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PM Shehbaz rejects recommendations for further hike in petrol, diesel prices

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Friday that he had rejected recommendations for further increasing petrol and high-speed diesel (HSD) prices, adding that, however, he had instructed relevant...

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Wedding plans in limbo as Sindh govt restricts guest numbers to 200

• Marriage hall owners urge govt to reconsider decision; call restrictions ‘impractical, distressing and likely to cause confusion’• Considering ground realities, it would be difficult for authorities...

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Digital channels account for 92pc of retail payments

KARACHI: Digital payments have changed the landscape of banking transactions in the country as 92 per cent retail transactions were carried out through this mode during the second quarter of FY26,...

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6 held in Karachi as NCCIA busts ‘call centre targeting foreigners’

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Balochistan police arrest 497 proclaimed offenders

QUETTA: Balochistan Inspector General of Police Muhammad Tahir has congratulated provincial police personnel for arresting 497 proclaimed offenders over the 40-day special campaign launched against...

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Supreme Leader Mojtaba denies Iran’s role in attacks in Oman, Turkiye, dubs...

Iran’s supreme leader, Mojataba Khamenei, denied on Friday Tehran’s role in recent attacks in Turkiye and Oman, claiming that it was a “false flag tactic” by Israel instead. “I should also remark that...

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Amid Iftar row, UK’s Nigel Farage says would ban mass prayer events at...

Hard-right UK lawmaker Nigel Farage, currently leading opinion polls, said he will ban mass Muslim prayer at historic British sites if he becomes prime minister. The anti-immigrant firebrand called an...

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Calls for de-escalation in Middle East as PM Shehbaz speaks to several world...

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday discussed the ongoing hostilities in the Middle East in phone calls with leaders from several countries, with all calling for de-escalation in the region. The...

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5 arrested, terrorist plot targeting railway tracks in Karachi foiled: Sindh CTD

KARACHI: The Sindh Counter-terrorism Department (CTD) on Friday arrested five members of the proscribed Baloch Republican Guard (BRG), who were allegedly planning to carry out an attack on railway...

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‘Brain drain affecting higher education’

QUETTA: Balochistan Gov­ernor Jaffar Khan Mandokhail said on Thursday that brain drain is seriously affecting higher education in public universities of the province as senior professors are migrating...

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Jerusalem’s Muslims despair on Eidul Fitr as access to Al-Aqsa Mosque denied...

Hundreds of Muslim worshippers held Eidul Fitr prayers at the gates of Jerusalem’s Old City on Friday, with Israel closing access to the Al-Aqsa mosque and other holy sites over its war on Iran....

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Pakistan lashes out at India for ‘weaponisation of water’ over baseless...

UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has lashed out at India at the UN for weaponising water by unilaterally suspending the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) over “baseless” terrorism allegations, calling New Delhi’s...

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Rain likely in Karachi, other Sindh cities on 1st day of Eid: PMD

KARACHI: The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) on Friday forecast rain in Karachi and other parts of Sindh for tomorrow, when the country will celebrate the first day of Eidul Fitr. In its daily...

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Govt rubbishes Afghan Taliban’s ‘frivolous’ claim of Pakistan violating truce

The information ministry on Friday rubbished the Afghan Taliban’s claim of Pakistan violating the temporary pause in fighting, terming the allegation “frivolous”. In a post on X, the ministry said,...

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War Diary Day 21: Muted Nowruz, Eid in Iran

On the twenty-first day of the US-Israeli war on Iran, a sombre Nowruz and Eidul Fitr eve set the domestic mood in Iran, as fresh military developments and a shifting coalition posture pointed to an...

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PM Albanese heckled, booed during visit to Australia’s largest mosque over...

Protesters heckled and booed Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Friday during a visit to Australia’s largest mosque for Eidul Fitr prayers, voicing anger over his stance on ally Israel’s offensive in...

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‘Eid is gone for us’: War, displacement cast shadow over Eid holiday in Lebanon

For Lebanese Muslims, there was little to celebrate on Friday during Eidul Fitr as a displacement crisis prompted by Israeli strikes and fears for the future cast a dark shadow over the end of Ramazan....

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US rushes $16bn arms to Gulf after Iran warns of ‘zero restraint’

SMOKE rises after an Iranian retaliatory salvo damaged an Israeli oil refinery in Haifa.—Reuters • Tehran strikes Qatari LNG plant, Saudi and Kuwaiti refineries• Trump warns of ‘furious response’ if...

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Trump-appointed arts panel approves gold coin featuring his image

A federal arts panel comprised of members appointed by Donald Trump on Thursday unanimously approved a commemorative gold coin featuring his image, part of a series of coins the US Mint is planning to...

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30 planes prevented from entering Iranian war zone: Pakistan Airport Authority

LAHORE: The Airport Traffic Controllers of Pakistan Airport Authority (PAA) have reportedly prevented around 30 passenger aircraft from entering the Iranian war zone. “Owing to severe weather...

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