Terrorist killed in North Waziristan IBO: ISPR
On Friday, security forces conducted an intelligence-based operation in North Waziristan District on the reported presence of terrorists, according to the military’s media wing. As per a press release issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), after an intense fire exchange, terrorist Khawarji Razzaq was killed during the operation. He was a close associate of […]
President Zardari approves appointment of ad hoc judges to Supreme Court
President Asif Ali Zardari has approved the appointment of ad hoc judges to the Supreme Court of Pakistan. According to a statement issued by the Presidency on Friday, the president gave his approval under Article 182 of the Constitution. Following the president’s approval, former Supreme Court judges Justice Sardar Tariq Masood and Justice Mazhar Alam […]
Australian swim coach avoids being kicked out of Olympics
PARIS: An Australian swimming coach who backed a South Korean rival to beat two of his countrymen avoided being kicked out of the Olympics Friday, with officials deciding it would be too disruptive. Michael Palfrey told South Korean media this week he hoped Kim Woo-min won gold instead of Sam Short and Elijah Winnington in […]
Priestman out as Canada Olympic coach after more drone spying found
MONTREAL: Bev Priestman was removed as head coach of the Canadian Olympic women’s football team Thursday night after Canada Soccer found evidence of drone spying before the Paris Olympics. A day after Canadian assistant coach Jasmine Mander and analyst Joey Lombardi were sent home from the Paris Olympics for flying a drone over a New […]
JI convoy enters Islamabad, Hafiz Naeem asks workers to await further instructions
ISLAMABAD: Police arrested several Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) workers ahead of their planned sit-in against inflation, taxes, and electricity bills at D-Chowk in the federal capital. In response, JI altered their strategy, directing workers to gather at H-8 Bridge while a convoy led by JI chief Hafiz Naeemur Rehman entered Islamabad. Express News reported that police blocked […]
Gandapur vows autonomous decision-making for K-P, opposes military operations
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur criticised the decisions of the past governments, asserting that his administration will make its own decisions and will not allow any operations in the province. Addressing a peace procession in Bannu on Friday, Gandapur highlighted the historical significance of the Pashtun people in the province, emphasising their […]
France’s high-speed railway hit by ‘sabotage’ during Olympics – World
France’s high-speed rail network was hit by “malicious acts” including arson attacks that have disrupted the transport system, train operator SNCF said on Friday, hours before the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics. A source close to the investigation told AFP that the attacks were coordinated acts of “sabotage”. “This is a massive attack on […]
Tarar accuses JI of breaching agreement on sit-in venue
Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Attaullah Tarar accused Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) of breaching the agreement with the government about concluding their protest against inflation with a rally at Liaquat Bagh. However, the government remains open to dialogue, he added. “When it was agreed to hold the rally at Liaquat Bagh, the march towards Islamabad is […]
US vice president says she ‘will not be silent’ in face of Gaza suffering – World
US Vice President Kamala Harris said Thursday that she expressed concern about the situation in the Gaza Strip to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during their meeting at the White House. “I made clear my serious concern about the dire humanitarian situation there, with over 2 million people facing high levels of food insecurity and […]
Kamala Harris gains ground in US polls as Trump tries to brand her a Marxist – World
Vice President Kamala Harris took her presidential campaign blitz to the largest US teachers’ union on Thursday, promising a “fight for the future” as new opinion polls showed her narrowing the gap with Republican rival Donald Trump. Harris’ swift emergence as the successor to President Joe Biden, 81, as the Democratic presidential candidate in the […]