2 killed, 36 injured in Kohistan bus accident: rescue official – Pakistan
Two people were killed and 36 others were injured when a Rawalpindi-bound passenger bus fell into a ravine in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Upper Kohistan area on Sunday evening, according to a rescue official. Rescue 1122 spokesperson Abdur Rehman told Dawn.com that a private company’s passenger bus carrying 38 passengers bound for Rawalpindi from Skardu fell into […]
Four terrorists killed in separate Khyber Pakhtunkhwa operations: ISPR – Pakistan
Security forces killed four terrorists in two separate operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday, the military’s media wing said. According to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), an intelligence-based operation was conducted in North Waziristan District where, “after an intense exchange of fire, two khawarij including Kharji Insaf Ullah, were sent to […]
Two ‘high-value targets’ neutralised in katcha area IBO: Punjab police – Pakistan
Punjab Police on Sunday neutralised two suspected dacoits, identified as “high-value targets,” in an intelligence-based operation in Rahim Yar Khan. The operation took place in Kacha Jamal Din Wali, where Badla Manglani and Qasim Chachar, allegedly involved in the martyrdom of Constable Akbar Gopang in Bhong, were killed. In May 2023, the same suspects allegedly […]
Trump takes election pitch to storied New York arena – World
Donald Trump rallies supporters Sunday at an iconic New York arena while Kamala Harris goes neighbourhood to neighbourhood in Philadelphia just over a week before America votes in an extraordinarily close White House race. Trump’s gathering at the nearly 20,000-seat Madison Square Garden is expected to draw a blitz of coverage in the Republican’s home […]
PCB announces Mohammad Rizwan as captain for white ball cricket – Sport
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Saturday announced wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan as captain and batting all-rounder Agha Salman as the vice-captain of the cricket team for the white ball format. Babar announced he was stepping down as Pakistan’s One-day International and T20I skipper on October 2 in a post on his social media platform ‘X’ […]
Chinese University names research centre after Pakistani scientist – World
China’s Hunan University of Medicine has named it’s newly inaugurated research centre after Pakistani Professor Dr Muhammad Iqbal Choudhary. This centre will house 17 full-time researchers dedicated to advancing scientific collaboration between Pakistan and China, a press statement read. Founded in 1912, the institution is a national public medical university in China, offering around 20 […]
Suspect arrested for allegedly stabbing 7-year-old to death, injuring others in Karachi’s Orangi Town – Pakistan
Karachi police on Sunday arrested the suspect who allegedly stabbed a 7-year-old to death and wounded two others in Orangi Town earlier this week. Two children and a woman were found injured inside a house in Orangi Town near Liaqat School. They had been stabbed with a sharp instrument, a statement from the Orangi Town […]
Rival London marches pass off peacefully – World
STEWARDS stand in front of demonstrators at an anti-immigration protest in London, on Saturday.—Reuters LONDON: Right-wing, anti-immigrant protesters and opposing anti-racism demonstrators held large rallies in London on Saturday, with both passing off peacefully amid a beefed-up police operation to prevent any clashes between the rival groups. Several thousand people waving English and British flags […]
Israeli army blows up houses in Lebanon’s border village – Newspaper
BEIRUT: Lebanese state media said the Israeli army dynamited houses in Lebanese border villages on Saturday, as Israel said it used 400 tonnes of explosives to destroy a Hezbollah tunnel, more than a month into an all-out war. The official National News Agency said “the army of the Israeli enemy has since dawn blown up […]
President, PM reaffirm support to occupied Kashmir freedom struggle – Pakistan
ISLAMABD: President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif have reiterated their resolve to continue extending full moral, diplomatic and political support to Kashmiri brothers and sisters until they achieve their inalienable right to self-determination according to UN Security Council resolutions. They urged the international community to take serious notice of Indian atrocities on, […]