Another consignment of humanitarian aid was handed over to the Afghan authorities at Torkham border on Saturday. According to a press release, six trucks carrying aid, which contained flour, rice and pluses, was provided under Pak-Afg Cooperation Forum. Assistant Commissioner Landi Kotal/Khyber, Akber Iftikhar handed over the aid to Incharge Afghan Torkham border crossing point, […]
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Qatar wraps up its first legislative election
Qatar wrapped up its first legislative election Saturday with reports of a solid turnout even though the vote is not expected to shift power away from the emir. The vote is for 30 members of the 45-strong Shura Council, a body with limited powers that was previously appointed by the emir as an advisory chamber. […]
Govt aware of ‘good and bad Taliban’: Sh Rashid
Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid on Saturday said the incumbent government was aware of ‘good and bad Taliban’, adding that the matter of the individuals involved in attack on Army Public School (APS) is ‘different’. Reacting to reports about disarmament talks with some factions of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the interior minister clarified that the […]
Royal Saudi Navy forces arrive in Pakistan for joint drill
Royal Saudi Navy forces have reached Karachi to participate in a joint naval drill with Pakistani forces, Saudi media reported on Saturday. In a report shared on Twitter by the Saudi embassy in Islamabad, Al-Arabiya footage showed Saudi vessels docking at the Karachi port being received by Pakistan Navy officials. “The ships of the Saudi […]
Children dying of malnutrition in Afghanistan
Children are dying of starvation in Afghanistan, local and international sources said Saturday, following warnings that a million youngsters there could face life-threatening malnutrition by the end of the year. In Ghor, one of the affected provinces, at least 17 children among those who made it to hospital have died from malnutrition in the last […]
Five martyred in terrorist attack in NW
As many as four soldiers of Frontier Corps (FC) and a Levies Sub-Inspector on Saturday embraced martyrdom while thwarting terrorist attack on a security forces’ vehicle in Spinwam area of North Waziristan. The martyred soldiers were identified as Havaldar Zahid, resident of Charsadda, age 35 years, Havaldar Ishaq, resident of Kurram, age 37 years, Lance […]
LHC disposes of all petitions against fixing sugar prices
The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Saturday disposed of all petitions against the fixing of sugar prices in the country, a private TV channel reported. During the hearing of the petitions, Deputy Attorney General Asad Bajwa appeared on behalf of the federal government. The court issued a 14-page written verdict on the petitions filed by […]
PM Imran, Tajik president discuss Afghan situation
Prime Minister Imran Khan held telephonic conversation with President Emomali Rahmon of Tajikistan on Saturday and exchanged views on the follow-up to the talks held in Dushanbe last month. The prime minister thanked President Rahmon for the warm hospitality extended to him and his delegation during the recent visit to Dushanbe on 16-17 September 2021. […]
Heavy rains to lash Balochistan under cyclonic storm Shaheen
The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) on Saturday issued another weather alert, forecasting heavy rains with strong winds along Makran coast and other parts of Balochistan. In its latest advisory, the Met department said the severe cyclonic storm Shaheen moved west-northwestward and was now at a distance of about 125 kilometres south of Gwadar, 250km southwest […]
Seven killed in Islamabad after car falls into river
A family of seven, including two children, died when their car fell into a river amid heavy rains in the suburbs of Pakistan’s capital early Saturday, police said. Officer Ali Raza said the family was returning home after attending a wedding ceremony in a nearby village. He said the driver apparently failed to realize he […]