“Do Pakistani journalists have nothing else to talk about except Imran Khan? … even if [Imran] is released and returns to power, [he] risks becoming the Pied Piper of Hamelin, leading his followers towards disillusionment and a rude awakening,” writes former Supreme Court of India Justice Markandey Katju.
LIFE
Zambia and the Republic of Congo have withdrawn their contestants after failing to get US visas, while Zimbabwe’s and South Sudan’s are still waiting, with the final on November 24.
INTERNATIONAL
Van Hollen says Democrats need new leadership after their midterm sweep. Schumer says he has the votes to stay on in a closed-door vote due in early December.
INTERNATIONAL
Supporters of the preacher Dhirendra Krishna Shastri blocked National Highway 39 as Mahasabha members tried to march on his shrine over his remarks about Lord Krishna, reports said.
NATIONAL
An anti-terrorism court gave Dad Bux sentences totalling 48 years, to run concurrently, over the 2021 shooting that wounded a Chinese engineer near Gulbai.
ECONOMY
Pakistan signed 13 agreements and MoUs with foreign firms and governments as the two-day minerals forum ended, and the FWO said early drilling data pointed to about 350 million tonnes of copper ore in Chagai.
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A German newspaper said Russian negotiators also sought NATO’s exit from Baltic bases and all of the Donbas. Finland’s defence minister called the idea “absolutely outrageous”.
Mohammad el-Shami’s family has had no explanation of how he died, the UN human rights office says, and it fears another detained employee was coerced into a filmed “confession”.
The Spanish singer won five awards in Las Vegas, including album of the year for Lux and song of the year for “La Perla”, while Argentina’s Milo J took record of the year.
Friday’s 130m-gallon shortfall is planned. The breakdowns in May and July were not. Dhabeji must stop being a single point of failure, and K-IV must arrive with the pipes to carry its water.
“Four disruptions in 17 months is not bad luck. It is a design flaw.”
A farm worker died in Lahore after a lioness attacked him during a TikTok shoot. Punjab already has rules for big cats. It needs inspections, seizures that stick, and protection for the workers.
8 min read
The trial over the 2023 arson must run its course. The state need not wait for a verdict to search for surviving copies of decades of Pashto and Hindko music, drama and speech.
7 min read
The CDA’s 30 women-only electric buses deserve a quick launch. But Peshawar shows that making every bus safe does more for women than a separate fleet, and Islamabad should do both
9 min read
The FBR is Rs95bn behind, interest costs are climbing again, and the foreign debt keeps rolling over. How the pieces fit, and which levers are real.
Every rupee the FBR misses has to be found somewhere else, and the interest bill does not wait.
Iran’s forces have claimed six ships hit, a US drone downed, and a US radar destroyed in three days. None of the ships has been named. What can be checked, why markets react anyway, and what it means for Pakistan.
9 min read
The levy brings in Rs1.676 trillion a year by the government’s target, and the IMF programme counts on it. Jamaat-e-Islami wants it gone. Here is what is at stake, and the options in between.
10 min read
The president says Washington has Iran’s money and its strait. The blockade, the attacks in Hormuz, and Pakistan’s mediation tell a more complicated story.
9 min read
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“This great language, which has produced perhaps the best poetry in modern India … and which is a shining gem in the treasury of Indian culture, is today neglected, and by some people even looked at with suspicion,” writes former Supreme Court of India Justice Markandey Katju.
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Six people get six months in prison, Dh300,000 fines, and deportation, Abu Dhabi’s judicial department says. Reports say they are from Usman Nurmagomedov’s camp, and that Dvalishvili was fined.
The struggling Indian airline owes about 14 million dirhams to Dubai Airports and its ground handler, reports say. SpiceJet says it is resolving the matter.
McIlroy and his Ryder Cup teammate are five under at the halfway stage, with the Race to Dubai leader, Eugenio Chacarra, four shots back.
Mohamed Kanno and Abdulelah Al-Amri scored three minutes apart after the break as the Saudis ended South Korea’s unbeaten run against them dating back to 2005.
The Arab League’s legislative body will lobby the EU and the Security Council’s permanent members, and prepare a file on the group’s attacks for the International Criminal Court.
Officials say forces were ordered to dig in west and north of Aden after Houthi fighters took hilltops overlooking the city. Neither side’s claims can be independently verified.
An anti-terrorism court gave Dad Bux sentences totalling 48 years, to run concurrently, over the 2021 shooting that wounded a Chinese engineer near Gulbai.
Pakistan signed 13 agreements and MoUs with foreign firms and governments as the two-day minerals forum ended, and the FWO said early drilling data pointed to about 350 million tonnes of copper ore in Chagai.
The fourth petrol cut in as many days takes the price Rs16 below last week’s Rs346. Diesel stays at Rs360 a litre.
Footage released on Tuesday shows ballistic and cruise missiles and their launchers in a tunnel complex. Iran has not said where it is, and the claims cannot be independently checked
UN monitors, US intelligence and Russia all warn of terrorist groups operating from Afghanistan, as Pakistan becomes the country most affected by terrorism.
A maritime security pact signed during President Muizzu’s visit gives Islamabad a foothold in waters New Delhi has long treated as its own backyard.
The former England captain, whose 2007 move to LA Galaxy brought in the “Beckham Rule”, will be inducted on April 16, 2027, alongside Megan Rapinoe and Jozy Altidore.
Ten teams will play in Lahore from 19 to 28 February 2027, the FIH says, with promotion to the Pro League for the winners.
The Australia captain denied knowing about the 2018 ball-tampering plot. David Warner said he stood by Khawaja.
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