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Despite their stipulated roles in ensuring fire safety, SBCA and PDMA sprang into action after the incident On the seventh day after the fire, rescue workers perform search operations amid the debris. PHOTO: NNI KARACHI: The Gul Plaza tragedy has once again exposed serious failures on part of key government institutions responsible for building safety … Read more
. HYDERABAD: The Mehran University of Engineering and Technology (MUET), Jamshoro, at its 29th convocation on Saturday awarded academic degrees to 1,007 graduates. The recipients included 34 scholars of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), 75 masters of engineering graduates, and 898 bachelors. Nawal Shaikh, daughter of Riaz Hussain Shaikh, of the Mathematics Department, received two gold … Read more
LAHORE: The second day of the ninth Afkar-e-Taza ThinkFest at Alhamra Arts Council unfolded with wide-ranging discussions on global inequality, democratic reform, governance failures and the growing pressures of the digital age, drawing policymakers, scholars and a large audience. A feature of the day was a keynote address by Thomas Piketty, professor at the Paris … Read more
Often drawing from reproduced images or newspaper photos, she made work that quietly yet memorably critiqued her country’s social and political order.
Rising Arctic temperatures and melting sea ice could be causing cold air to flow into the Northern Hemisphere. But not all scientists agree.
US Homeland Security says Border Patrol agents fired in defence at a man who approached them with a handgun A person is detained at the scene of a shooting involving federal immigration agents in Minneapolis, Minnesota, US, January 24, 2026. Photo: Reuters Federal agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis on Saturday, local and federal … Read more
. It’s a risky move. But Pakistan has gone ahead and done it. Will it pay off? The optics at Davos were heartening. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif all smiles with US President Donald Trump on the stage as they lean towards each other and exchange hushed words. Then the PM points forward with a smile. … Read more
Syria’s government and Kurdish-led forces in the country’s northeast have clashed as President Ahmed al-Sharaa seeks to extend his authority across the entire country.
Wolverhampton Wanderers’ Mateus Mane in action with Manchester City’s Tijjani Reijnders. Photo: REUTERS MANCHESTER: Manchester City returned to winning ways with a 2-0 defeat of bottom club Wolverhampton Wanderers moving them four points behind Premier League leaders Arsenal on Saturday, while at the other end of the table West Ham United continued their revival. City … Read more
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Photo: Radio Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Saturday that the federal cabinet had approved Pakistan’s move to join United States President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace. PM Shehbaz, who was in Davos to sign the charter of the board as part of efforts to support the implementation of the … Read more