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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif reached Peshawar on Thursday on his first visit to the province since governor’s rule and emergency were imposed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on October 11, according to sources in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO).

All but one of the suspects arrested over recent settler attacks on an American photojournalist and a visiting French mayor in the West Bank have been released from detention and placed under house arrest, their lawyers said.

India began annual measures on Thursday to tackle toxic air pollution in New Delhi, a megacity of 30 million people regularly ranked among the world’s most polluted capitals.

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Thursday summoned the Punjab home secretary and the superintendent of Kot Lakhpat Jail in a petition seeking the release of three sisters of former prime minister Imran Khan.

Young students attending their debut political gathering, longtime supporters coming since 2015, or curious onlookers witnessing a presidential spectacle, they all agree.

Early voting has been underway for weeks ahead of the November 3, 2026, midterm elections, when US voters will elect members of the House of Representatives and Senate and governors in states across the country.

LAHORE: A special committee of the Punjab Assembly, chaired by MPA Samiullah Khan, came down hard on decades of government oversight failures after Lahore Gymkhana Club Chairman Salman Siddique conceded that the annual rent of Rs5,000 paid for over 100 ac…

Artificial intelligence has found critical security flaws in a major programming language called PHP, with many websites taken offline Thursday as organisations worldwide scramble to fend off would-be hackers.

• Mental health experts explain how diseased mind perceives and rationalises the extreme act • Identify socio-economic distress, anguish, despair and mental health conditions as key factors • Stress that psychiatric conditions are treatable with therapy a…

IN the two days before writing this column, I had the pleasure of being immersed in a series of discussions in Islamabad on all things related to taxes in Pakistan.

THE World Bank’s Reclaiming Momentum Towards Prosperity report presents a sobering reality: poverty has climbed back to 25.3 per cent on the national line; and close to 45pc of Pakistanis fall below the bank’s new $4.20-a-day threshold.

THERE had been much speculation about what exactly the trilateral Makkah Joint Defence Agreement entails, other than general commitments about the collective defence of Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkiye.

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday issued notices to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), the Ministry of Law and other respondents on a petition challenging the appointments of the bureau’s Deputy Chairman Ihtesham Qadir Shah and…

ISLAMABAD: Failure to address the underlying disputes that engender crises between Pakistan and India could lead to more dangerous confrontations in the future, a former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee warned on Wednesday.

• Coalition downs six drones launched towards cities, including Madina, as interception debris kills two • Rebels deny ‘deep operations’ in Saudi territory • Iran says Egypt entering Yemen war makes situation ‘more difficult’ • Macron arrives in Riyadh for

Salman Akram Raja • Raja ‘rebukes’ move by KP lawmakers to nominate Gandapur as interim KP president • Ex-CM fires back, demands apology from secy gen over ‘name-calling’ PESHAWAR: The debacle that befell the PTI’s recent protest march has led to serious…

• PHEVs may see price reductions of over 20pc under proposed tax changes • Petrol, hybrid vehicles may become around 8-10pc cheaper • Parts makers warn rising CBU imports, lower tariffs to hurt local industry KARACHI: The draft Auto Policy 2026-31 could t…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s laws aimed at protecting journalists from threats and attacks risk remaining largely “on paper” unless the federal and provincial safety commissions are given more powers, accessible complaint mechanisms and the resources needed to d…

• Demands reversal of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa emergency measures, release of political prisoners and Imran’s access to his personal physicians • Claims party’s ‘popularity’ still intact despite ‘coercion’ ISLAMABAD: The PTI on Wednesday called on the government

The government on Wednesday decreased the price of petrol by Rs2.71 per litre, but raised that of high-speed diesel (HSD) by Re0.31.

Government websites in Europe and elsewhere went offline on Wednesday after the disclosure of critical vulnerabilities in a widely used programming language sent website operators around the world scrambling to protect their systems.

LAHORE: The son of Aleema Khan, detained sister of jailed PTI founder Imran Khan, moved the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday, seeking the production and release of his mother, as well as two aunts.

ISLAMABAD: A Senate panel expressed concern on Wednesday over the alleged inappropriate conduct of Airports Security Force (ASF) personnel when scanning parliamentarians and passengers at Karachi’s airport and directed that the official concerned be summo…

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday directed the relevant authorities to provisionally de-seal the official residence of Suriya Bibi, the deputy speaker of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly that has been non-functional since the imposition of governo…

ISLAMABAD: Taking exception to the prosecution’s shifting stance without realising the gravity of that conduct in a case regarding expired drugs, the Supreme Court has ruled that whenever reasonable doubt arises, a suspect should not be deprived of the be…

Apple on Wednesday said it will have ‘limited’ numbers of its folding iPhone Duo phone available for walk-in customers when the device launches on Friday, after initial online orders sold out in minutes and pushed delivery times for some customers to Janu…

LAHORE: A judicial magistrate on Wednesday granted the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) five-day physical remand of a suspect in an alleged Rs35 billion fraud involving the online sale of counterfeit US postage labels.

OpenAI said on Wednesday it was expanding advertising on ChatGPT to 26 more countries, including Pakistan, bringing the total to 89 as ‌the AI company beefs up its advertising business to boost revenue ahead of a potential initial public offering.

ISLAMABAD: An anti-terrorism court on Wednesday appointed a state counsel to cross-examine prosecution witnesses from the defence side in a security breach case against lawyers Imaan Zainab Hazir-Mazari and Hadi Ali Chattha.

When Justice Department (DOJ) staffers arrived in Minnesota this summer to monitor the state’s primary election, they found themselves under scrutiny as well.

LAHORE: The Jamaat-i-Islami Pakistan (JI) announced on Wednesday that it will launch the third phase of its nationwide protest movement against the petroleum levy on Friday, with sit-ins planned in all districts across the country, according to a press re…

Pakistan has developed somewhat of a gluttony for all-rounders.

The death of a suspect, allegedly during an exchange of fire with Punjab’s Crime Control Department (CCD), sparked questions from lawyers and journalists on Wednesday regarding extrajudicial killings and due process.

Pakistan, Qatar, Turkiye and Indonesia on Wednesday signed a multilateral pact to promote cooperation in defence production and capabilities, the Turkish defence ministry said.

President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday took an apparent swipe at counterpart Donald Trump of exploiting France’s riots for advantage in the US midterm election battle, as Paris prepared for more protests this weekend.

The first Ebola case detected in Nigeria is the Bundibugyo strain, which is behind a major DR Congo outbreak, and the patient is a diplomat, an emergency meeting heard on Wednesday.

DERA GHAZI KHAN: Ten people were killed and 44 others injured when a passenger bus overturned after hitting a road divider on the Indus Highway in Rajanpur district’s Rojhan tehsil, Rescue 1122 said.

Washington’s envoy Steve Witkoff arrived in Saint Petersburg early Wednesday to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin following what US Secretary of State Marco Rubio described as “positive” talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine.

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday directed its office to prepare and issue the election programme for local government elections in the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT).

The Maldives’ President Dr Mohamed Muizzu was welcomed at Prime Minister House in Islamabad with a guard of honour on Wednesday morning.

ISLAMABAD: The government has increased profit rates on several national savings schemes, including those for pensioners, senior citizens and families of martyrs, with the revised rates taking effect from October 21.

Pakistani triathletes Sana Arif (left) and Anisha Ali at the competition venue of the 20th Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan | Courtesy Sana Arif For Sana Arif, the journey to the Asian Games began with a sport she had only learnt a few years earlier.

Laddli Khatun pulled one document after another from a yellow bag, desperately hoping one would be enough to keep her name on India’s electoral rolls.

The suspect accused of running over and killing a 14-year-old boy in Multan was reportedly killed in an “encounter” with the Crime Control Department (CCD) in Bahawalpur early on Wednesday, police said.

ISLAMABAD: The accused involved in allegedly defrauding International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI) student Laiba in the name of a US visa was killed in firing by his own accomplices, police said on Tuesday.

PERHAPS the most unfortunate aspect of the latest French popular uprising is that it may well facilitate Marine Le Pen’s journey to the Élysée Palace.

IN a democracy, parliament is not only supposed to legislate; it is also expected to safeguard the national interest and deliberate on key policy matters.

FOLLOWING the imposition of emergency and governor’s rule in KP on Oct 11, many lawmakers of the PTI remain untraceable.

JERUSALEM: US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth arrived in Israel on an unannounced visit, and discussed the Iran war with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as tensions continue to simmer between the US and Iran.