Lahore, January 18, 2026 – All arrangements have been completed for Pakistan’s first three-day SME Clusters Expo to be held at Expo Centre Lahore from January 24 to 26 under the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA), supervised by the Federal Ministry of Industries and Production.Preparations were finalized at a meeting chaired by Federal…
The Syrian government has announced an immediate nationwide ceasefire with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), taking almost full control of the country, according to Syrian state media. The ceasefire ends nearly two weeks of fighting and forms part of a broader 14-point agreement that will see the SDF integrated into Syria’s military and state…
Reuters Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has convened a meeting with his top advisers to discuss Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” for Gaza, after it revealed the US did not include Israel in talks to do with its creation. Netanyahu’s office said it was “not coordinated with Israel and runs contrary to its policy”, following…
LAHORE – The Pakistan Super League (PSL) Governing Council’s Working Committee has approved a groundbreaking change in the player selection mechanism for PSL 11, introducing a full players auction system for the first time in the league’s history.According to media reports, the decision was made following extensive deliberations on auction, draft, and retention matters, aimed…
Soldiers are on standby for possible deployment to Minneapolis, a US defence official has told CBS News, the BBC’s US partner. The official said the 1,500 soldiers, currently in Alaska, are an option for US president Donald Trump if he decided to use active duty military personnel, as anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) demonstrations continued…
An Australian man took a dive into a flooded golf course on Sydney’s northern beaches as heavy rains and thunderstorms lashed coastal communities. Craig Finniss soaked up the opportunity by swimming a lap of the waterlogged course at Palm Beach. Residents in some nearby suburbs were ordered to evacuate their homes due to flash flooding,…
Faisal IslamEconomics editor Getty Images US President Donald Trump’s apparently coercive threat to force Western allies not to oppose his proposed annexation of Greenland, or face further damage to their trade with the US, is without both parallel and precedent. We’ve had some unusual and unexpected economic threats from President Trump over the past year,…
Jack Burgessand Ghoncheh Habibiazad,BBC Persian Iranian leader press office via Getty Images Iran’s supreme leader has for the first time publicly acknowledged that thousands of people were killed during recent protests. In a speech on Saturday, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said thousands had been killed, “some in an inhuman, savage manner”, and blamed the US for…
Dhaka — The Bangladesh Cricket Board has announced it will maintain its decision not to send its national team to India for the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup.According to a statement from the Bangladesh Cricket Board, during a meeting with the ICC delegation, Bangladesh reiterated its formal request to have its matches relocated to an…
بنکاک — ساف فٹسال چیمپئن شپ کے مینز ایونٹ میں پاکستان نے اپنے دوسرے میچ میں بھوٹان کو شکست دے کر انٹرنیشنل فٹسال میں پہلی تاریخی کامیابی رجسٹر کرلی۔بنکاک انڈوور اسٹیڈیم میں کھیلے گئے میچ میں پاکستان نے شاندار واپسی کرتے ہوئے بھوٹان کو 4-2 سے شکست دی۔ بھوٹان کے کھلاڑی داوا شیرنگ نے ابتدائی…
