The agent that infiltrated Pakistan’s red hot chilli peppers – Pakistan
Name: Kunri, UmerkotPop.: 26,600Area: 585 km² The farmers say the origin story goes something like this. In the sixties, a handful of chilli seeds travelled south from Radha Ram in Punjab to Kunri in Sindh. Harvest after hot harvest proved so successful that within two decades the town shot to fame as the red chilli […]
France to activate extreme heat emergency plan for 1st time
Civil protection mechanism designed to mobilise additional resources, includes measures to assist isolated people The French government will activate its Extreme Heat ORSEC emergency plan for the first time on Friday in all departments placed under the highest red heat wave alert, government spokesperson Maud Bregeon announced. “We will activate today, in all departments placed […]
Humanitarians look to put the AI in aid – World
From remote-controlled trucks delivering life-saving aid in dangerous settings to mobile phone data analysis flagging mass displacement, humanitarians are eyeing ways in which artificial intelligence (AI) can speed up and improve their operations. There have been plenty of warnings about the dangers of AI for aid agencies, who face growing challenges of securing often extremely […]
China successfully tests sea-based rocket booster recovery system
A Long March 10B carrier rocket takes off from Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site, before returning vertically to an offshore platform for a controlled recovery, in Hainan province, China, July 10, 2026. PHOTO: China Daily via REUTERS China on Friday successfully tested an experimental rocket retrieval system using a net attached to a sea platform, state media reported, in the hope of breaking United States dominance […]
Habitual offenders, anti-social behaviour bill: Proposed law will turn Punjab into an open jail: rights activists – Newspaper
LAHORE: Human rights defenders and activists gathered at the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan on Thursday to discuss the Punjab Control of Habitual Offenders and Anti-Social Behaviour Bill, 2026, raising concerns that, if implemented, the proposed law would turn the whole Punjab into an open jail. “The objective of the Bill is to stop any […]
FCC recalls orders that led to Nasla Tower demolition in Karachi – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD / KARACHI: The Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) on Thursday recalled expansive Supreme Court orders from 2018 and 2019, which had authorised the Sindh government to demolish a number of illegally constructed buildings in Karachi, including the infamous 15-storey Nasla Tower on Sharae Faisal. In a judgement billed as redefining the boundaries of exercising judicial […]
Court clears path for prisoners’ release
ISLAMABAD: A special court in Islamabad has determined the sentences applicable under Pakistani law for 56 Pakistani prisoners repatriated from Sri Lanka, a move that could lead to the release of a majority of them once the administrative process is completed. Judge Special Court (Control of Narcotic Substances) Raja Jawad Abbas Hassan calculated the sentence […]
FCC recalls orders that led to Nasla Tower demolition – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD / KARACHI: The Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) on Thursday recalled expansive Supreme Court orders from 2018 and 2019, which had authorised the Sindh government to demolish a number of illegally constructed buildings in Karachi, including the infamous 15-storey Nasla Tower on Sharae Faisal. In a judgement billed as redefining the boundaries of exercising judicial […]
New AJK assembly to decide fate of refugee seats: PPP – Pakistan
• Raja Pervez Ashraf confident of party’s victory in coming polls• Warns India will ‘pay a heavy price’ if it attempts to stop Pakistan’s share of water LAHORE: The issue of refugee seats is constitutional in nature and would be decided by the upcoming Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJK) Legislative Assembly, former prime minister Raja […]
Assassinated Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei laid to rest in Mashhad – World
Iran’s assassinated supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was buried in the country’s holiest shrine, state media said early on Friday, after huge crowds gathered for his funeral with his son and successor, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, still hidden from public view. The burial in Mashhad in northeast Iran follows a week of mass funeral processions, rallies […]