ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is due to visit Riyadh from December 3-4 to attend the “One Water Summit”, according to a statement issued by the Foreign Office (FO) on Monday. Islamabad and Riyadh share historic brotherly relations and cooperation in different sectors such as culture, economy, trade, and defence, among others. This will be the prime minister’s fifth visit …
ISLAMABAD: The government has formed a joint task force (JTF) to identify and trace perpetrators involved in a “massive malicious campaign”, which it said was aimed at discrediting the state, it emerged on Monday. The development comes amid claims by the PTI that at least 12 party supporters died in Islamabad as a result of firing by law enforcement agencies …
Dafen village, once known for mass-producing replica oil paintings, has transformed into a thriving arts hub in southern China, housing tens of thousands of artists and more than 1,000 art-related businesses. The village, situated in Longgang district of Shenzhen, south China’s Guangdong Province, once produced eight out of 10 Chinese oil paintings sold in Western markets, where Chinese works accounted …
ISLAMABAD: The Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court (SC) on Monday allowed the Additional Attorney General (AAG) Aamir Rehman more time to seek government directives regarding the audio leaks case. On Nov 22, the Constitutional Bench of the SC ordered the government to state whether it intends to continue with the inquiry commission constituted in the wake of audio leaks. …
KARACHI: At least sixteen terrorists were gunned down and four law enforcers, including two army men, were martyred in separate gun battles across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan, and Punjab provinces on Saturday and Sunday. In an intelligence-based operation in the Baka Khel area of Bannu district, five militants were killed while nine others sustained injuries. During the shootout, 29-year-old sepoy Iftikhar …
PESHAWAR / KURRAM: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Khan Gandapur has ordered security forces to carry out indiscriminate action against ‘militants’ in Kurram district, where violence has killed around 100 people. The chief minister visited the neighbouring district of Kohat on Saturday and attended the meeting of a grand jirga constituted by the provincial government to address the violence …
ISLAMABAD: Users across the country once again reported internet disruptions on Sunday, as the government downplayed the outages, dismissing concerns about the firewall situation as “blown out of proportion.” In recent months, users have experienced sluggish speeds, difficulty downloading media on WhatsApp, and intermittent connectivity issues. Digital analysts say the government has been testing a “firewall” that monitors some platforms …
RAWALPINDI: Eight terrorists were killed in two separate engagements with security forces in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Khyber and Bannu districts, the military’s media wing said on Sunday. A statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that an intelligence-based operation was conducted in the Baka Khel area of the Bannu district on the reported presence of terrorists (Khawarij). “During the …
LAHORE: As the opposition PTI reels from the Nov 26 crackdown, party vice chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi, who is in jail along with other key leaders, on Saturday advocated for national reconciliation and national consensus to achieve political stability. In a media talk after his appearance in an anti-terrorism court in Lahore, the former foreign minister expressed the hope that …
The total number of people killed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Kurram district has reached 130, while 186 are injured as clashes between tribes continued for the eleventh day despite a ceasefire having been imposed in Lower Kurram, according to a local official. Kurram has been a flashpoint for tribal tensions for decades. They spilled over into a fresh wave of attacks …