• Rich nations struggle to meet $300bn pledged at COP29 summit last year• EU is under budget strain, facing US tariffs and trying to ramp up military spending to defend itself and Ukraine• COP30 presidency says recent cuts to foreign aid budgets represent a renewed challenge PARIS: There are growing doubts about a pledge by…
LAHORE: Armed guards of a private security company reportedly fired shots on a car rider at Dharampura Underpass, thrashed him and fled the scene, leaving a vehicle and some weapons on the spot. A video clip of the incident went viral on social media, showing the armed security guards escorting a luxury vehicle blatantly violating…
KARACHI: The full moon and harvest time, when the agriculture fields are lush with bright yellow mustard flowers swaying in the breeze, was also an occasion for the Hindu community to celebrate the Holi, the festival of colour. As members of the Hindu community arrived in huge numbers at the main gate of the Shri…
• 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…
“WE HEAR about the protests almost daily; another one is planned [today] at different locations along the mighty Indus in Sindh. We will be doomed if water flows downstream shrink further.” Thirty-something Shaukat Mallah is a fisherman who is desperately awaiting monsoon rains, as they will restore flows in the river. With the rising water…
NEW YORK: A US judge has extended his order blocking federal authorities from deporting a detained Columbia University student, in a case that has become a flashpoint of President Donald Trump’s administration’s pledge to deport some pro-Palestinian college activists. US District Judge Jesse Furman had temporarily blocked Mahmoud Khalil’s deportation earlier this week, and extended…
GENEVA: A United Nations investigation concluded on Thursday that Israel carried out “genocidal” acts in Gaza through the systematic destruction of sexual and reproductive healthcare facilities. The UN Commission of Inquiry said Israel had “intentionally attacked and destroyed” the Palestinian territory’s main fertility centre, and had simultaneously imposed a siege and blocked aid including medication…
ISLAMABAD: Amid worsening economic struggles confronting Pakistan, yuan-denominated financial instruments are likely to offer opportunities to the country to restructure its debt and drive green infrastructure initiatives. This was the crux of a high-level webinar, Panda Bonds: Mobilising Sustainable Investments for Pakistan’s Renewable Energy Future, on Thursday. It was organised by the Sustainable Development Policy…
ISLAMABAD: A four-judge committee, constituted by Chief Justice of Pakistan Yahya Afridi to conduct a thorough review of the Supreme Court Rules of 1980, has formulated a comprehensive draft of the Supreme Court Rules, 2025. To enhance transparency, efficiency and overall effectiveness in judicial proceedings, CJP Afridi appointed Justice Shahid Waheed, Justice Irfan Saadat Khan,…
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for National Health Services Mustafa Kamal on Thursday contacted provincial health ministers to make a collective strategy to address health-related issues. He held telephone calls with Punjab Health Minister Khawaja Salman Rafique, Sindh Health Minister Azra Fazal Pechuho, Balochistan Minister Bakht Muhammad Kakar and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister’s Adviser on Health Ehtisham…