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Pakistan handed Twenty20 International caps to all-rounders Razaullah and Imran Randhawa as Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first in the opening fixture of the three-match series at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Friday.

LAHORE: A judicial magistrate extended on Friday the physical remand of two prime suspects by four days in an Azeri woman’s gang-rape case.

THE fact that a consensus on how to deal with terrorism originating in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan eludes regional states was made clear at the recently held Moscow Format moot.

Former UN rights chief Navanethem “Navi” Pillay — awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday — is a global rights defender who has also served on the International Criminal Court and was South Africa’s first non-white woman high court judge.

ISLAMABAD: Short-term inflation rose to 11.97 per cent year-on-year in the week ending Oct 8, driven largely by higher food prices, particularly wheat flour, according to official data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on Friday.

ISLAMABAD: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and Adviser to the Prime Minister Rana Sanaullah on Friday were made members of the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP).

Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry has said Pakistan is acting as an “honest broker” while mediating between the United States and Iran, reiterating the commitment to a “negotiated and peaceful”

A previously unstudied, ancient structure measuring nearly 100 metres long and 50 metres wide has been discovered at Jandial in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Khanpur-Taxila region.

Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, the Holy See’s secretary for relations with states and international organisations, on Friday commended Pakistan’s “constructive role in promoting regional peace and stability through mediation, dialogue and diplomacy”,…

Navanethem “Navi” Pillay won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday “for her efforts to promote peace and international law,” the Norwegian Nobel Committee said.

Malaysia closed schools in Kuala Lumpur and other parts of the country on Friday, as haze from fires in neighbouring Indonesia again plunged local air quality to among the world’s worst.

India’s verification exercise of its nearly one billion voters has sparked protests across the country, with opposition parties alleging that the removal of 130 million names from electoral rolls has unfairly benefited Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party.

Saudi Arabia’s civil aviation authority said on Friday that three Saudi nationals were killed and several people were injured in ‌two attacks on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on Thursday.

Thousands of police were deployed across the Indian capital on Friday, a day before planned protests to demand the election commission chief step down over alleged voter-roll irregularities.

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) on Friday temporarily suspended its flight operations to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, “in view of the situation in the Middle East”, according to a spokesperson.

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday sought a report on the provision of medicines, clothes and other basic facilities to the sisters of incarcerated PTI founder Imran Khan in jail.

Security forces killed seven terrorists in an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s North Waziristan district, state broadcaster Radio Pakistan reported on Friday.

American scientist Margaret Hamilton, who led development of the computer system used by Nasa’s Apollo lunar program, has died at the age of 90, her former employer said Wednesday.

The US will livestream the army’s upcoming firing squad execution of a gunman who killed 13 people at the Fort Hood military base in 2009, the Pentagon said, in what would be an unprecedented broadcast of a US execution.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday condemned recent Houthi attacks against Saudi Arabia, reiterating Pakistan’s commitment to the Gulf state’s “sovereignty, territorial integrity and security” under the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement.

• Dr Amir Khalil says elephant can now stand and walk, but hind-leg problem and significant weight loss remain a concern • Sri Lankan expert likely to arrive today KARACHI: Dr Amir Khalil of Four Paws — an international animal welfare organisation that has

ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) is planning to execute the 11th Avenue project in two phases, starting the first phase from E-11 to Srinagar Highway.

YET another World Bank report has been published highlighting the unending immiseration of Pakistan’s working people.

NINETY-FOUR per cent of youth had no access to a library, 93pc to a sports facility, and 78pc to a park.

THE IMF’s staff-level agreement with Pakistan on the fourth balance-of-payments and the third climate financing reviews came with little drama — which itself says something.

ISLAMABAD: The government on Thursday increased additional customs duty (ACD) on import of tyres and motorcycle parts produced locally and approved first-loss coverage for small and medium enterprises and small farmers.

NEW DELHI: Police on Thursday registered an FIR against opposition leader Rahul Gandhi, Congress lawmaker Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and several others for allegedly forcing their way into the Akashvani Bhavan premises during a Tuesday protest, The Hindu repor…

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) has suspended the impugned notifications and orders of the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority’s (Nepra) appellate tribunal regarding the review of K-Electric’s multi-year tariff.

• Araghchi says Tehran can reply to proposal within days; Iranian atomic chief vows not to give up enrichment • Centcom terms Hormuz closure claims ‘false’ TEHRAN: Iran announced on Thursday that it was still reviewing Washington’s response to a proposal…

ISLAMABAD: The government and PTI traded accusations on Thursday over governance and the deteriorating security situation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, as federal ministers continued to blame the provincial government for allegedly failing to combat terrorism, a…

• Houthis fire missiles at Riyadh airport, airbases; kindergarten, clinic complex damaged by debris • Lufthansa, Air India suspend flights to Saudi capital; half of all departures cancelled • Nothing in Makkah pact bars members from joining Yemen fight, s…

KARACHI: Sindh Governor Nehal Hashmi on Thursday distributed cheques for Rs26 million each among the families of three Pakistanis who were martyred while in the captivity of Somali pirates on hijacked oil tanker MT Honour 25.

ISLAMABAD: Direct shipping connectivity between Karachi and major European ports has been restored, providing relief to exporters facing longer transit times and increased freight costs due to disruptions on international shipping routes, Federal Maritime…

PTI MNA Junaid Akbar on Thursday said that the PTI’s “doors are open” to Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s offer to play a role in ending the deadlocked negotiations between the government and opposition.

Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said on Thursday that no stipulation of the Makkah Defence Alliance barred the member states from getting “directly involved” in case of a threat to one of the members.

The government on Thursday raised the price of petrol by Rs2.31 per litre, and that of high-speed diesel (HSD) by Re0.78 per litre.

ISLAMABAD: The World Trade Organisation on Thursday sharply raised its global trade growth forecast for 2026 — with merchandise trade riding the AI boom — and concluded that some nations, including Pakistan, were actually benefiting from trade disruptions…

The US government is suspending Microsoft, Adobe and several other large IT firms from a programme that allows skilled foreign workers to gain permanent residency, senior US officials announced on Thursday, citing alleged fraud and as part of an effort to…

Indian opposition groups demonstrated for a third day on Thursday, protesting police ‌action against Congress party leaders and demanding the resignation of the chief election commissioner over a controversial revision of voter lists.

Sahibzada Farhan begins his tenure as Pakistan’s T20I captain with a clear-eyed view of the task ahead — to move the side away from dependence on star names and towards a more aggressive, adaptable unit.

British police on Thursday said that search warrants it secured to search properties linked to King Charles’ younger brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor had been incorrectly granted and must be quashed.

The Ministry of Information dismissed on Thursday a news report claiming that Pakistan Air Force (PAF) aircraft were being used against the Yemen’s Houthis as “fake and fabricated”.

Israel said the British consulate in Jerusalem ended its functions on Thursday but that seven diplomats would be allowed to remain in a limited capacity, with the United Kingdom saying it would continue to offer “vital services”.

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) on Thursday declared that the degrees of its elected members, including prominent lawyer Ahsan Bhoon, were genuine.

Turkiye is assessing how it can help Saudi Arabia counter attacks from Yemen’s Houthis under the Makkah defence pact signed between Islamabad, Riyadh and Istanbul, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Thursday.

Canadian poet and writer Anne Carson won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature “for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature,” the award-giving body said on Thursd…

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Thursday notified electricity consumers of an additional burden of Rs16 billion by allowing Rs1.11 per unit in higher fuel costs in October billing.

Dodging the broken glass carpeting her home in southern Lebanon, Mariam al-Yaghi exited onto her upper balcony and pointed.

PESHAWAR: Large parts of the provincial capital remained without mobile and cellular internet services on Thursday in an unannounced suspension that started last night, Dawn has learnt.

India defended its satellite internet approval process as fair and non-discriminatory on Thursday, hours after billionaire Elon Musk accused unnamed “oligarchs” of blocking Starlink’s launch in the South Asian nation.