. ISTANBUL: Turkey’s navy has located the wreckage of a cargo ship that sank off Istanbul after colliding with an oil tanker, leaving 10 crew members missing, officials said Saturday. In a pre-dawn collision earlier this week, the ALSU, an empty oil tanker, struck the Tugberk Imamoglu, a cargo vessel carrying rolled steel, in the … Read more

Defence Minister Khawaja Asif. PHOTO: APP/ File ISLAMABAD: Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has said that the devolution of power is “inevitable” and questioned PPP’s ‘contradictory position’ on the creation of new provinces and administrative units, saying the concentration of power had rendered the existing system obsolete. Asif argued that the principle of devolution had already … Read more

LAHORE: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday welcomed the provision of export insurance coverage by the Export Development Fund (EDF) and the Export-Import Bank of Pakistan (EXIM Bank), particularly for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), saying the initiative would help increase the country’s exports. Chairing a meeting on the Export Development Fund, he said the … Read more

MUZAFFARABAD: On Defence Day, Pakistan remembers the soldiers who gave their lives defending the country’s frontiers. High in the mountains of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), nearly 9,000 feet above sea level, the remote Pandu sector offers a particularly poignant reminder of that sacrifice, where the Martyrs of Pandu Cemetery quietly preserves the memory of … Read more

Experts believe interior minister may be referring to a referendum as a means of ascertaining public opinion ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi’s remarks that the creation of new provinces or administrative units could ultimately be decided through public opinion have triggered a debate over whether a referendum can constitutionally be used to create new provinces. … Read more