LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President and Leader of the Opposition in National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif has expressed concern over suspension of gas supplies to industries and CNG sector in the country. “The tragic and endless loadshedding of electricity and gas has been going on since last month. Particularly, gas loadshedding in summers is the worst mismanagement in the energy …

VIENNA: The world’s leading oil producers agreed on Sunday to continue to modestly boost output from August reaching a compromise after the United Arab Emirates blocked a deal earlier this month. An OPEC+ meeting decided to raise output by 400,000 barrels per day (bpd) each month from August to help fuel a global economic recovery as the pandemic eases, the …

The Foreign Office (FO) said on Monday that the Indian foreign minister’s statement that the Narendra Modi government had ensured Pakistan remained on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list had vindicated Pakistan’s longstanding stance on “India’s negative role” in the global financial watchdog. The FO said the India foreign minister’s statement had exposed India’s “true colours” and “duplicitous” …

JERUSALEM: Israeli police clashed with Muslim protestors on Sunday at a flashpoint Jerusalem Old City shrine as Jews were headed there to mark a religious holiday, police said. The tensions and the Jewish pilgrimage to the highly sensitive Al Aqsa mosque compound, known to Jews as the Temple Mount, were condemned by the Palestinians. Israel’s right-wing nationalist Prime Minister Naftali …

BANGKOK: Thai police on Sunday deployed rubber bullets, tear gas and water cannon against protesters who defied Covid-19 restrictions to call for Premier Prayut Chan-O-Cha’s resignation and mark the anniversary of a pro-democracy movement. The kingdom is currently battling its worst Covid-19 wave, registering daily case records as hospitals buckle under pressure. Exacerbating the toll has been the government’s slow …

LONDON: The UK government was thrown into turmoil on Sunday by its own rules on Covid self-isolation just as it controversially prepares to ditch pandemic curbs in England. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and finance minister Rishi Sunak will work remotely until July 26, officials said, after Health Secretary Sajid Javid on Saturday tested positive for Covid-19. Javid had a “lengthy” …

ANKARA: Turkey on Sunday slammed a ruling by a top European Union court allowing the banning of headscarves under certain conditions as a “clear violation of religious freedoms”, adding the move would exacerbate prejudices against Muslim women in Europe. The Luxembourg-based EU Court of Justice (CJEU) ruled on Thursday that companies in the bloc can ban employees from wearing a …

ISLAMABAD: Fuel shortages caused by inadequate supply arrangements and forced outages are leading to serious power supply constraints as consumers suffer in extreme humid conditions across the country. A senior official of the Power Division conceded that power companies had been compelled by unavoidable circumstances to apply forced power cuts ranging between 1,000MW and 2,000MW in peak hours. This does …

the Sunday morning brought scattered showers to parts of DFW. The afternoon was generally warm and dry, although additional thunderstorms developed west of Fort Worth. Severe weather is not expected, but brief heavy rain, lightning and gusty winds will be possible where these isolated storms occur. A weak summer cold front will move into North Texas on Monday with more …

Dallas police are asking for the public’s assistance searching for a man who was last seen in northwest Dallas. Richard Green, 76.(Courtesy of Dallas Police Department) Richard Green, 76, was last seen about 3 p.m. Thursday in the 3900 block of Gaspar Drive, police said. Green may be driving a brown and beige 1986 GMC Jimmy with Texas license plate …