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AS bodies continue to fall in Kurram despite a state-sanctioned ceasefire, one wonders how long local militants’ challenges to the state’s writ will be tolerated before a full-throttled response is launched. Another spate of attacks on an aid convoy, which eyewitnesses said was instigated by locals, has threatened to undo the attempts to stabilise the…
ISLAMABAD: A day after a controversial move to block the passage of the State Bank of Pakistan (Amendment) bill, moved by a PTI lawmaker, acting Senate Chairman Syedaal Khan Nasar on Tuesday suspended three PTI lawmakers for the current session. The decision followed hullabaloo over Mr Nasar’s move to withhold the result of a vote…
Pakistan skipper Mohammad Rizwan said on Tuesday that the Green Shirts needed to improve their performance with awareness and professionalism if they were to tackle the ups and downs they experienced during ICC events. His comments come a day before the commencement of the Champions Trophy tournament, which features the sport’s top eight sides in…
Bulls dominated the trading floor on Tuesday at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) as shares rose by nearly 1,400 points, with experts citing “good corporate results” as the reason for the uplift. The rise comes after the market sustained a three-week losing streak, despite bearish performances in the last three sessions due to political noise…
An anti-terrorism court in Karachi on Tuesday granted the police a four-day physical remand of Armaghan, the main suspect in the Mustafa Amir murder case, following the Sindh High Court’s (SHC) orders. Earlier today, the SHC set aside previous ATC orders for his judicial remand and to form a probe body. Amir, a 23-year-old, was…
Iran has charged British couple Craig and Lindsay Foreman with espionage, accusing them of collaborating with Western intelligence services, following their arrest last month, the judiciary said on Tuesday. Judiciary spokesman Asghar Jahangir said the pair were alleged to have entered Iran “posing as tourists” and gathered information before their arrest in the southeastern province…
The United States and Russia said on Tuesday they had agreed to press ahead with efforts to end the war in Ukraine after holding talks in the Saudi capital at which Kyiv was not represented. The 4.5-hour meeting in Riyadh marked a crucial moment — the first time that US and Russian officials have sat…
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Hyderabad on Tuesday sent the prime suspect in Sindhi poet Akash Ansari’s murder case on a four-day physical remand in police custody. According to initial reports, Dr Akash was killed in a fire that had broken out on Saturday morning in his locked room while he was asleep inside his…
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company unveiled on Monday the latest version of its chatbot, Grok 3, which the billionaire hopes will find traction in a highly competitive sector contested by the likes of ChatGPT and China’s DeepSeek. The launch comes as the world’s richest man is deploying the enormous powers granted him by US President…
Security forces killed 30 terrorists in an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s South Waziristan district, the military’s media wing said in a statement on Tuesday. A statement issued today from the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said security forces conducted an IBO on Monday in the district’s general area on Sararogha based on a reported…