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Salman Agha and Mohammad Rizwan both struck centuries as Pakistan completed their highest successful run chase in One Day Internationals with a six-wicket win over South Africa in a Tri-Nation Series fixture in Karachi on Wednesday. South Africa, without several first-team regulars, batted first on a flat wicket and with a lightning-quick outfield, amassing 352…
A first-year college student was poisoned to death in the name of ‘honour’ in Rawalpindi last week, according to a first information report (FIR) filed by police on Tuesday. The FIR filed with Jatli police station, seen by Dawn.com on Wednesday, stated that the victim’s father and uncle were booked on the complaint of a…
Syria will have a new government next month, Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani said on Wednesday, with interim authorities having ruled the country after the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad. “The government that will be launched March 1 will represent the Syrian people as much as possible and take its diversity into account,” Shaibani said on the…
Report acknowledges COP29 failed to yield ambitious NCQG on climate finance, calls for greater support by high-emitting countries for most vulnerable nations. Pakistan has been ranked as the most vulnerable country to climate change in 2022, followed by Belize and Italy, according to data in the Climate Risk Index (CRI) for 2025 report released by…
Supreme Court’s Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail. — SC website/File Supreme Court’s Justice Jamal Mandokhail on Wednesday raised question regarding the scope of the Army Act’s jurisdiction, asking whether a member of the armed forces committing an offence at home would be subject to military trial. The remarks came as a seven-member constitutional bench, led by…
RAWALPINDI: A minor house maid was shifted to hospital in a critical after she was allegedly tortured and ill-treated by her employers, husband and wife. Police have taken the couple and the woman, who brought the girl to the hospital, into custody and started an investigation. A team from the Child Protection Bureau Rawalpindi also…
ISLAMABAD: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will arrive in the federal capital here on Wednesday for a two-day visit, where he and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will co-chair the Pakistan-Turkiye High-Level Strategic Cooperation Council (HLSCC) session, aimed at strengthening bilateral ties across multiple sectors. The visit marks the final leg of President Erdogan’s overseas tour,…
• Embassy officials visit Zawiya to verify details with local officials, hospitals• FO says 37 Pakistani survivors identified so far; most in police custody• PM expresses sorrow, calls for strict action against human traffickers ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office on Tuesday confirmed the deaths of 16 Pakistani nationals in a boat accident off the coast of Libya…
ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq on Tuesday reacted sharply to a statement by a judge of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) about parliament, denouncing the remarks as “an attack” on the institution. During Tuesday’s sitting of the National Assembly, the speaker, quoting media reports, said that an honourable judge of the IHC had…
• Opposition leader questions SIFC performance, condemns govt’s victimisation of political opponents• Assembly clears bill approving lawmakers’ higher salaries ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq said on Tuesday he had formally written to the government and opposition, seeking nominations for the parliamentary panel on appointment of chief election commissioner (CEC) and members of the Election…