China’s President Xi Jinping on Thursday warned that foreign forces attempting to bully the nation will “get their heads bashed”, and hailed a “new world” created by its people as the ruling Communist Party marked the centenary of its founding. In an hour-long address from Tiananmen Square, Xi pledged to build up China’s military, committed to the “reunification” of Taiwan …

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday warned the Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) cybercrime wing to exercise its powers judiciously or else the court would impose heavy cost on the investigation officers for misuse of authority. IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah was hearing the petitions filed against the ongoing inquiries by the FIA’s cybercrime wing against journalists Bilal Ghauri, …

RAWALPINDI: The divisional administration has claimed to have revised PC-I of the Rawalpindi Ring Road project and sent it to the Punjab government for approval. According to the PC-I, old alignment of the road from Rawat to Thalian measuring 38 kilometer has been restored. In a statement issued late on Tuesday night divisional administration spokesperson said the PC-I would likely …

ISLAMABAD: As ‘water politics’ has brought Sindh and Punjab face to face, a Senate committee has unanimously decided to take up in its next meeting the row between the two provinces. The decision was made at a meeting of the Senate Standing Commi­ttee on Inter-Provincial Coordina­tion held here on Wednesday and presided over by Senator Mian Raza Rabbani. It decided …

MUZAFFARABAD: Chief Justice of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Justice Raja Saeed Akram has deferred the yearly summer vacations in the apex court until an unspecified period, it was announced here on Wednesday. Every year, the Supreme Court goes on vacation for three months – from the first week of July to the first week of October. However, during this …

PESHAWAR: As coronavirus cases and mortalities due to the pandemic continue to decline, Khyber Teaching Hospital has started vaccination of patients’ attendants as part of the health department’s plan to boost up inoculation and ensure safety of people. The government has also extended public health emergency for three more months, according to a notification issued by health department. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, …

ISLAMABAD: As the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) has expressed fears that Covid-19 cases may rise during Eidul Azha holidays, China on Wednesday handed over 200 mobile oxygen concentrators to Pakistan. The oxygen concentrators were handed over to chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Lt Gen Akhtar Nawaz by China’s Ambassador to Pakistan Nong Rong at a …

ISLAMABAD: Hundreds of people, who came to Islamabad from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for vaccination, blocked 9th Avenue for hours during a protest on Wednesday after being told by staff at F-9 vaccination centre that they ran short of Pfizer and AstraZeneca. Over 2,000 people moved towards the F-9 Vaccination Centre and police were unable to stop them, officials of the capital …

The Pakistan Army has inducted the first batch of the state-of-the-art VT-4 tanks, according to the military’s media affairs wing. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that Commander Mangla Corps Lt Gen Shaheen Mazher Mehmood visited the Armoured Division and inspected the first batch of VT-4 tanks. Maj Gen Rashid Mahmood briefed the commander …

xcce Dallas police have released video of a shooting that wounded a 4-year-old girl and four women outside a southeast Dallas apartment building earlier this month. Officers responded about 4:30 p.m. June 11 to the 300 block of North Jim Miller Road, where the shooting was reported after two groups were involved in a disturbance, police said. The child, who …