Month: October 2026

Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has given police four weeks to improve law and order, including crimes against women and children, warning that officials who fail to deliver will be removed from their posts. Chairing a special meeting on security in Lahore on Thursday, she expressed concern over the situation in Rawalpindi Division and ordered province-wide action against illegal weapons, drug trafficking and wheat smuggling, particularly in border districts. Maryam said criminal intimidation and lawlessness would not be tolerated and directed authorities to intensify anti-corruption efforts within the police, take…

“Glee,” the hit musical comedy-drama television series, is set to return in ​a reboot, streaming services Disney+ and Hulu announced ‌on Wednesday. “It’s official, Glee is returning,” the platforms said in a joint Instagram post, though they provided no additional details ​about the project or its release timeline. The ​reboot revives Ryan Murphy’s television series, which premiered ⁠on Fox in 2009 and ran for six seasons ​through 2015. Set in Lima, Ohio, the show followed ​members of a high school glee club as they navigated adolescence, friendships and personal challenges.…

Actor Tom Cruise, known for movies from “Risky Business” to “Top Gun,” will ​receive the American Film Institute’s Life ‌Achievement Award at a Hollywood ceremony in April, organisers said on Wednesday. The AFI, a nonprofit dedicated ​to preserving and promoting movies, has bestowed ​the honor annually since 1973. Previous ⁠recipients include Bette Davis, Gene Kelley, Elizabeth ​Taylor and Tom Hanks. Cruise is known throughout the ​film business as one of the biggest champions of cinemas. “As an actor and producer, he brings an ​extraordinary commitment to everything he does,“ ​said…

“So whose narrative is prevailing?” “The Man Who Must Remain Nameless, Voiceless and Faceless…” “Which component of the three characteristics that you itemized and which apply to this day did you not understand?” “Oh I wasn’t going to quote him, besides no one but no one can legitimately quote him because he is in isolation….” “Not true apparently he has been given a couple of poor convicts to clean and to give him food and….why are you laughing?” “Elite culture even in our jails.” “I visited the jail that Nelson…

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif arrived in Peshawar on Thursday for a day-long visit during which he is scheduled to chair a high-level meeting, including an Apex Committee session, to review the law and order situation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi and Information Minister Attaullah Tarar accompanied the prime minister, while Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar is also expected to join the visit, according to reports. The meetings at the Governor’s House will review the province’s security situation, efforts to maintain peace and stability, and recent political developments. The…

North Korea will place anti-South Korea loudspeakers ‌on standby along the entire border within days and has put unspecified new countermeasures on alert, Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korea’s leader, said on Thursday. The statement came with a warning to Seoul of “the most horrible and distressing situation” if South Korea continued what Pyongyang calls interference in the North’s internal affairs. On Wednesday evening, after she ​visited fortification sites with senior military officials, Kim said North Korea would activate anti-South Korea loudspeakers across the border by the…

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard ​Corps Navy said ‌on Thursday that four vessels involved ​in illegal oil ​transfers in the northern ⁠Persian Gulf ​were simultaneously hit ​and caught fire after being tracked by its ​forces on ​Wednesday. The IRGC added that three ‌more ⁠vessels collided with mines west of the Strait ​of Hormuz, ​and ⁠warned the US military ​that continued provocations ​could ⁠lead to a wider response ⁠against ​its regional ​bases. The IRGC Navy said it struck four vessels using unauthorised routes through the Strait of Hormuz after detecting them transferring…

President Emmanuel Macron vowed on Wednesday to prevent a repeat of last weekend’s violence at protests planned in the coming days, and dismissed as “stupid” and “unacceptable” comments ‌from some foreign leaders about the unrest. France’s main student union, UNEF, has called for further rallies on Saturday, while the Yellow Vest group, which emerged as a potent anti-establishment movement in 2018, has filed plans for a march through central Paris the same day. Efforts to ease social tensions showed little sign of progress, as unions pledged to press ahead with…