Transporters’ issues almost resolved: Sindh CM – Pakistan
• Murad Ali Shah directs transport department to address remaining demands• KATI warns prolonged strike could disrupt production, essential supplies• LCCI calls for meaningful dialogue to end strike; says export containers worth $500 million stranded at factories KARACHI: As the goods transporters’ strike entered its sixth day on Thursday, continuing to disrupt industrial activity and […]
Coalition buys time on judges, but harder questions persist – Pakistan
WHILE it seems that the deadlock over judges’ appointments has been resolved for now, there are still many sticking points souring ties between the PML-N and PPP, which would have to be addressed in the days to come, Dawn has learnt. The bad blood from recriminations over the conduct of elections in Azad Jammu and […]
Crime and punishment – Newspaper
OVER the last few months, I’ve observed this scene many times around Lahore. At a crossroads, the traffic lights are out, have been switched off or are blinking on yellow; the traffic is a mess, and though there are three to four traffic police officers standing on one side, they are not even trying to […]
Hormuz shipping traffic capped amid competing claims from US and Iran
Commodity vessel transits remain lower than month’s daily average as shipping risk persists Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, August 3, 2026—REUTERS Shipping traffic at the Strait of Hormuz fell below the month average towards the end of the week due to volatile sentiment between the United States and Iran, with both countries making competing claims […]
Pakistan start preparation for Russia hockey event
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan players will assemble in Islamabad on Saturday (tomorrow) to kick-start their preparation for the four-nation invitational hockey tournament to be held in Kazan, Russia, from August 27 to September 1. The camp will be held at the Naseer Bunda Hockey Stadium at the Pakistan Sports Complex, with selected players instructed to report by […]
Concern grows over conditions on USS Abraham Lincoln
. US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth. PHOTO: REUTERS/ File PANAMA CITY: US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Thursday that reports about poor conditions aboard aircraft carrier the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Middle East were “completely misrepresented.” Two military-focused outlets, Navy Times and Stars and Stripes, reported suicide attempts and declining morale on […]