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Security forces pictured during a patrol. — FILE PHOTO RAWALPINDI: Security forces, in coordination with police, killed 49 terrorists in a series of “high-tempo” intelligence-based operations (IBOs) across Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) and Balochistan over the past few days, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Friday. According to the military’s media wing, the operations were conducted … Read more
[The union members also authorized a potential strike if a new agreement is not reached by October.
The 26-year-old received a yearlong sentence from a court on the Indonesian resort island after he flouted a sacred Hindu ritual and insulted it on Instagram.
ISLAMABAD: The government and opposition traded barbs in the National Assembly on Friday over the hospital transfer and health of former prime minister Imran Khan. The opposition accused the government of undermining a Supreme Court order as the government insisted there was no serious cause for concern about Imran’s health. The National Assembly session, presided … Read more
The Trump administration approved the payment after Liberia said it would consider taking migrants from other countries.
After U.S. prosecutors accused Gov. Rubén Rocha Moya of protecting the Sinaloa cartel, he said he would step down to focus on his defense. On Friday, he declared he was back.
STARK CONTRAST: Compared to Qesco’s losses of Rs82 billion, Fesco suffered just Rs1 billion distribution loss and despite that it is the top priority for privatisation. PHOTO: FILE ISLAMABAD: Two new buyers have shown interest in the privatisation of Gujranwala Electric Power Company (Gepco), an efficient electricity distributor, in addition to nine bidders, who are … Read more
[Eight decades before the #MeToo groundswell, she took MGM to court after alleging she was attacked at a studio party in 1937.
Eight people died after Cessna 441 plane crashed near Alaska. PHOTO: WIKIMEDIA COMMONS Eight people died after a charter plane crashed at a remote military radar site in western Alaska on Thursday, the US military’s Alaskan Command said. A Cessna 441 operated by Anchorage-based air charter company Security Aviation crashed west of Cape Newenham LRRS Airport … Read more
Turkey’s request for an Interpol ‘red notice’ came at a time of escalating tensions between the two countries.