Shan Masood ruled out of second West Indies Test with finger injury
Left-hander ruled out of second Test after scans confirmed finger injury sustained in the Trinidad opener The left-handed batsman suffered a serious injury to the index finger of his left hand during the first Test match in Trinidad. . PHOTO: PCB/FILE In a severe blow to Pakistan’s red-ball ambitions, experienced top-order batsman Shan Masood was […]
Arshad Nadeem qualifies for javelin throw final at Commonwealth Games – Sport
Pakistani Olympic gold medallist Arshad Nadeem cleared the qualifying round in the men’s javelin throw on Monday, the seventh day of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, with a seasonal best score. The 29-year-old Arshad, who won the javelin throw gold medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham with a record throw of 90.18 metres, […]
Saudi Arabia proposes multinational maritime defence coalition
Pakistan joins 13 other countries in backing a Saudi-led maritime defence coalition for key sea lanes Representatives of countries participating in the international meeting on Saudi Arabia’s proposal to establish a Multinational Maritime Defence Coalition pose for a group photograph in Riyadh on Thursday. Photo: X Saudi Arabia on Thursday unveiled plans for a multinational […]
Fact-check: Webpage impersonating Dawn circulates false report about ‘AI platform’
A webpage impersonating Dawn was online and accessible on Thursday. The page shared fake news and disinformation while pretending to be part of the Dawn Media Group. The website is not part of, associated with or has any connection to the Dawn Media Group. The webpage, operating from a URL not associated with the Dawn.com […]
Journalist Asad Ali Toor challenges NCCIA notice in IHC – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Vlogger and journalist Asad Ali Toor on Thursday challenged the notice issued by the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) in the Islamabad High Court (IHC). Yesterday, the NCCIA issued a notice to Toor for an inquiry into “alleged dissemination, transmission and/or public exhibition of false/fake information” by him. The journalist was directed to […]
Sindh schools, colleges to have six-day work weeks from Aug 1 – Pakistan
KARACHI: The Sindh government announced on Thursday that schools and colleges in the province would have six-day work weeks from August 1 until further notice. The decision was announced in two separate notifications issued by the Sindh Education and Literacy Department and the College Education Department. In its notification, seen by Dawn and dated July […]
LHC grants Imran’s sister Noreen Niazi protective bail in Peca case – Pakistan
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday granted interim protective bail to Noreen Niazi, the sister of incarcerated PTI founder Imran Khan, in a case registered by the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA). The NCCIA case alleges that Niazi made derogatory and inflammatory remarks against state institutions during a podcast interview and in […]
German minister urges faster AI self-sufficiency after OpenAI test breach
OpenAI said an AI agent escaped testing controls and breached Hugging Face, affecting its code platform security Germany’s digital minister urged Europe on Thursday to speed up efforts to build its own AI industry after an OpenAI security test showed an AI agent breaching another system, raising concerns about control of increasingly autonomous technology. Karsten […]
11 killed, 6 injured as three-storey house collapses in Lahore’s Harbanspura – Pakistan
LAHORE: Eleven people were killed and six injured after a three-storey house collapsed in Lahore’s Harbanspura late on Wednesday, according to authorities. Spokesperson for the Lahore deputy commissioner Harris Ali confirmed to Dawn that the death toll of the incident had risen to 11 after rescue workers pulled out the body of a minor girl. […]
Bullet-riddled bodies of 6 kidnapped labourers found in Balochistan’s Turbat – Pakistan
QUETTA: The bodies of six of seven labourers who were kidnapped earlier this week in the Turbat city of Balochistan’s Kech district were found with bullet wounds on Thursday, an official told Dawn. On Tuesday, unidentified armed men had blocked Turbat-Mand Road in the Kalatak area of Kech district and taken away the seven labourers, […]