Situation in Middle East comes under discussion as DPM Dar meets Kuwait FM – Pakistan
The situation in the Middle East came under discussion as Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar on Wednesday met Kuwait’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Jarrah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, who is on an official visit to the country. According to the Foreign Office (FO), the two held a “warm and productive” tête-à-tête at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. […]
Kuwait FM in Islamabad on official visit – Pakistan
Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar on Wednesday welcomed Kuwait’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Jarrah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, who is on an official visit to the country, at the Foreign Office (FO). State-run Pakistan TV shared a picture of the two shaking hands on the social media platform X. The visiting dignitary arrived in Islamabad on Tuesday […]
PPP assails AJK Election Commission for facilitating rigging in first phase of AJK polls – Pakistan
The PPP on Wednesday once again levelled rigging allegations against the PML-N in the first phase of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir elections and assailed the AJK Election Commission for allowing it to happen. The PML-N won nine out of a total seats up for grabs in Monday’s election, according to provisional results. The polls […]
Showers in parts of Punjab, Islamabad mark onset of fresh monsoon spell – Pakistan
Parts of Punjab and Islamabad received rain on Wednesday morning, marking the onset of a fresh monsoon spell in the country just as a previous one that caused flooding in several areas of Punjab and over 100 deaths ended. As of 11am, one injury in a rain-related incident in Punjab’s provincial capital, Lahore, was reported […]
Rescuers in Japan haul survivors from collapsed mall as earthquake toll rises to 13 – World
Rescuers were frantically searching on Wednesday for survivors of a 7.1-magnitude earthquake that shook southern Japan, killing at least 13 people, knocking out power to thousands of homes and rupturing roads across the region. Eight people were pulled from the rubble of a partially collapsed shopping mall near the city of Kumamoto that was torn […]
PM directs FBR to develop scientific method to assess tax potential to boost revenue
Orders immediate measures to make newly established Sky47 AI national data centre available to all govt institutions Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif chairs a progress review meeting on implementation status of National Digital Vision in Islamabad. PHOTO: PMO Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday directed the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to develop a comprehensive and […]
Trump says meetings with Zelenskiy and Netanyahu were positive
In separate short posts on Truth Social, Trump said he discussed various topics with them, without giving specifics A combination picture shows Zelenskiy and Netanyahu arriving at the White House, July 28, 2026. PHOTO: REUTERS US President Donald Trump said late on Tuesday his meetings with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were positive. Netanyahu and Zelenskiy were in […]
US, Saudi forces strike ‘Iran-aligned terrorists’ in Iraq in retaliation for recent attacks – World
US and Saudi Arabian forces said they struck “Iran-aligned terrorists” in Iraq on Wednesday in retaliation for recent attacks, following a short pause in Iran war hostilities. The combined air operation came as President Donald Trump met with his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington for their first in-person talks since the Middle East war […]
West Indies beat Pakistan by 90 runs in first Test – Sport
Pakistan crumbled for the second consecutive day to the West Indies pace attack, losing the first Test of a two-match series by 90 runs on the fourth day in Trinidad on Tuesday. Set a tricky target of 211 on a deteriorating surface, the tourists were never in contention and were all out for 120 off […]
Israel funded $46.5M campaign to influence AI responses on Gaza war: report
Drop Site says network of pro-Israel websites created to shape chatbot answers through search indexing, training data Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. PHOTO: ANADOLU AGENCY Israel spent tens of millions of dollars on a digital influence campaign designed to shape how artificial intelligence systems respond to questions about the Gaza war, according to a report […]