Powerful Tibet earthquake near Nepal kills at least 53 – World
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake rocked the northern foothills of the Himalayas near one of Tibet’s holiest cities on Tuesday, Chinese authorities said, killing at least 53 people and shaking buildings in neighbouring Nepal, Bhutan and India. The quake hit at 9:05am (8:20am PST), with its epicentre located in Tingri, a rural Chinese county known as […]
Shares at PSX lose over 700 points in intraday trade – Business
Bears continued their stampede on Tuesday on the trading floor as shares at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) declined by more than 700 points in intraday trade. The benchmark KSE-100 index declined 768.80 points, or 0.66 per cent, to stand at 115,486.32 points at 11:04am from the previous close of 116,255.12. Yesterday, shares became bearish […]
Brilliant Sohail seizes U-13 British Junior Open title – Sport
BIRMINGHAM: Pakistan’s Sohail Adnan (front) in action during the British Junior Open Squash Championship final at the University of Birmingham on Monday.—courtesy British Junior Open website ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s promising youngster Sohail Adnan etched his name in history on Monday when he defeated Moez Tamer Elmoghazy of Egypt in the British Junior Open Squash Under-13 final […]
Woman killed while bathing elephant in Thailand
Listen to article A Spanish woman tragically lost her life after being gored by an elephant at a sanctuary in southern Thailand. Blanca Ojanguren Garcia, 22, was bathing the elephant at the Koh Yao Elephant Care center when the animal seemingly panicked and struck her with its tusk, local police reported. Garcia, visiting Thailand with her boyfriend, […]
JUI-F calls strike tomorrow over by-poll results – Pakistan
QUETTA: The JUI-F, while rejecting the results from 15 polling stations in the by-election for Quetta’s PB-45 constituency, has called for a wheel-jam strike across Balochistan on Jan 8 in protest against alleged rigging. Speaking at a press conference here on Monday, JUI-F’s provincial emir Senator Maulana Abdul Wasey claimed that his party’s candidate had […]
192 PTI workers released from jail – Pakistan
GUJAR KHAN: As many as 192 PTI workers, who were detained in Jhelum district jail, were released on Monday night after their bail petitions were accepted by an anti-terrorism court in Islamabad, jail sources confirmed. According to Superintendent of Jail Syed Hassan Mujtaba, the release orders of 192 prisoners of PTI were received from the […]
Filmmaker Nabeel Qureshi Pays Tribute to Om Puri on His 8th Death Anniversary
PUBLISHED January 07, 2025 Filmmaker Nabeel Qureshi took to social media to pay tribute to Indian cinema icon Om Puri on the eighth anniversary of his passing. Qureshi, who had the rare privilege of working with Puri in his 2016 film Actor in Law, expressed his disbelief over the actor’s untimely death. Qureshi, reminiscing about […]
Legal community opposes civilians’ trial in military courts: Hamid Khan – Pakistan
LAHORE: Senior bar leader Senator Hamid Khan on Monday said the lawyers share a unanimous opinion against trials of civilians by military courts. Speaking at a press conference in the auditorium of the Lahore High Court Bar Association, he said that the sentences announced by the military courts in cases related to the May 9 […]
First major US winter storm of year hits mid-Atlantic states – World
• Emergency declared in several states; hundreds of schools closed• Over 250,000 customers without power• Airlines cancel over 1,300 flights WASHINGTON: The first major winter storm of the new year swept into the US Middle Atlantic states on Monday, closing down federal offices and public schools in Washington D.C. after dumping more than a foot […]
UAE rolls over $2bn loan, PM Shehbaz Sharif confirms
Listen to article Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced on Tuesday that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has agreed to roll over a $2 billion loan deposit, offering significant fiscal relief to Pakistan. Chairing a cabinet meeting, the prime minister shared details of his recent meeting with UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, which took place […]