DERA GHAZI KHAN: The Punjab food department has seized more than 10,000 sacks of illegally hoarded wheat in various parts of Dera Ghazi Khan district, while over 6,000 sacks were allegedly sold without permission by mill and warehouse owners. Authorities have registered four separate FIRs against the accused under the Punjab Foodstuffs Con-trol Act 1958…
More than £13m has been given to a town’s trust to continue its work improving the health and wellbeing of local residents. The money from Luton Rising, the Luton Borough Council company that owns London Luton Airport, has been given to Active Luton to secure investment in leisure and library services until 2030. The council…
Oct 15, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Inspirational thought of the week: “Are you surprised?” “Surprised, Eddie? If I woke up tomorrow with my head sewn to the carpet, I wouldn’t be more surprised than I am right now.” — Clark Griswold and Cousin Eddie, “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” Here at Bottom 10 Headquarters, located behind…
23 FIRs lodged, dozens of machines seized; govt to regularise placer gold reserves MIANWALI: Illegal gold extraction from the River Indus has surged at a point known as Peer Pahai, where the river narrows as it enters Mianwali from Attock, a site once earmarked for the Kalabagh Dam. The area has recently become the centre…
A man sits next to trucks parked at the Torkham border crossing, after Pakistan closed border crossings with Afghanistan, following exchanges of fire between the forces of the two countries, in Torkham, Pakistan, October 12, 2025 Photo: Reuters Sunday morning, for the second time this year, we woke to the news that Pakistan was at…
A tentative deal for the management of Chinese short video app TikTok in the United States is facing new pressure after last week’s flare-up in trade tensions between Beijing and Washington, with analysts mixed in their assessment of the pact’s chances for survival. “It’s probably quite hard to see that [deal] happening under such an…
Criminal gangs in northern Myanmar targeted Chinese citizens with the support of local political and military leaders, state media has reported. On Wednesday, the national broadcaster CCTV aired a confession from the head of an alleged crime family Wei Huairen, who is also known as Wai San. Wei was handed over to Chinese law enforcement…
The UN humanitarian chief has urged Israel to open more crossings into Gaza to allow a surge of aid, after Israel warned it would limit supplies into the territory over delays from Hamas in releasing the bodies of deceased hostages. Tom Fletcher called on both Israel and Hamas to implement the terms of the ceasefire…
John LaurensonBusiness reporter, Rotterdam AFP via Getty Images The Netherlands has raced to switch to wind and solar power In a Dutch government TV campaign called “Flip the Switch” an actress warns viewers about their electricity usage. “When we all use electricity at the same time, our power grid gets overloaded,” she says. “This can…
It’s true: October Prime Day 2025 is over. But you can’t expect a site like Amazon to shut down every deal — the company was built on the discount. Today, we hunted down the tech deals under $50 that are still available. While there’s a lot fewer deals than there were yesterday (we counted 59…
