Iranian women’s soccer squad member changes mind on Australia asylum offer, to return home

Two more members have claimed asylum, one has changed her mind to go back to Iran Iran team captain Zahra Ghanbari, Mona Hamoudi and Atefeh Ramazanzadeh react from the bench during the AFC Women’s Asian Cup Group A match between Iran and Philippines. Photo: AFP Australian police helped two more members of the Iranian women’s … Read more

IMF wants reversal of secrecy clause in MPs assets law

The government has agreed to the need for a mini-budget if revenues fall short of expectations by end-December 2025, according to the IMF. Photo: file ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has objected to recently approved legal amendments that have limited public disclosure of assets of the parliamentarians, raising prospects for the reversal of the … Read more

PM greets Iran’s new supreme leader

President also congratulates Mojtaba Khamenei; Hopes Ayatollah will guide country to stability; Dar discusses war President Asif Ali Zardari on the left and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on the right ISLAMABAD: Pakistani leadership on Tuesday congratulated Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei in a move aimed at maintaining a delicate balance at a time … Read more

270,000 Afghans have returned from Iran, Pakistan this year: UN

. Arafat Jamal, UNHCR’s representative in Afghanistan. Photo: Courtesy — UNHCR GENEVA: Some 270,000 Afghans have returned to their country from Pakistan and Iran so far this year, the UN said Tuesday, warning that the escalating Middle East war risked pushing the numbers higher. UNHCR, the United Nations’ refugee agency, said that 110,000 Afghans had … Read more

Adequate LPG stocks available, says Khokhar

. KARACHI: Adequate stocks of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) are available in the country, with several consignments arriving at Port Qasim, LPG Distributors Association Chairman Irfan Khokhar said on Tuesday. Speaking to The Express Tribune, Khokhar said that two LPG-carrying vessels — ARIES, bringing 11,000 metric tonnes, and ATLANTIC, carrying 12,000 metric tonnes – have already … Read more

Bike snatcher nabbed immediately after crime

. KARACHI: The Sharea Faisal police timely acted and arrested a suspect who had snatched a motorcycle from a citizen, recovering the snatched motorcycle and a weapon from his possession. According to details, two armed suspects snatched a motorcycle from a citizen, Zafarullah, within the jurisdiction of Sharea Faisal police station and fled. In the … Read more

New motorcyclesgutted as truck catches fire

. KARACHI: A truck, carrying 74 brand new motorcycles, caught fire in Gadap Town destroying all two-wheelers worth millions of rupees. The incident occurred within the jurisdiction of Gadap City police station. The fire broke out in a carrier truck transporting 71 GD110S bikes and 3 GR150 motorcycles. The carrier truck was traveling from Karachi … Read more

Man commits suicide after shooting wife

Punjab Police. Photo (file) DIJKOT: A man shot his wife and committed suicide over a domestic. Police took the body into custody and shifted the injured woman to hospital. According to reports, Nadeem, a vegetable vendor and resident of Madni Park, had recently married 20-year-old Rida, a resident of Jamia Abad. The woman asked her … Read more

Pindi undergoes historic sewerage upgrade

. RAWALPINDI: For the first time in Rawalpindi’s history, a major project to overhaul the city’s sewerage system, costing Rs15 billion, has been launched. The initiative is being carried out under the Punjab Chief Minister’s Development Programme, with large-scale development work currently under way across the city. Work is progressing rapidly on the installation of … Read more

Israel says Iran hacked security cameras

Cyberattacks between Iran and Israel have long been common in their shadow conflict Israeli officials urge public to change their passwords and update their software to prevent any security risk. PHOTO: PIXABAY Israel’s cybersecurity directorate said it had identified “dozens of Iranian breaches into security cameras for espionage purposes” since the start of the war … Read more