A Lahore court on Monday extended the interim bail of TikTokers Rajab Butt and Nadeem Mubarak, also known as Nani Wala, until February 16 in a case related to the promotion of a gambling app. The bail extension was granted during a hearing on interim bail petitions in the Lahore Sessions Court, presided over by […]
President Asif Ali Zardari will undertake an official visit to the United Arab Emirates from January 26 to 29, accompanied by a high-level delegation, Pakistan’s presidency said on Monday. During the visit, the president is scheduled to hold meetings with the UAE leadership to review bilateral relations, with a focus on trade and economic cooperation, […]
Pakistan and Myanmar on Monday pledged to strengthen bilateral cooperation in areas of mutual interest through sustained and structured engagement across multiple sectors, aiming for mutual benefit, officials said. Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Ishaq Dar and Myanmar Foreign Minister Than Swe made the remarks in their opening statements before a meeting at […]
A private jet crashed in flames as it was taking off from a Maine airport with eight aboard, the US aviation regulator said, but their fate and identities were not immediately known. Sunday’s crash of a twin-engine turbo-fan jet Bombardier Challenger 600 at Bangor International Airport happened at about 7:45 p.m., the Federal Aviation Administration said […]
More than 850,000 customers in the US, as far west as New Mexico, were without electricity and over 10,000 flights were cancelled on Sunday during a monster winter storm that paralysed eastern and southern states with heavy snow and ice. As snow, freezing rain and dangerously frigid temperatures swept into the eastern two-thirds of the […]
Veteran BBC correspondent Mark Tully, known to millions as the broadcaster’s “voice of India” for covering defining moments across the subcontinent, died in New Delhi on Sunday aged 90, the BBC said. Born in India in 1935 under British India, he made the country his home and his career, becoming arguably the best-known foreign correspondent […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky sought more air defence support from allies on Sunday as hundreds of buildings in Kyiv were without heating in freezing temperatures for a second day after Russian strikes. Russia has hit Ukrainian energy infrastructure throughout the nearly four-year war, but Kyiv says this winter has been the toughest, with hundreds of […]
Voting concluded in Myanmar’s month-long election on Sunday, with the dominant pro-military party on course for landslide victory in a junta-run poll critics say will only prolong the army’s grip on power. The Southeast Asian nation has a long history of military rule, but the generals took a back seat for a decade of civilian-led […]
The Trump administration faced intensifying pressure Sunday over its mass immigration crackdown in Minneapolis, after federal agents shot dead a second US citizen and graphic cell phone footage again contradicted officials’ immediate description of the incident. Federal agents on Saturday morning shot and killed Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse, while scuffling with him on […]
Veteran TV and film star Roohi Bano was remembered on her 7th death anniversary as the industry and admirers honoured her unforgettable performances in landmark dramas and her enduring influence on Pakistani television and cinema. On August 10, 1951, Roohi Bano was born in Karachi into a home steeped in music and art, the daughter […]