The spectacle of the verbal spat between US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Vlodomyr Zelensky in the Oval Office was stark evidence of a tectonic shift in longstanding US foreign policy on Ukraine, Russia, Europe and Nato. “Come gather ‘round people…And admit that the waters around you have grownAnd accept it that soon you’ll…
• CAA now wants entire scheme redesigned after 50pc of work is completed, says Sharjeel• Announces early completion of Yellow Line KARACHI: For Karachiites who have long been waiting for affordable and reliable transportation, there’s bad news: the completion of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Red Line project may take two more years to complete…
• CAA now wants entire scheme redesigned after 50pc of work is completed, says Sharjeel• Announces early completion of Yellow Line KARACHI: For Karachiites who have long been waiting for affordable and reliable transportation, there’s bad news: the completion of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Red Line project may take two more years to complete…
SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook parent company Meta is seeking to silence a former employee who has made scandalous allegations in a new tell-all book, obtaining a ruling to temporarily bar her from promoting the memoir or bad-mouthing the tech giant. In “Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed and Lost Idealism,” released on Tuesday, Sarah…
Pakistan slumped to a nine-wicket loss to in the first Twenty20 against New Zealand in Christchurch on Sunday after failing to defend a meagre score of 91. The tourists began the five-match series in disastrous fashion, reduced to 11-4 at the end of the fifth over after towering paceman Kyle Jamieson ran amok with the…
US President Donald Trump launched large-scale military strikes against Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis on Saturday over the group’s attacks against Red Sea shipping, killing at least 31 people at the start of a campaign expected to last many days. Trump also warned Iran, the Houthis’ main backer, that it needed to immediately halt support for the…
KARACHI: The All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) elected its executive committee for the year 2025-26, on Saturday. The election was held at the society’s annual general council meeting, according to a press release. Sarmad Ali was elected president, Nazafreen Saigol-Lakhani senior vice president, Shahab Zuberi vice president, Muhammad Athar Kazi secretary general, Mohsin Bilal joint…
CAIRO: At least nine Palestinians were killed, including two local journalists, and others wounded on Saturday in an Israeli airstrike on Gaza’s northern Beit Lahiya town, Gaza’s health ministry said, as Hamas’ leaders hold Gaza ceasefire talks with mediators in Cairo. Several were critically injured as the strike hit a car, with casualties inside and…
ISLAMABAD: The government on Saturday decided to keep the petroleum prices unchanged, contrary to expectations they would fall by up to Rs14 per litre for the next two weeks due to fluctuations in the international market. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif decided to use the extra fiscal space to reduce electricity tariffs. An official statement released…
DHAKA: United Nations chief Antonio Guterres said on Saturday the organisation is exploring the possibility of a humanitarian aid channel from Bangladesh to Myanmar. Guterres is on a four-day visit to Bangladesh that saw him meet on Friday with Rohingya refugees, threatened by looming humanitarian aid cuts. Around a million members of the persecuted and…