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Sidra Nousheen, part of UK-Pakistan crime ring, sentenced for conspiring to import heroin from Pakistan A 34-year-old woman from Bradford, Sidrah Nosheen, has been sentenced to 21 years and six months in prison after £8.5 million worth of heroin was found at her home. According to the BBC, Nosheen, part of an organised crime group, … Read more
RIO DE JANEIRO: Prominent figures on Brazil’s right wing are calling for a boycott of Havaianas, the iconic Brazilian flip-flop sandals, over an ad seen as taking sides ahead of next year’s presidential elections. In a video posted on the brand’s social media accounts, actress Fernanda Torres urges the public “not to start 2026 on … Read more
Officials claim traffic rules enforcement bring down fatalities in past six months KARACHI: More than 15,000 traffic accident cases have been reported at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) so far this year, resulting in the loss of over 800 lives, experts said on Tuesday. However, they added that the fatality rate from traffic accidents … Read more
Built during a cosmopolitan era in the 1960s, the Ariana was closed when the Taliban were in power but still standing. Now it’s making way for a shopping mall.
Reminisces ‘being swept off my feet by a woman who doesn’t even know me’ in note written for Swift Taylor Swift’s fiancé, Travis Kelce, recently penned a deeply romantic letter to the pop superstar in which he called her the “love of my life”, a moment that was shared in the finale of Swift’s Disney+ … Read more
. Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Muhammad Sohail Afridi. Photo: File PESHAWAR: The 9th meeting of the Provincial Development Working Party (PDWP) on Tuesday approved 60 development projects worth over Rs38 billion. The approved projects cover key sectors including roads, agriculture, social welfare, livestock, industries, health, forestry and irrigation. Members of the PDWP and officials of the … Read more
Thai warplanes have bombed compounds where people are forced to defraud others online. Rights activists say trafficking victims’ lives are at risk.
A Times reporter and photographer are joining scientists on a research expedition by sea to Antarctica.
PARIS: Pulling out the stops in a high-octane promotional campaign, Timothee Chalamet has fully immersed himself in the role of “Marty Supreme”, a 1950s table tennis player consumed by grand ambitions, says director Josh Safdie. The unlikely story of an American table tennis champion has become an end-of-year cinematic event in the United States, where … Read more
PESHAWAR: As Peshawar grapples with a worsening water and sanitation emergency, tests have found 84 per cent of the city’s water supply to be contaminated, with experts warning the crisis is fuelling the spread of polio and other waterborne diseases across the provincial capital. According to a survey by UNICEF, nearly 400,000 people in Peshawar … Read more