Preventable accidents
In a disturbing trend, preventable accidents have started becoming alarmingly frequent on our roads. Just yesterday, two separate tragedies claimed the lives of at least 35 people. The first incident occurred when a passenger bus traveling from Kahuta to Rawalpindi plunged into a ditch, killing at least 25 on board. The cause, according to officials, […]
National interest and drought of leadership
The political scenario in Pakistan is becoming worse day by day. Political parties, nay, factions or sects, strut the political landscape as vendetta-drunk bigots. They target the opponents not in the national interest but to secure their own interests. Then there is a third self-assumed stakeholder in the political process, the security establishment, which has […]
Shan Masood justifies playing four pacers
Pakistan’s Test captain, Shan Masood, has spoken out following the team’s disappointing loss to Bangladesh in the first Test at Rawalpindi, defending the decision to field four pacers and the timing of Pakistan’s first innings declaration. Reflecting on the choice to include four fast bowlers in the playing XI, Masood during the media conference, explained […]
Debunking misconceptions about CPEC energy projects
ISLAMABAD: The Power Policy of 1994 was introduced as the ultimate solution to Pakistan’s electricity problems. Western countries and institutions praised the policy as one of the best pro-private sector initiatives. The World Bank and USAID collaborated with other multilateral donors to ensure the policy’s success by providing financial support. Both the World Bank and […]
SC issues written order on vote recounting appeal
ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court has issued the written verdict about rejection of PMLN candidate’s appeal for recounting of votes in NA-97. A five-page order was written by Naeem Akhtar Afghan. According to the verdict, the applicant filed a request for the recounting of votes. After the rejection of the request by the returning officer, he filed […]
Police swap prisoner for kidnapped cop
RAHIM YAR KHAN: Police struck a deal with the kidnappers of a constable, allowing a condemned prisoner to walk free from a local jail in lieu of the freedom of their colleague from the captivity of the dacoits of the Katcha Machka area, sources claimed on Sunday. They said that death row-prisoner Jabar Lolai was […]
Israel and Hezbollah in major missile exchange as tensions escalate
A security source in Lebanon reported that at least 40 Israeli airstrikes targeted various towns in the southern part of the country, marking one of the heaviest bombardments since hostilities began in October. Hezbollah confirmed that two of its fighters were killed in Al-Tiri, while Amal, a Hezbollah-aligned Shia group, stated that one of its […]
25 dead as bus from Rawalpindi to AJK’s Pallandri plunges into ditch: officials – Pakistan
Twenty-five passengers were killed on Sunday when a coaster traveling from Rawalpindi to Azad Jammu and Kashmir’s Pallandri plunged into a ravine near Kahuta, a district official confirmed. “The accident was caused due to the coaster’s failed brakes,” Rescue 1122 Punjab official Usman Gujjar said. “The tragic accident occurred near Garrari Bridge on Azad Pattan […]
Kyiv accuses Belarus of amassing troops on border
KYIV: Ukraine accused its Moscow-allied neighbour Belarus Sunday of “concentrating” troops on the countries’ shared border and warned Minsk against “unfriendly actions”, in a statement by Kyiv’s foreign ministry. The statement came as Kyiv mounts an incursion into Russia’s Kursk region and as Russia continues its advance into eastern Ukraine. Belarus had allowed Russian troops […]
Millions of Muslim pilgrims rally in Iraq
KARBALA: More than 21 million Muslim pilgrims took part in the ‘Arbaeen’ pilgrimage in Iraq this year, which reached its peak on Sunday with attendees displaying their support for Gaza. ‘Arbaeen’, which means forty in Arabic, marks the 40th day of mourning for the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). […]