Airlines canceled 1,500 US flights during the peak holiday travel period Friday, with severe winter storm warnings and heavy snow forecast across parts of the Midwest and northeast. More than 40 million Americans were under winter storm warnings or weather advisories one day after Christmas, plus another 30 million under flood or storm advisories in […]
Pakistan on Friday summoned the United Kingdom’s high commissioner and issued a formal demarche following “provocative” statements made during a protest outside the Pakistani consulate in Bradford, where remarks targeting the country’s civil and military leadership were aired. Foreign Office spokesperson Tahir Andrabi confirmed that the UK envoy was called in and formally conveyed Pakistan’s […]
The Lahore High Court (LHC) has overturned the decisions of deputy commissioner-led committees that granted the possession of properties to people in 10 districts of Punjab under the Punjab Protection of Ownership of Immovable Property Act, 2025. An LHC bench comprising Chief Justice Aalia Neelum on Friday reversed the decisions after hearing petitions against the […]
Eighteen years after the assassination of Benazir Bhutto — the ‘Daughter of the East’ and Pakistan’s first woman prime minister — the legal labyrinth surrounding her murder remains unresolved, its many threads still tangled despite years of investigations, trials and appeals. The long afterlife of Benazir’s trial remains deprived of closure as the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) […]
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) arrested 257 people in December for attempting to travel illegally to Iran via the sea route, as authorities intensified a crackdown against human smuggling and unlawful border crossings. According to an FIA spokesperson, the arrests were made by the agency’s Composite Circle Gwadar during a series of intensified operations targeting […]
The Supreme Court has rejected the pre-arrest bail application of an accused allegedly involved in setting fire to the house and animals of his rivals. During hearing of the plea on Friday, a division bench comprising Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Yahya Afridi and Justice Malik Shahzad Ahmad Khan inquired if the house and animals […]
SUPARCO Director Shafaat Ali Friday announced that 2025 will be remembered as a breakthrough year for Pakistan in space projects, with the nation’s sights already set on the Moon in 2026, backed by the collaborative support of both Pakistani and Chinese governments. While speaking with a local media channel, Director called 2025 a turning point […]
President Asif Ali Zardari has reaffirmed the commitment to carrying forward PPP’s slain chairperson Benazir Bhutto’s vision of a democratic, inclusive, tolerant, pluralist and forward-looking Pakistan. In his message on Benazir’s 18th death anniversary, the president said today, the world in general and Pakistanis in particular remember “Shaheed-e-Jamhooriat, Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto”. “We honour a […]
The Pakistan Airports Authority (PPA) has successfully completed the commissioning of a state-of-the-art Doppler VHF Omnidirectional Range and Distance Measuring Equipment (DVOR/DME) at Dera Ismail Khan Airport. The DVOR/DME is a ground-based radio navigation aid used in aviation. It helps aircraft figure out where they are and how far they are from a known point. […]
The district administration of Swabi has issued formal notices to Afghan refugees residing in two major refugee camps, Barakai Afghan Refugee Camp, Gohati, and Gandaf Refugee Camp, directing them to vacate the camps and return to their homeland. In line with the directives of the government, a deadline of December 30 has been set for […]