LAHORE: In a rare incident, a PIA’s domestic flight from Karachi landed here with a missing wheel on Wednesday evening. The PIA flight PK-306 left from Karachi for Lahore and upon reaching the Allama Iqbal International Airport it transpired that one of the six rear wheels of the aircraft was missing. According to a PIA…
KARACHI: Sino Sindh Resources Pvt Ltd (SSRL) Chief Executive Officer Li Jigen has stated that the power generation cost from Block-1 of the Thar region is Rs5.52 per unit, significantly cheaper than the energy produced from hydro sources. This he said while speaking at a public hearing called by the Thar Coal and Energy Board…
An engine on an American Airlines jet caught fire after the plane diverted to Denver on Thursday, forcing the evacuation of passengers using emergency slides, the Federal Aviation Administration said. The airline said all 172 passengers and six crew members had exited the plane, though Denver International Airport said 12 people were transported to hospitals…
WASHINGTON: Indian authorities arrested at Washington’s request a cryptocurrency exchange administrator accused of money laundering conspiracy and violating sanctions, India’s top crime fighting bureau said on Wednesday. The United States, Germany and Finland took down the online infrastructure used by the Russian cryptocurrency exchange Garantex, the US Justice Department said last week, adding that two…
BAKU: Azerbaijan and Armenia said on Thursday that they had wrapped up talks aimed at resolving the Caucasus neighbours’ decades-long conflict, with both sides agreeing on the text of a possible treaty. A deal to normalise ties would be a major breakthrough in a region where Russia, the European Union, the United States and Turkiye…
CHARLEVOIX: Host Canada called on Thursday on the Group of Seven powers to back Ukraine against Russia’s “aggression” as a more conciliatory approach toward Moscow by Donald Trump’s United States split the club of wealthy democracies. Canada, the current G7 president, is gathering its foreign ministers for three days of talks inside a rustic hotel…
PARIS: On the way to investigate the scene of a historic asteroid collision, a European spacecraft swung by Mars and captured rare images of the red planet’s mysterious small moon Deimos, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Thursday. Europe’s HERA mission is aiming to find out how much of an impact a Nasa spacecraft…
WASHINGTON: The US government, already shaken to its core by Donald Trump’s radical reforms, could begin shutting down entirely at the weekend as Democrats face the stark option of opposing the president’s federal funding plans — even if it blows up in their faces. With a Friday night deadline to fund the government or allow…
• Foreign Office says India involved in sponsoring terrorism against Pakistan• No indication from US about possibility of travel ban ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office said on Thursday that intelligence reports and operational findings had confirmed that the perpetrators of the attack on the Jaffar Express remained in touch with their handlers in Afghanistan throughout the…
WASHINGTON: Muslim and Jewish advocacy groups in the United States criticised President Donald Trump on Wednesday for referring to the top Senate Democrat, Senator Chuck Schumer, as a Palestinian, with the organisations saying the president used the term as a slur. Trump, a Republican, was asked by reporters at the White House about US corporate…