Red Bull’s Verstappen wins chaotic Brazilian Grand Prix in the rain – Sport
F1 Drivers’ Championship leader Max Verstappen won a chaotic, rain-lashed Brazilian Grand Prix on Sunday, roaring back from 17th on the grid to reignite his push for a fourth successive world title. The Red Bull driver came home ahead of Alpine duo Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly, who benefitted when the race was earlier red-flagged, […]
14 dead in lightning strike at Uganda refugee camp – World
At least 14 people, including several children, were killed in a Ugandan refugee camp when lightning hit a makeshift church where they were sheltering, local officials said on Sunday. Around 50 people took shelter in the church in Palabek refugee camp in northern Uganda on Saturday evening when a heavy storm hit the area. Fourteen […]
Govt shuts primary schools in Lahore over record pollution – Pakistan
Lahore will close primary schools for a week over record pollution, government authorities said on Sunday, to avoid exposing millions of children to smog several times above levels deemed dangerous. For days, Lahore’s 14 million people has been enveloped by smog, a mix of fog and pollutants caused by low-grade diesel fumes, smoke from seasonal […]
Protests over Spain flood response interrupt visit by king to stricken Valencia suburb – World
Hundreds of residents of a Valencia suburb particularly badly hit by last week’s deadly floods protested on Sunday during a visit by Spanish King Felipe and Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, with some throwing mud at them. Chanting “Murderers, murderers!” they vented pent-up anger over what has been widely perceived by local residents as tardy alerts […]
Three terrorists killed in Balochistan’s Musakhel district: CTD – Pakistan
The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) in Balochistan conducted an operation in the Musakhel district in the early hours of Sunday, where three terrorists were killed and two were arrested, said a CTD spokesperson. According to the spokesperson, the CTD and law enforcement agencies received “credible information” about terrorists belonging to the proscribed Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) […]
Iran stages rallies to mark 1979 hostage crisis – World
Iranian demonstrators gathered on Sunday outside the former US embassy in Tehran to mark the anniversary of the 1979 hostage crisis that has for decades shaped relations between Washington and Tehran. The hostage crisis began in November 1979 following the Islamic revolution led by Iran’s late supreme leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini which ousted the Western-backed […]
Legal fraternity, journalists, and politicians react to recovery of Imran’s lawyer – Pakistan
PTI founding chairman Imran Khan’s lawyer Intezar Hussain Panjutha — who had been missing from October 8 — was recovered by the Punjab police last night, it emerged in the early hours of Sunday. The party labelled the development as scripted and demanded that a first information report (FIR) be filed against the Attorney General […]
Rivals race to tape as US election heads to photo finish – World
Kamala Harris targets the Rust Belt while Donald Trump heads to the biggest US swing states on Sunday in a frantic last push, less than 48 hours before Election Day in the historically close campaign. Seventy-five million people have cast early ballots ahead of Tuesday’s climax and the race is down to the wire — […]
Venturing Into Uncharted Waters – Recent
If executed correctly, Shark Tank Pakistan can concurrently ameliorate the content landscape of our TV industry, a landscape international media companies have been hesitant to scale into. Malik, a content licensing specialist with expertise in international media acquisitions, mentions how “rare it is for a standalone content company to acquire the licence for a global […]
Woman strips off clothes at Iran university in apparent protest, reports say – World
A young woman stripped to her underwear at an Iranian university on Saturday in an apparent protest against the country’s strict religious dress code, according to online videos and media reports. A video posted on social media showed security guards at a branch of the Islamic Azad University detaining the unidentified woman. University spokesperson Amir […]