NEW DELHI: India’s navy said Friday that its commandos had boarded a vessel in the Arabian Sea after a hijacking distress call, the latest attack on commercial shipping in the region. Last month the force deployed several warships into the sea to “maintain a deterrent presence” after a string of recent shipping attacks, including a […]
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ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Minister for Information, Broadcasting and Parliamentary Affairs Murtaza Solangi on Friday (5th of Jan, 2024) said that the government would take up the issue of a “ghost article”, published in the name of a jailed politician, with the foreign media outlet ‘The Economist’. “Today, we are writing to the Editor of The Economist […]
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SEOUL: North Korea fired an artillery barrage near two South Korean border islands Friday, Seoul’s defence ministry said, prompting a live-fire drill by the South’s military. Residents of the two islands were ordered to evacuate to shelters and ferries were suspended amid one of the most serious military escalations on the peninsula since Pyongyang fired […]
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TEHRAN: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi joined mourners in Kerman on Friday for the funerals of the 89 people killed in twin blasts claimed by the Islamic State group, state media said. Suicide bombings struck crowds in the southern city, where many had gathered on Wednesday to commemorate slain Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps general Qasem Soleimani, […]
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SYDNEY: Josh Hazlewood claimed three wickets in an electrifying over to bowl Australia into a potential winning position over Pakistan in an absorbing third Test here on Friday (5th Dec, 2024). Paceman Hazlewood ripped through to reduce the tourists from 67 for four to go to the close on the third day at 68 for […]
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ISLAMABAD: SCP has reserved its verdict on petitions apropos period of disqualification of lawmakers here on Friday (5th of Jan, 2024). At the conclusion of the hearing CJP Qazi Faez Isa has stated that they would attempt to announce a shorter order ASAP. The court’s website had aired the proceedings live. It is pertinent to […]
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TANK: Security forces have shot two militants down here on Friday (5th of Jan, 2024) in an IBO. According to ISPR one of the neutralized terrorists, Gul Yousaf alias Toor, was a high value target who was involved in crimes against security personnel as well as civilians in Tank and D.I. Khan. LEAs and the […]
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ISLAMABAD: Senator Dilawar Khan’s resolution apropos postponement of 8th Feb elections has been adopted, despite opposition of the caretaker govt and the PML-N here on Friday (5th of Jan, 2024). Senator Dilawar Khan tables the resolution __________________________ The advice from intelligence agencies regarding militants’s attacks on rallies and the fact that harsh weather conditions would […]
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ISLAMABAD: Federal Urdu University of Science and Technology (FUUAST) has organized a seminar for creating awareness among students about various kind of drugs and crimes, suggesting steps for their prevention and elimination from the society. The seminar was organized here by the International Relations Department of Federal Urdu University and Islamabad Police. Mr. Muhammad Shoaib […]
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ISLAMABAD: Persistent rain washed out the final session on the second day of the SCG Test after Australia managed 116-2 in 47 overs in their first-innings reply in the face of disciplined Pakistan bowling. The players had earlier walked off due to bad light in the afternoon session, forcing an early tea break, according to […]
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