A supermarket explosion killed at least 23 people in northern Mexico on Saturday, according to local officials, with investigators saying the blast was an accident possibly caused by a faulty electric transformer. “Sadly, a number of the victims we’ve found were minors,” Alfonso Durazo, governor of Sonora state, said in a video message as he…
US footprint in West Africa significantly diminishes as 1,000 troops withdraw from Niger last year Security personnel patrol the streets amid a surge in violence in Mangu, Plateau State, Nigeria, January 24, 2024, in this screengrab obtained from video Photo: Reuters US President Donald Trump on Saturday said he has asked the Defense Department to…
An explosion occurred in a Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) police station in Peshawar Today (Sunday). Initial reports suggest that old explosive material kept in the CTD police station’s storeroom detonated. The incident does not appear to be a terrorist attack, initially investigation suggested. Two officers were injured, one of the injured officers has been moved to…
Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry speaking to reporters outside Parliament House in Islamabad on October 9, 2025. SCREENGRAB ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry on Saturday revealed that India’s intelligence agency had attempted to recruit a Pakistani fisherman for espionage by offering him money. Addressing a joint press conference in Islamabad…
Afghan refugees along with their belongings on trucks await deportation to Afghanistan near the Chaman border crossing. Photo: AFP TORKHAM: Pakistan on Saturday reopened the Torkham border crossing in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa for Afghan refugees returning to their country, ending a nearly two-week closure following deadly clashes between border forces last month. Meanwhile, nearly 10,700 individuals returned…
Police officers walk past the Supreme Court of Pakistan building, in Islamabad, Pakistan April 6, 2022. REUTERS ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Saturday announced several senior-level administrative appointments “aimed at ensuring operational continuity and advancing reform within the court’s administrative framework”. According to an official statement, Sohail Mohammad Laghari presently serving as the secretary of…
Google is gradually rolling out AI review summaries on select Play Store devices, reports say The new summaries appear under the Ratings and Reviews section at app store. PHOTO: FILE Google is rolling out an artificial intelligence (AI) feature on its Play Store that summarises app reviews, allowing users to quickly gauge overall feedback without…
. The writer is Senior Minister Planning and Development, Environment and Climate Change, Punjab Every winter, as Lahore’s skyline dissolves into its familiar grey, so does a certain predictability in our national discourse. The same headlines, the same despair and the same insistence that “nothing works.” This year’s favourite villain is the anti-smog gun, a…
. The writer is an assistant professor. Email him at mujeebalisamo110@gmail.com Girls often face barriers to education long before they step into a classroom. Concerns about safety, harassment and social restrictions limit their mobility, preventing them from attending school or even accessing basic public spaces. These restrictions often stem from societal fears surrounding a girl’s…
. The writer is a non-resident research fellow in the research and analysis department of IPRI and an Assistant Professor at DHA Suffa University Karachi I was all set to write on why talks between Pakistan and Afghan Taliban are not making any progress, but then came the big headline, ‘Pakistan, Afghan Taliban reach interim…
