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RAWALPINDI: Police have arrested Faisal Asghar, husband of 45-year-old Hina Javed, in her alleged murder in Rawalpindi. The incident took place at Askari Apartments in the Lalkurti area, within the jurisdiction of the Civil Lines Police Station. According to the FIR registered on the complaint of Hina’s brother, her body was found in the bathroom of the residence. Police have…
New York: Bitcoin bounced and global stocks clawed back some of their recent losses on Friday as investors assessed the US Treasury’s efforts to push down long-term borrowing costs. Bond yields were steady and oil prices rose as the United States and Iran remained deadlocked over a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. That was enough to allow equities…
KARACHI: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Karachi chief Monem Zafar Khan on Saturday said that financial hardships are driving people to take their own lives, accusing the federal and provincial governments of failing to address the country’s economic and civic problems. Addressing a press conference at the JI sit-in in Karachi, Monem Zafar Khan said the party’s protest was against what he described…
Ankara: Turkey and Israel traded barbs on Friday after Ankara announced it had sought an international arrest warrant for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accusing him of “genocide” linked to the interception of a Gaza-bound aid flotilla. Turkey has become a virulent critic of Israel’s war in Gaza, after Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has frequently accused…
LAHORE: The Punjab government on Saturday launched a crackdown against overloading and the use of gas cylinders in school vans, rickshaws, and buses, ARY News reported. Chief Traffic Officer (CTO) Syed Abdul Raheem Sherazi stated that LPG cylinders will not be allowed in school vans, wagons, and rickshaws. He emphasized that to ensure the safety of children, strict action will…
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has inaugurated Pakistan’s first heart transplant centre at the Jinnah Institute of Cardiology in Lahore. Named the Maryam Nawaz Sharif Heart Transplant Centre, the facility is equipped with advanced medical technology and aims to provide heart transplant services free of cost to deserving patients. In a statement on social media, Maryam Nawaz announced…
India coach Gautam Gambhir said he was pleased with the rise in younger players ahead of the second Test against Sri Lanka on Sunday. India hold a 1-0 lead in the two-match series and a victory in Colombo will help keep hopes of reaching the World Test Championship final alive. Young batsman Devdutt Padikkal, playing his third Test, was one…
Mitchell Starc bagged four wickets and 10 for the match as he ripped through the Bangladesh batting to ensure a commanding innings and 51-run second Test victory for Australia inside two days on Sunday. The visitors headed into the Mackay showdown on a high after shocking the world’s top-ranked team by nine wickets in the first Test at Darwin. But…
KARACHI: At least two individuals were killed in a road accident near Malir Court on Sunday morning, ARY News reported. Providing details of the tragic incident, rescue officials said a speeding vehicle struck a motorcycle, resulting in the death of one youth. The second youth succumbed to his injuries in the hospital. The deceased were identified as 27-year-old Danish and…
Australia on Sunday confirmed its first case of H5N1 bird flu in a mammal, with the deadly virus found in a long-nosed fur seal in South Australia state. Australia has been grappling with rising cases of the highly pathogenic avian influenza after it landed in the country in June. South Australian authorities confirmed the nation’s first mammalian detection in the…
