SC sets aside orders to restore BISP retailer’s blocked ID – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Saturday ruled that a complaint filed by a Point-of-Sale (PoS) agent against the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) over the blocking of his retailer ID was not maintainable under consumer protection laws, as the relationship did not constitute a “consumer service” arrangement. A two-judge SC bench, headed by Justice Muhammad […]
Iran links Hormuz reopening to US meeting promises – World
• Pezeshkian insists now is ‘best time’ to end war as Iran ‘victorious’• Tehran seeks US compensation, end to threats, lifting of sanctions• Muscat terms talks ‘positive’; Araghchi sees deal ‘very close’• UAE accuses Iran of hitting another tanker• Trump’s top general seeks an ‘off-ramp’ from the war DUBAI: As Iran has linked the reopening […]
PHF launches women’s hockey revival plan
Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has announced a comprehensive national development programme aimed at reviving women’s hockey in the country and bringing it in line with international standards. The first phase of the “National Women’s Hockey High Performance and Coaching Development Programme” will begin with a 10-day training camp in Islamabad from October 7. The camp […]
Iranian commander says US, Israel failed to achieve goals against Iran: report
POLITICAL EXPRESSION: A man holds a flag with a picture of late leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini during a rally in Tehran on April 29, 2026. PHOTO: REUTERS/FILE Brig Gen Hassan Zadeh, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Mohammad Rasulullah Corps in Tehran, said the US and Israel had “completely failed” […]
Israel revokes permits for US activists
. JERUSALEM: Israel has revoked the entry permits of a group of American Jewish activists who participated in protests in the occupied West Bank against attacks by Israeli occupiers on Palestinians and their property, The Forward, a United States Jewish publication, reported Friday. Activist Sam Sherman told the newspaper that he received an email canceling […]
US govt to invest $3b in minerals
. WASHINGTON: The United States government will invest $3 billion in critical minerals and battery projects as part of a push to increase domestic production and boost national security and industrial policy, President Donald Trump said on Friday. “We’re reclaiming America’s rightful place as the minerals superpower of the world,” Trump told more than 200 […]
Ukraine warns of harsh winter as 4 die in Kyiv
CAPITAL HIT: This handout photograph taken and released by Ukrainian State Emergency Service shows a burning building following Russian ballistic missile strikes in Kyiv. PHOTO: AFP BELGRADE: President Volodymyr Zelensky warned Saturday, during a visit to Belgrade, that Ukraine was facing a winter with basically no working thermal power plants as overnight Russian strikes left […]
Mir Raza re-postmortem blows hole in suicide theory
Multiple ante-mortem injuries, firearm wound found; lawyer accuses police of pressuring family to accept suicide Mir Raza Ali, owner of the popular dessert shop Wafflix, whose body was found in Gulistan-e-Jauhar after he was allegedly kidnapped from PECHS. SCREENGRAB/ Youtube KARACHI: The re-postmortem examination conducted after the exhumation of Mir Raza Ali has uncovered a […]
Voting on remaining AJK Poonch division seats may be held by Aug 20-21, says CEC – Pakistan
MUZAFFARABAD: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Chief Election Commissioner Justice (retd) Ghulam Mustafa Mughal said on Saturday that the Election Commission had decided, for security reasons, to first complete the electoral process in four constituencies of Bagh and Haveli districts and hinted that polls in the remaining seven constituencies of Poonch division could be held […]