With Champions Trophy looming, Pakistan rest Shaheen for South Africa tests – Sport
Speedster Shaheen Afridi has been left out of Pakistan’s squad for a two-test series in South Africa in a bid to keep him fresh for the Champions Trophy at home next year, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said on Wednesday. However, the left-arm quick has been picked for six limited-overs matches in South Africa beginning […]
Smugglers use Starlink device to bring $4bn meth into India – World
BENGALURU: Indian police will seek details from Elon Musk’s Starlink, they said on Tuesday, in a bid to hunt down drug smugglers who used its satellite internet device to navigate deep seas and bring meth worth $4.25 billion into Indian waters for the first time. In their biggest such seizure, police in the remote outpost […]
Key TTP ‘commander’ killed in Afghanistan – Newspaper
SOUTH WAZIRISTAN: A key commander of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan, Rahimullah alias Shahid Umar, was killed in Shringal, Kunar province of Afghanistan, in a targetted attack by unidentified gunmen. There was no official statement from the Afghanistan and Pakistan governments in this regard, but the killing of the TTP commander in Afghanistan was confirmed by […]
Renegotiation of IPP contracts: bad medicine or just what the doctor ordered? – Pakistan
Deals include concessions by both the government and independent power producers (IPPs), but the process needs to be transparent and mutually palatable. In a bid to save the country’s foreign exchange and conserve scarce economic resources, Pakistan recently terminated the power purchase agreements (PPAs) of five independent power producers (IPPs), claiming savings worth Rs411 billion. […]
China becomes Pakistan’s largest creditor with $29bn loans – Business
ISLAMABAD: With almost $29 billion in loans, China has become Pakistan’s largest creditor. The nation, home to 240 million people, also ranks among the top three loan recipients from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) this year, according to a World Bank report. The World Bank’s International Debt Report released on Tuesday notes that Pakistan’s high […]
High drama in Seoul ends with withdrawal of martial law – World
• South Korea’s National Assembly votes to declare move illegal hours after President Yoon Suk Yeol imposed military rule• Row stems from opposition’s slashing of budget for Yoon’s office, law enforcement SEOUL: Hours after making a declaration to impose martial law in the country, South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol withdrew his shock announcement, saying […]
Aleema, Imran at pains to clarify role of Bushra in Islamabad protest – Pakistan
• Tweet from Imran’s X account says ex-first lady led marchers on his instructions• His sister defends decision to retreat to ‘save lives’, claims Imran still has ‘trump card’ up his sleeve ISLAMABAD: As a controversy rages over the role played by former first lady Bushra Bibi in the PTI’s protest in Islamabad last week, […]
US-backed group fights Syrian army as reignited conflict spreads – World
BEIRUT: Fighters from a US-backed, Kurdish-led coalition battled Syrian government forces in northeast Syria early on Tuesday, both sides said, opening a new front for President Bashar al-Assad who lost Aleppo in a sudden rebel advance last week. The US-led airstrikes also targeted Iran-backed militia groups supporting Syrian government forces in the strategically vital region, […]
Israel kills 23 as Hamas, Fatah agree to run post-war Gaza – World
CAIRO: Israeli military strikes killed at least 23 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, most of them in the town of Beit Lahiya on the northern edge, medics said, as the army issued new evacuation orders in the south of the small enclave. Medics said eight people had been killed in a series of […]
Silence of the lambs – Newspaper
“It’s only because of their stupidity that they’re able to be so sure of themselves.” — Franz Kafka It was well over midnight when the interior minister standing at the corner of D-Chowk triumphantly declared that the capital had been cleared of protesters without a bullet being fired. Behind him, one could see a container […]