LONDON: British-Pakistani community leader Tarab Raja has said Pakistan’s armed forces are highly capable of thwarting designs of the enemies and have proven their skills and ability by defending the country against serious dangers and conspiracies. Speaking to The News here in the British capital, Raja said Pakistan Army’s role in maintaining peace at home and abroad has been pivotal. “The role …

Around 10,000 international pilgrims are arriving in Saudi Arabia today to perform Umrah as the Kingdom opens its borders for foreign pilgrims for the first time in seven months. According to Deputy Minister of Hajj and Umrah Dr Amr Al-Maddah, the 10,000 pilgrims arriving from abroad must first obtain a permit, Arab News reported on Sunday. The publication also underscored …

A 17-year-old Indian murdered his father in cold blood, then watched ‘Crime Patrol’ TV series to take cues on how to destroy the evidence. The incident happened on May 2 when the boy got upset at his father who yelled at him, as per Indian media reports. He reportedly killed his 42-year-old father, Manoj Mishra, by hitting the man over …

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has ordered England back into a national lockdown after the country passed the milestone of one million Covid-19 cases and a second wave of infections threatened to overwhelm the health service. The United Kingdom, which has the biggest official death toll in Europe from Covid-19, is grappling with more than 20,000 new coronavirus cases a …

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broa­dcasting Senator Shibli Faraz has said the opposition is trying to destabilise the country with its narrative only to benefit the enemies. Addressing a press conference on Saturday, he said the opposition leaders had stooped too low only to protect their personal interests by directly attacking the institutions with the aim of creating divisions among …

ISLAMABAD: Five more streets in F-6, F-10 and I-10 have been sealed to limit the spread of Covid-19. According to an order issued by the office of the deputy commissioner, Street 18 in F-6, Street 1 in F-6/3, Street 53 in F-6/4, Street 55 in F-10/4 and Gali 17 in I-10/2 have been locked down. Exemptions to the order include …

KASUR: Punjab wild life department staffers from Lahore finally captured the lioness that had escaped from a breeding farm on Ganda Singh Road while she was being shifted from one cage to another on the night between Thursday and Friday. After escaping from the breeding farm, the lioness had entered an adjoining poultry farm and hid herself on the premises. …

LAHORE: An accountability court on Saturday issued show- cause notices to the inspector general of prisons, capital city police officer of Lahore and SP headquarters as Leader of Opposition in Punjab Assembly Hamza Shehbaz was not brought to the court to attend proceedings against him in Ramzan Sugar Mills reference. At the outset of the hearing, Presiding Judge Amjad Nazir …

ISLAMABAD: One third of the journalists facing legal cases filed mainly by the Pakistani state are at risk of being charged under the Anti-Terrorism Law, a research study has found. Print media practitioners are twice as likely to be the target of legal action that television media practitioners, and Sindh is the most dangerous region for journalists in Pakistan when …

ISLAMABAD: For the first time since the end of July, the number of coronavirus cases being reported on a daily basis has surpassed the 1,000 mark, while active cases have also doubled in one and a half months with around 100 patients requiring ventilators at present. In view of the deteriorating situation, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on …