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KARACHI: The President, Senate President, National Assembly Speaker and other leaders hailed former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto as a champion of democracy on her 17th death anniversary, remembering her fight for the oppressed. The PPP leader was assassinated on December 27, 2007 in Rawalpindi’s Liaquat Bagh. In his message, President Asif Ali Zardari said Ms….
An army officer was martyred while 13 terrorists were killed during three separate security operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the army’s media wing said in a statement on Thursday. After the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) broke a fragile ceasefire agreement with the government in 2022, the country witnessed a sharp rise in the number of attacks…
Senior Azerbaijani officials confirmed on Thursday anadolu the validity of previous media reports suggesting that the crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines plane near the Kazakh city of Aktau on Wednesday was caused by a Russian missile system. This came after Azerbaijani media, citing government sources, reported that preliminary results of the investigation into the incident…
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (FO) stated on Thursday that Pakistani forces are carrying out “operations in border areas to protect the people of Pakistan from terrorist groups”, a day after the Taliban administration accused the country of carrying out a air attack on its territory. Relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan have been strained due…
Pakistan’s bowlers responded after the tourists were bowled out for 211 on the first day of the first Test against South Africa at Centurion’s SuperSport Park on Thursday. Khurram Shahzad struck twice and Mohammad Abbas claimed a late wicket as South Africa reached 82 for three in the end. South African fast bowler Corbin Bosch…
A religious political party protesting the killings in Parachinar district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa expanded its protest in Karachi on Thursday, prompting traffic authorities to issue traffic plans to avoid inconvenience to commuters. Violent clashes, which claimed more than 100 lives in October, have isolated the KP’s Kurram from the rest of the country. On Sunday…
Former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who ruled the country for two terms and liberalized its economy in a previous stint as finance minister, has died at the age of 92, local media reported Thursday. Singh, an economist-turned-politician who also served as central bank governor, was ill and was admitted to the All India Institute…
South African fast bowler Corbin Bosch took a wicket with his first ball in Test cricket and, along with Dane Paterson, reduced Pakistan to 209 runs for nine during tea on the opening day of the first Test at Centurion on Thursday. Paterson took 5-61 in 16 overs and Bosch 4-63 in 15 overs on…
Bangladesh on Thursday ordered a commission to investigate a failed 2009 military mutiny and its subsequent crackdown, including the role of alleged “foreign” sponsors, the head of the inquiry said. The violent riot shocked the entire South Asian nation and ended with the army crushing the mutineers, with dozens detained and sentenced to death. An…
A district and sessions court in Islamabad on Thursday granted bail to Bushra Bibi, wife of PTI founder Imran Khan, in cases related to the violent protest organized by the party last month. On November 13, Imran made a “final call” for nationwide protests on November 24, demanding the restoration of the PTI’s electoral mandate,…
