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CAIRO: Israeli strikes and gunfire killed at least nine people, including a child, in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, health officials said. An Israeli airstrike killed four Palestinians, including two women and a child, in an apartment building in Gaza City, health officials said. The attack on the building in the Sabra neighborhood of Gaza … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb on Saturday rejected concerns over Pakistan’s GDP calculations and economic data, asserting that all national accounts are compiled under internationally recognised standards. He also emphasized that national consensus remained essential to sustaining economic recovery and reform momentum. Winding up the general debate on the Federal Budget 202627 in the National … Read more
Prime minister will also hold bilateral talks with the US, Iran, Qatar in Switzerland Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif arrives in Zurich along with his delegation. PHOTO: PMO Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif arrived in Zurich on Sunday along with his delegation to participate in high-level talks on the implementation of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), … Read more
US Vice President JD Vance speaks to reporters at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, US. Photo: Reuters US Vice President JD Vance arrived in Switzerland on Sunday for peace talks with Iran as both nations seek a durable end to their war while disagreeing over Iran’s claims that it had closed the vital Strait of Hormuz. Although … Read more
MIRANSHAH: At least seven people were killed and three others injured in two consecutive improvised explosive device (IED) attacks targeting vehicles carrying local tribesmen in the Marka Bera area of Bannu district. According to police and local sources, the first explosion occurred in Marka Bera, an area falling under the jurisdiction of Ahmadzai Wazir Police … Read more
BEIRUT/JERUSALEM: Israeli strikes in Lebanon killed at least 20 people on Saturday, Lebanon’s state news agency NNA said, one day after a ceasefire with Hezbollah took effect, aimed at halting months of escalating violence. In retaliation, Tehran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps had declared the Strait of Hormuz shut, appearing to raise the stakes ahead of … Read more
PM, CDF Munir to attend talks in Switzerland Diplomats hold preparatory discussions at Swiss retreat Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif waves as he departs for Bürgenstock, Switzerland. PHOTO: EXPRESS ISLAMABAD: As a follow-up to the signing of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding, technical-level talks between the United States and Iran will be held in … Read more
LAHORE: An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Saturday acquitted PTI Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi in the May 9 Mughalpura police vehicles arson case, while sentencing four senior PTI leadersDr Yasmin Rashid, Mian Mahmoodur Rasheed, Ejaz Chaudhary and Omar Cheemato 10-years-imprisonment each. ATC Judge Manzar Ali Gill announced the reserved verdict at Kot Lakhpat Jail, where … Read more
BEIJING: The launch of Pakistan’s first Joint Laboratory for Desert Agriculture and Science and Technology Backyard for Desert Horticulture marks a pragmatic milestone in bilateral agricultural collaboration, unlocking development potential for Pakistan’s vast arid lands, according to Prof Cheng Xizhong, Senior Research Fellow at the Charhar Institute. The project, located in Multan along the China-Pakistan … Read more
If no wider deal is reached and sanctions stay in place, the Guards to still benefit from interim oil export waivers People ride motorcycles near a billboard featuring an image of Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, amid a ceasefire between US and Iran, in Tehran, Iran, April 20, 2026. Photo: Reuters/file Emerging outlines of a … Read more