The Congolese side’s dramatic victory sealed their place among Africa’s elite JOHANNESBURG: South African club Orlando Pirates on Saturday became the first high-profile casualty of the 2025-26 CAF Champions League after losing on penalties to Saint-Eloi Lupopo of the Democratic Republic of Congo. An Oswin Appollis goal deep in added time gave Pirates a 3-0…
FRANCE: Paris Saint-Germain won after two Ligue 1 stalemates as they beat Brest 3-0 on Saturday to replace Marseille at the top of the table. The reigning French and European champions regained the summit after Marseille came unstuck 2-1 in the late game at Lens. Mason Greenwood continued his fine form, putting Marseille into a…
LONDON: Liverpool slumped to a fourth consecutive Premier League defeat as Brentford bullied the defending champions in a 3-2 win on Saturday. Goals from Dango Ouattara, Kevin Schade and Igor Thiago secured victory for the Bees, who climb to 10th in the table. Liverpool slip to sixth and could be seven points adrift of leaders…
Saudi Arabia on Sunday welcomed the announcement of an immediate ceasefire between Pakistan and Afghanistan. Source: x.com/arabnews ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday acknowledged that there has been no major terrorist attack originating from the Afghan soil since the Doha ceasefire agreement, terming the development a “positive outcome” as talks between Islamabad and the Afghan Taliban regime…
QUETTA: Unknown armed men attacked the camp of a construction company in Khuzdar district late Thursday night, abducting 18 labourers and setting several vehicles and heavy machinery on fire. The incident – the second mass abduction of workers in Balochistan within 24 hours – has heightened security fears across the province. According to officials, the…
ISPR says 8 terrorists killed during Tank IBO, SP Asad Zubair among three martyred in Hangu, Police kill two RAWALPINDI: Security forces carried out an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Tank district and killed eight “Khwarij belonging to the Indian proxy Fitna al Khwarij”, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a press release, referring to…
Rana Sanaullah. PHOTO: FILE ISLAMABAD: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Political Affairs Rana Sanaullah on Friday ruled out any negotiations with the proscribed Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), saying the group had been “created in a bid to cut into the PML-N’s vote bank”. Earlier, the Ministry of Interior has issued a notification declaring the TLP…
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Photo: File ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday highlighted the significance of the CPEC and transnational rail and road projects, saying that the connectivity initiatives would synergise the economic strengths of regional countries and usher in a new era of enhanced trade, economic and energy cooperation in the region and…
ISLAMABAD: The government has set a wheat production target of 29.68 million tonnes for the 202526 Rabi season. The Federal Committee on Agriculture (FCA), chaired by Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research Rana Tanveer Hussain, reviewed the performance of the 202526 Kharif crops and approved production targets for the upcoming Rabi crops. The…
Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb speaks during a Reuters interview at the 2025 annual IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington, DC, US, April 25, 2025. Photo: Reuters/ File ISLAMABAD: The government on Friday gave approval for filling the vacant positions of half a dozen state-owned entities, including the appointment of five new members of the board…
