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(Clockwise) Schoolchildren wave national flags at the mausoleum of Quaid-e-Azam in Karachi. Children riding a motorcycle carry a large national flag in Islamabad. Sikh artists perform cultural dance during a parada at D-Chowk. Photos: Jalal Qureshi/Express/Agencies ISLAMABAD: The nation celebrated its 80th Independence Day with national zeal and fervour on Friday, as President Asif Ali … Read more
French, German and British diplomats are working on a format for future negotiations — even if Russia has shown little interest.
The Taliban have Afghanistan in a chokehold that spares no one. But threats are starting to crack their veneer of stability and control.
A June heat wave in Belgium and neighboring countries exposed a lethal lack of readiness. That’s a risk as another wave hits Europe.
On a hillside outside Birmingham, Ala., Jeffrey Dungan saw a chance to create his dream house, which effectively cascades down the incline.
QUETTA: Seven people, including three Anti-Terrorism Force (ATF) personnel, were injured when unidentified gunmen attacked the convoy of Balochistan Home and Tribal Affairs Minister Mir Ziaullah Langau in Mastung on Friday, while the minister escaped unhurt, police told The Express Tribune. The attack took place at Kund Umarani in the Khad Koocha area, south of … Read more
Hikes owners’ profit by 15.5% to Rs10 per litre ECC takes decision in hurriedly called virtual meeting Dealers ISLAMABAD: The government on Friday increased profit margins of petrol pump owners by 15.5% in a hurriedly called virtual meeting to avert a strike, as it withdrew a decision to link profits with sales digitisation, partially rolling … Read more
. GENEVA: The United Nations appealed to donors on Friday not to cut funding for women’s programs in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, saying this would add to suffering in a country where conditions for women are already the worst in the world. Despite ever-deteriorating conditions for women five years after the Taliban’s return to power, funding shortfalls … Read more
Mr. Reiner wants access to a $1.6 million trust for his legal defense. Because he is accused of killing his parents, the trustee says he can’t have the money.
. WASHINGTON: A U.S. federal appeals court handed President Donald Trump’s administration a legal victory on Friday in its efforts to seek data from providers of transgender healthcare to minors, reinstating a Justice Department subpoena that a lower court had blocked as politically motivated. In its ruling, a divided panel of the San Francisco-based 9th … Read more