PAKISTAN BREAKING NEWS

ISLAMABAD: Hours-long negotiations between the government and the opposition during a second round of talks ended in a “deadlock” early on Sunday. The meeting at Parliament House began after 4pm on Saturday, with discussions focusing on the PTI’s planned Oct 4 march to Islamabad. Details on the…

PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Saturday said the federal government had made up its mind to impose emergency or governor’s rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; however, his party suggested finding a political solution to fight terrorism in a “better way”. Addressing an event in Karachi, Bilawal said…

Scientists have discovered a new species of lizard in the Peruvian Andes, the Natural History Museum of San Marcos University said on Saturday. The lizard measures between six and eight centimetres and has distinct colouration depending on sex. Females have square-shaped spots on their backs, while…

The prison commissioner in the southern US state of Tennessee has resigned over the botched execution of convicted murderer Christa Pike, Governor Bill Lee said on Saturday. Lee said in a statement that commissioner Frank Strada would leave his post this month. Pike’s lawyers say she is in critical…

The United Arab Emirates’ attorney general said the co-pilot of a flydubai flight to Israel had planned a “terrorist act” and used the cockpit’s emergency axe to attack the captain, the official UAE news agency WAM reported on Saturday. The news agency quoted Attorney General Hamad Saif Al Shamsi…

Pakistan summoned the Indian chargé d’affaires to lodge a strong protest over the killing of two Pakistani civilians by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) personnel in the Bedian sector along the international border, the Foreign Office (FO) said on Saturday. Two unarmed Pakistani civilians were…

ISLAMABAD: Imports of used cars surged in September after easing of regulations, inviting criticism from local manufacturers while importers claim that the move will bring competition in the auto sector. After a brief decline due to the government abolishing the Pers­onal Baggage Scheme and…

US President Donald Trump on Saturday posted the supposed phone number of a Republican US senator online, escalating a feud over daylight saving time. Trump’s post on Truth Social urged people to call a phone number that he said belonged to Senator Tom Cotton, an Arkansas Republican. The dispute…

The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on Saturday said that arrangements were underway to repatriate the remains of three Pakistani sailors, who were killed during an operation earlier this week to recover a hijacked oil tanker off the coast of Somalia. The maritime police force of Somalia’s…

Pakistan women’s cricket captain Fatima Sana has signed a one-year contract with Perth Scorchers for the upcoming Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) season, the Australian club announced on Saturday. The 24-year-old all-rounder will be available for the Scorchers’ first eight matches of WBBL 12, which…

Hasan Nawaz’s fighting 96 went in vain as Pakistan fell 19 runs short of India’s 212-run target to settle for silver in the Asian Games men’s cricket final at the Korogi Athletic Park in Nisshin, Japan on Saturday. Hasan struck five fours and seven sixes in his 51-ball innings before being caught…

LAHORE: A judicial magistrate on Saturday sent a woman suspect to jail on a 14-day judicial remand in connection with a case of an Azeri woman’s rape. The 20-year-old Azerbaijan national had travelled to Pakistan for business purposes and was allegedly gang-raped by three men in a rented flat of a…

Indian police detained several people in New Delhi on Saturday, disrupting a second day of protests backed by the Gen Z-led Cockroach Janta Party and other opposition groups against changes to voter rolls. The protesters say the changes benefit Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s governing party and are…

North Korea said it tested an intermediate-range strategic missile on Saturday that involved the use of AI, hours after Seoul said Pyongyang had launched a ballistic missile. The launch took place days after Seoul’s military demanded an apology from Pyongyang for a blast that wounded three South…

Pakistan’s hockey team produced a brilliant come-from-behind victory to claim bronze at the Asian Games, beating South Korea 5-3 at the Gifu Prefectural Green Stadium on Saturday, while the volleyball team ended a 64-year wait for a medal. The medal in hockey arrived a day after heartbreak against…

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad administration on Saturday requested an extension of the deployment of Pakistan Rangers personnel in the federal capital from Oct 5 to Oct 15. The request came amid the PTI’s planned long march to the capital from Oct 4. Since the call was made, the administration has the…

Security forces killed 11 terrorists during intelligence-based operations (IBOs) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, state media reported on Saturday. State-run Radio Pakistan reported that five Fitna al-Khawarij terrorists had been killed during an IBO in KP’s South Waziristan district. Quoting…

TOGETHER with the Kashmir dispute, India’s unilateral suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty has become the biggest source of bilateral friction in the subcontinent. In a controversial move, New Delhi held the decades-old agreement ‘in abeyance’ in 2025 after the Pahalgam episode . But as Pakistan’s…

UNITED NATIONS: India’s decision to place the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) in abeyance has raised concerns over the water security, agriculture and livelihoods of millions of people dependent on the Indus Basin, as the six-decade-old agreement faces one of its most serious challenges. The concerns…

A driver lost control and crashed his car into a crowd of rugby league fans in the eastern Australian city of Newcastle on Saturday, injuring 10 people including children, police said. Thousands of supporters had gathered to farewell local rugby league side the Newcastle Knights ahead of their…

LAHORE: Pakistan’s wicket-keeper/batter Mohammad Rizwan appeared before the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) here on Friday in a case concerning allegations of online betting, gambling and leaking of team information from the dressing room during the Test series in England earlier…

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has said governments that perform well should be allowed to complete their five-year terms, arguing that the lack of policy continuity in Pakistan remains a major hurdle to development. She was addressing a delegation of the National Command Authority…

PESHAWAR: PTI Khyber Pakh­tun­khwa Secretary Information Shaukat Yousafzai said on Friday that the party’s protest march would start from the southern districts and be led by Chief Minister Sohail Afridi. “The march on October 4 will take place at any cost,” he said in a statement issued here. He…

LAHORE: The country’s system is in need of a reset, as some departments and institutions have become hurdles to ‘performance’, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said on Friday. The security czar, who had whipped up a political storm when he called for the formation of new administrative units in the…

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