a significant surge in agricultural exports last year, with exports increasing by around $3 to $3.5 billion compared to the previous year. Responding to a Calling Attention Notice moved by Ms Aliya Kamran, Ms Naeema […]
The growing threat of online fraud took centre stage in the National Assembly on Friday as Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq disclosed that his voice had been impersonated to fraudulently seek money from citizens, prompting assurances from the government that action and legislation were underway to counter organised digital crime. The session, presided over by Sardar […]
Elon Musk’s X was mostly restored after an outage impacted tens of thousands of users globally on Friday, according to Downdetector.com. At the peak, there were more than 74,000 reports of issues with the social media platform in the United States around 10.14 a.m. ET, data from the outage-tracking website showed. That eased to about […]
The daughter of Bushra Bibi approached the Lahore High Court (LHC) seeking permission to meet her mother, who is currently incarcerated at Adiala Jail. Mubashra Khawar Maneka filed the petition through Lahore High Court Bar Association President Asif Naswana. The Punjab government, the Superintendent of Adiala Jail, and other relevant authorities have been made respondents […]