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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi addresses supporters during a rally at Haider Chowk in Hyderabad on Sunday. SCREENGRAB PESHAWAR: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Muhammad Sohail Afridi on Wednesday inaugurated the Hayatabad Toll Plaza Underpass, a Rs1.6 billion project completed in just 90 days to improve traffic flow and ease congestion in Hayatabad and adjoining areas. … Read more

. LAHORE: A district court on Wednesday granted police three-day physical remand of a woman in a case of gang rape of a foreign national. Judicial Magistrate Azhar Mahmood approved the remand after police produced the suspect, Muskan, before the court amid tight security. The court had initially reserved its decision on the police request … Read more

RAWALPINDI: Two brothers were found mysteriously dead inside their house on Zafarul Haq Road in the Waris Khan police station area on Wednesday. The family suspected deaths followed drinking an unknown mixture. Police collected evidence from the scene and shifted the bodies to hospital for post-mortem examinations. According to Rescue 1122 officials, a team reached … Read more

PM Shehbaz Sharif, DPM/FM Ishaq Dar, Chinese Ambassador Jiang Zaidong and NA Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq cut a cake in Islamabad. PHOTO: APP ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment to further strengthening its all-weather strategic cooperative partnership with China, describing the enduring bilateral friendship as a bond built on mutual trust, … Read more

. Anti-terrorism court. PHOTO:APP ISLAMABAD: An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Wednesday reissued arrest warrants for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi and others in the November 26 protest case. ATC Judge Tahir Abbas Sipra heard the case. The court was informed that police have not yet submitted the challan in the case, prompting the judge to … Read more

Michael, the Michael Jackson biopic starring his nephew Jaafar Jackson, has completed its worldwide theatrical run with approximately $1.029bn at the global box office, according to Box Office Mojo. The final total stands at $1,028,706,645, including $372,303,388 from the United States and Canada and $656,403,257 from international markets. The result places Michael among the biggest … Read more

Attackers remain unidentified as bus carrying workers comes under fire in Homs province This handout photograph taken and released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows Syrian forensic investigators inspecting a civilian vehicle targeted on the Masyaf bridge in Homs province north of the capital Damascus on September 30, 2026. Photo: AFP A … Read more

. There have been many debates about American democracy being indirect. The electoral college mechanism was inserted into the system in order to what was then called “excess of democracy”. There is another thing, which I always found quite baffling. An American president is elected after making certain promises to the citizens. He then proceeds … Read more

Information ministry says Taliban statements seeking to blame Pakistan for fighting reflect ‘despair and frustration’ The Ministry of Information on Wednesday rejected the Afghan Taliban minister’s allegations against Pakistan as “self-rhetorical lies”, saying the statements aimed at externalising the regime’s internal problems reflected its “despair and frustration” in dealing with its own issues. Fighting between … Read more

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif cuts a cake with Chinese Ambassador Jiang Zaidong during a ceremony marking the 77th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. Photo: PMO Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday hailed China’s “extremely important” role in promoting global peace, stability and development and reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment to further strengthening … Read more