CHICO: Thousands of US firefighters are battling a blaze in California that has grown so big it is generating its own weather system, with authorities warning on Monday conditions could worsen. The flames have grown so large that they have created clouds that can cause lightning and high winds, which in turn can serve to fuel the fire, according to …

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal Bin Farhan Al Saud said on Tuesday that the kingdom is looking to expand the dimensions of its relationship with Pakistan through the Saudi-Pakistan Supreme Coordination Council (SP-SCC). Prince Faisal was speaking at a press conference alongside Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi in Islamabad, where he arrived earlier today for a day-long visit, after the …

LAHORE: The top PML-N leadership has refused to accept the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) election results and accused the Punjab government of using its machinery to rig the polls. The party is mulling moving the courts and holding a protest drive against the alleged rigging. “I have not accepted the AJK election results… and I will not. I had …

MURREE: Poor planning is one of the main reasons behind the traffic mess witnessed in Murree during the Eid days. According to police data, around 210,000 vehicles entered the hill station during Eid holidays up till Monday, choking Murree which has a parking capacity of only 3,500 vehicles. Thousands of tourists visited the scenic areas of Murree and its adjoining …

PESHAWAR: The emerging situation in Afghanistan has turned the friends of yesterday into the foes of today as the Awami National Party and Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl have engaged in a war of words with the former blaming the latter’s chief, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, for the massacre of millions of Pakhtuns and anarchy in the war-torn country. Confrontation between the nationalist and …

National Security Adviser (NSA) Moeed Yusuf left for an official visit to the US on Monday as part of high-level engagements agreed between him and his American counterpart, Jake Sullivan, during their first meeting in Geneva in May. During the visit, Yusuf will meet Sullivan to review the progress on bilateral engagement between the US and Pakistan. He will also call on …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday formed a two-member committee which would propose utility of the Citizen Club building in F-9 Park that has been lying unused since its construction. The prime minister issued the directive during his visit to the building where he was briefed by Capital Development Authority (CDA) Chairman Amer Ali Ahmed and the club’s architect …

Former prime minister and PML-N leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said Nawaz Sharif met Afghan National Security Adviser Hamdullah Mohib on Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s “request”. Talking exclusively on DawnNewsTV show Live with Adil Shahzeb on Sunday, Abbasi explained that Sharif’s meeting was not just with Mohib but that the NSA was part of a delegation from Afghanistan. “The meeting was in favour of Pakistan,” …

ISLAMABAD: In a late night development on Monday, Zahir Jaffer, who is accused of killing Noor Mukadam, confessed to committing the crime. A police officer close to the investigation told Dawn on condition of anonymity that the accused made the confession during interrogation. “A statement of Zahir Jaffer is being recorded and he will also be produced before a magistrate to record …

KARACHI: Amid growing number of Covid-19 cases mainly in the city, the Dr Ruth Pfau Civil Hospital Karachi on Monday halted all its key functions, shut outpatient departments (OPDs) and suspended surgeries till further orders, as a doctors’ body warned that the highly transmissible Delta variant accounted for almost 100 per cent of the cases in the city. The two …