COLOMBO: The World Bank has offered a lifeline to three private banks in bankrupt Sri Lanka on Monday, lending them $400 million to finance imports of essential food and medicines with an IMF bailout stalled. The World Bank’s private sector funding arm, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), is lending the trio the funds with Sri Lanka’s economic crisis still rumbling …

OSMANIYE: An earthquake, with a magnitude of 5.6 and depth of 6.15 km, shook southeast Turkiye on Monday, killing one person, injuring 110 and causing 29 buildings to collapse, Turkish authorities said, triggering frantic work to rescue several people believed trapped in rubble. The epicentre of the tremor was the Yesilyurt district in the Malatya province, which was hit by …

An Islamabad court hearing the Toshakhana case against PTI chief Imran Khan has issued non-bailable arrest warrants for him over persistent absences. Just hours before, he secured bail in two cases — prohibited funding and terrorism — as he appeared before as many courts at Islamabad’s judicial complex accompanied by a large number of party workers. The PTI chief was …

QUETTA: The Balochistan High Court on Monday rejected a bail plea of Haq Do Tehreek chief Maulana Hidayatur Rehman in a case pertaining to violence that resulted in the death of a police official. A division bench comprising BHC Chief Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan and Justice Gul HassanTareen rejected the post-arrest bail plea filed by defence lawyers, with the observation …

ISLAMABAD: Senate Standing Committee on Interior on Monday expressed its concerns over growing population of stray dogs in the capital. The committee, which met here with Senator Mohsin Aziz in the chair, discussed various agenda items, including stray dogs in Sector D-12 and increasing incidents of dog bite, causing problems to the residents especially the senior citizens, women and children. …

GWADAR: Four people, including a security man and three civilians, were injured in a grande and rocket attack on an FC checkpoint in Turbat area, late on Monday night. Police officials said miscreants riding a motorcycle hurled a grenade at a checkpoint of Frontier Corps at Jusak Board area. The armed men later fired RPGs at the post, leaving an …

LAHORE: A lawyer has filed a petition before the Lahore High Court (LHC) seeking contempt proceedings against PML-N senior vice president Maryam Nawaz for her alleged attempts to scandalise the judges of the Supreme Court. Advocate Shahid Rana, the petitioner, submits that the respondent in her speech at a recent public meeting in Sargodha used ‘contemptuous’ words against the judges of the …

QUETTA: A Levies man was martyred and six others sustained injuries in a landmine blast in the Kohlu area, while another Levies man was injured in a gun attack on a checkpoint in the border town of Chaman, on Monday. Levies officials said a landmine planted in the Jannat Wali area of Kohlu district went off when a security pick-up …

BAHAWALPUR: The Lahore High Court, Bahawalpur bench, while issuing orders to shift Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf leaders Senator Azam Swati and Muhammad Khan Madni from death cells, has sought record of their arrests and detention in far-off jails. In addition, a division bench has also been constituted for the hearing of their cases. Justice Anwarul Haq Panno on Monday heard the joint …

Quetta: Unknown armed men gunned down four coal miners and injured three others in Harnai district on Monday. Officials said armed men targeted the workers with automatic weapons near a mine in Khost early in the morning. The assailants set 11 coal mines on fire before fleeing the scene, according to Assistant Commissioner Majeed Jogezai. Law enforcement agencies rushed to …