Tanzania has dispatched a team of health experts to investigate a mysterious disease that has claimed the lives of five people, the government said. The illness was detected in “a total of seven people (with) symptoms including fever, vomiting, bleeding in various body parts and kidney failure”, the health ministry said in a statement released late Thursday. The government has …

LAHORE: India never halted trade relations with Pakistan and wants to move towards normalising business ties, an Indian diplomat said on Friday, stressing that today’s diplomacy focuses on tourism, trade and technology because “money speaks its own language”. “India always wants bet­­ter relations with Pak­istan because we cannot change our geography,” Suresh Kumar, India’s deputy high commissioner to Pakistan, said …

ISLAMABAD: Hours after the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) formally informed the Islamabad police about its concerns over the security for party chairman Imran Khan, the government on Friday shifted the venue of the additional sessions court to a comparatively safer Judicial Complex for the hearing of the Toshakhana case against the former prime minister today (Saturday), Dawn has learnt. The Chief Commissioner Office …

Meta Platforms on Friday launched its subscription service in the U.S., which would allow Facebook and Instagram users pay for verification in the same vein as Elon Musk-owned Twitter. The Meta Verified service will give users a blue badge after they verify their accounts using a government ID and will cost $11.99 per month on the web or $14.99 a …

LAHORE: A partisan home crowd at the Gaddafi Stadium had gone quiet as Lahore Qalandars looked to be faltering in another chase. Having lost all four of their matches while batting second this season, the defending champions looked headed for another defeat in Eliminator-2 of Pakistan Super League against Peshawar Zalmi on Friday night. A spot in Saturday’s final against …

Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium is set for a tantalising Pakistan Super League clash as teams with polar strengths and weaknesses clash for a place in Saturday’s final. The tournament’s best bowling attack will take on the tournament’s worst, with Shaheen Shah Afridi’s men conceding only 1,745 runs in their 11 games as compared to Peshawar’s 2,130. On the flip side, this …

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Friday allowed a request of Punjab IGP Dr Usman Anwar to search the Zaman Park residence of PTI Chairman Imran Khan for investigation into attacks on police teams when they went there to execute warrants issued by an Islamabad court for Mr Khan’s arrest in the Toshakhana case. Justice Tariq Saleem Sheikh of LHC …

ISLAMABAD: Imports of the petroleum group dipped 8.28 per cent year-on-year in the July-February period of FY23 owing to the sharp reduction in demand as a result of the slowing down of the economy amid unprecedented inflation. The highest-ever increase in prices also contributed to lower consumption of petroleum products. In absolute terms, the total import value of the petroleum …

KABUL: A number of Afghan businesswomen took part in an exhibition in Dubai remotely this week to promote carpets, jewellery, dried fruit and other handmade goods as part of a push to access international markets after work options for women shrunk in Afghanistan under the Taliban administration. The three-day exhibition, held at a hotel in Dubai and supported by the …

LONDON: Judges in a court of appeal reduced the sentence of Lord Nazir Ahmed, who in 2022 was convicted and jailed for five-and-a-half years for abusing two children when he was a teenager in the 1970s. On Friday, three appeal court judges cut the jail term to two-and-a-half years after finding that the trial judge Justice Lavender “fell into error” …