PARIS: In the dead of night a drone hovers over a prison in southern France, secretly dropping packages to inmates inside. But one parcel becomes stuck in the railing outside a cell window, and guards seize three others. Across France, prisoners have been making orders online for drones to illegally bring them everything from drugs […]
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SISTAN (Baluchistan): Rebel Sunni Baluch group Jaish al-Adl launched simultaneous attacks against military posts in Sistan on Thursday (4th April, 2024) killing eleven Irani troopers. State media in Iran say 16 gunmen and 11 security force members have been killed in fighting in the southeast of the country. General Mohammad Pakpour, who heads the Guards’ […]
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ISLAMABAD: On special invitation of Vice Chancellor Federal Urdu University for Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST) Prof. Dr. Zabta Khan Shinwari, well-known educationist Prof. Dr. Muhammad Iqbal Chaudhry (Coordinator General COMSTEC) and Prof. Dr. Masoom YasinZai (former rector of International Islamic University) visited Federal Urdu University here. On this occasion, a meeting was organized at […]
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ISLAMABAD: PM Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday (4th April, 2024) said that the government was planning to enter a new program with the IMF which he said, was vital to consolidate the country’s economy. “With the new IMF program, the international institutions will have more trust on us and we will be able to move forward […]
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KARACHI: The soyem of Syed Iqbal Hussain, a senior journalist and member of the Karachi Union of Journalists and the husband of Sheher Bano, (Editor of Supplements and Special Reports at The News), was held at his residence in North Karachi. Earlier, the funeral prayer for Iqbal Hussain took place on Saturday (30th March, 2024) […]
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ISTANBUL: A daytime fire killed at least 29 people in a 16-storey residential building here on Tuesday (2nd of April, 2024). “The number of people who lost their lives in the fire […] in Gayrettepe of Besiktas district has increased to 29,” Governor Davut Gul’s office said in a statement, referring to the Istanbul neighborhood. […]
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TEHRAN: Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi on Tuesday (2nd April, 2024) condemned a deadly air strike blamed on Israel against his country’s consular annex in Damascus, saying the “cowardly crime will not go unanswered”. “After repeated defeats and failures against the faith and will of the Resistance Front fighters, the Zionist regime has put blind assassinations […]
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday (2nd April, 2024) has strongly condemned the Israeli missile attack on the Consular Section of the Iranian Embassy in Damascus. The Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch has offered profound condolences to the families of the victims, and the people and the Government of Iran. The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps had […]
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RAMALLAH: A new Palestinian government that includes four women and six ministers from Gaza was sworn in on Sunday (31st March, 2024) but was already facing skepticism from its own people. Newly-appointed premier Mohammed Mustafa said his government’s ‘top national priority’ was ending the war as he named his new team. Mustafa, an economist and […]
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ABBOTTABAD: PCB Chairman, Mohsin Naqvi, visited Kakul Academy here on Monday (1st April, 2024) to personally observe the ongoing fitness camp, being conducted by trainers from the Pakistan Army for Pakistan’s T20 players. The visit was aimed at gathering firsthand insights into the training camp and to extend gratitude to the Pakistan Army for their […]
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