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At least 16 passengers died while 45 were injured on Saturday in two traffic accidents involving vehicles carrying headed to Sindh’s Sehwan city ahead of the urs of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar. In one incident, five people were killed and 10 were injured when the van they were travelling in collided with a trailer near Qazi…
Four soldiers were martyred while 15 terrorists were killed in two separate intelligence-based operations (IBOs) carried out in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Saturday, according to the military’s media wing. Pakistan has recently witnessed an uptick in terror activities, especially in KP and Balochistan. Terror attacks have increased since the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) broke a fragile…
OpenAI’s board chairman on Friday said it has unanimously rejected an Elon Musk-led offer to buy the hot artificial intelligence company for $97.4 billion. “OpenAI is not for sale, and the board has unanimously rejected Mr Musk’s latest attempt to disrupt his competition,” chairman of the board Bret Taylor said in a statement posted by…
At least five passengers died while 10 others were injured on Saturday as a van collided with a trailer near Qazi Ahmed town of Sindh’s Shaheed Benazirabad District, police said. Fatal road accidents on highways occur frequently in Pakistan, with the main reasons including speeding, hazardous overtaking and disregard for traffic rules. Qazi Ahmed Station…
THE movement against the deeply problematic Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act and the recent amendments made to it seems to be finding its voice. It has been encouraging to note that journalists across the country have made good on their promise to resist efforts to clamp down on the freedom of expression by organising protests,…
ISLAMABAD: After decades of lapses, the government on Friday took the first step to separate tax policy from revenue administration and notified the creation of Tax Policy Office (TPO), headed by the finance minister. The notification was issued following the federal cabinet’s approval on January 13. The TPO, to be set up at the Ministry…
• FO rejects Pakistan-specific terrorism reference in US-India joint statement, calls attention to New Delhi’s poor human rights record• Cautions against sale of advanced weapons that could exacerbate military imbalance in S. Asia• Ishaq Dar due to attend high-level UN summit in New York next week ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday strongly cautioned the United States…
ISLAMABAD: Lawmakers secured a massive 138% pay raise on Tuesday as the National Assembly passed the Members of Parliament Salaries and Allowances (Amendment) Bill 2025 with a majority vote. The bill proposes raising parliamentarians’ salaries from Rs218,000 to Rs519,000, aligning them with federal secretaries’ pay. Already approved by the Senate, the bill now awaits the…
Former prime minister Imran Khan arrives at an Islamabad court for a hearing in this file photo. —AFP Incarcerated PTI founder Imran Khan on Tuesday termed the 26th Amendment an “attack” on the judicial system and directed his party leaders and workers to support the lawyers’ protest movement against the “illegal” appointment of judges. His…
PM Shehbaz Sharif (left) meets Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. — APP/File At the invitation of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Turkiye President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will arrive in Pakistan on February 12 (today) on a two-day official visit, confirmed the…