Novak Djokovic sent 141st-ranked qualifier Francesco Maestrelli packing in straight sets to ease into the Australian Open third round on Thursday – with a little help from a fig tree. The Serbian great is on his latest mission to win a record 25th Grand Slam title and dismissed the Italian 6-3, 6-2, 6-2. Djokovic faces […]
Federal Minister for Health and MQM-P leader Syed Mustafa Kamal on Thursday called for Karachi to be placed under federal control, accusing the PPP-led Sindh government of failing to administer the city and warning that the 18th Amendment has become a “nasoor” (festering wound) for Sindh and Pakistan. Addressing a press conference at the MQM-P […]
The search operation at the fire-ravaged Gul Plaza building in Karachi entered its fifth day on Thursday. Rescue teams have completed searches in about 70 per cent of the section partially affected by the fire, recovering a total of 60 bodies so far. Deputy Commissioner South visited the site Thursday morning to review relief operations. […]
Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has inaugurated Pakistan’s first Green Policing Unit, introducing the country’s first electric patrol vehicle for police operations, a move that officials said would help reduce fuel costs and carbon emissions. The initiative makes Punjab the first province to deploy electric vehicles for police patrolling. During the inauguration ceremony, the chief […]
Karachi does not often get fashion moments that feel rooted, intentional, and forward looking all at once, but the House of Amir Adnan managed exactly that with its Darbar Spring Summer 2026 show at Khaliqdina Hall. The choice of venue immediately set the tone. Built in 1906, the Palladian style hall carries layers of history, […]
President Donald Trump’s retreat from threats of force as an option for acquiring Greenland capped weeks of policy chaos, as top aides scrambled both to accommodate the president’s demands and ease the panic they caused among US allies, according to two sources with knowledge of the conversations. In remarks on Wednesday at the World Economic Forum […]
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) will speak to the country’s interim government in a last-ditch attempt to secure the team’s participation in next month’s Twenty20 World Cup after their demand to shift their matches outside India was rejected on Wednesday. The International Cricket Council (ICC) board has dismissed Bangladesh’s concerns about the safety and security […]
The United States said it launched an operation Wednesday that could move thousands of Islamic State group jihadists from Syria to Iraq, as Syrian and Kurdish-led forces traded accusations of breaching a fragile ceasefire. The move came a day after Washington said the purpose of its alliance with the Syrian Kurds had largely ended, with […]
Greenland’s government unveiled a new brochure on Wednesday offering advice to the population in the event of a “crisis” in the territory, which US President Donald Trump has repeatedly vowed to seize from ally Denmark. Guidance includes stockpiling food and water, hunting weapons and ammunition. The document is “an insurance policy”, said Self-Sufficiency Minister Peter […]