BEIJING: Top officials from the United States and China held a “candid” video call on Tuesday to discuss global economic challenges, especially regarding supply chains. The exchange between Chinese Vice Premier Liu He and US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen came as President Joe Biden considers lifting some tariffs on imports from China to try and ease soaring inflation. The world’s …

PARIS: Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Tuesday urged French President Emmanuel Macron to revisit a 2018 proposal for a new Iran deal, saying the current diplomatic stalemate threatened a Middle East arms race. With US President Joe Biden trying to row back on his predecessor Donald Trump’s withdrawal from a 2015 Iran nuclear deal, Israeli officials have privately suggested …

KARACHI: In a shocking disclosure, the Karachi police revealed in its report on Tuesday that a young man, who was lynched by an angry mob in Qasba Colony a week ago, was an ‘innocent’ resident of the locality and deliberately framed for robbery by his neighbours due to a personal dispute. During the incident another man was also declared ‘bandit’ …

KHYBER: The issue surrounding the import of sacrificial animals from Afghanistan seems to be far from being resolved as veterinary workers have refused to examine around 5,000 sheep, which a group of tribal elders claimed to have brought along here on return from Kabul with the permission of Afghan authorities. The elders reached the Afghan capital on Saturday and returned …

ISLAMABAD: The government is working on a policy that will not only reduce dependence on imported palm oil but also facilitate and support farmers to grow oilseed crops, Minister for National Food Security and Research, Tariq Bashir Cheema, said on Tuesday. At a press conference, Mr Cheema said the government has decided to take short- to long-term policy measures for …

ISLAMABAD: The military on Tuesday secured the nod of the Parliamentary Com­­m­ittee on National Secu­rity’s for peace talks with the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakis­tan (TTP) after conceding to the Pakis­tan Peoples Party’s demand for the process to be overseen by a parliamentary committee. “There was nearly a consensus that the talks should be held except for opposition by head of National …

GILGIT: Mountaineers Shehroze Kashif from Lahore and Fazal Ali from Shimshal of Hunza district of Gilgit-Baltistan summited the ninth highest mountain in the world, the Nanga Parbat (8,126 metres), on Tuesday morning, however the duo was reported to have gone missing while on their way back. GB Home Secretary Iqbal Hussain Khan confirmed that Kashif and Ali had gone missing …

QUETTA: At least 20 people have been repor­­ted dead in rain-related accidents as several districts of Balochistan received monsoon downpour with strong winds over the past 24 hours. According to officials, the dead included six women from the same family in Quetta. The wo­­men were killed when the wall of their makeshift house collapsed due to rain and strong winds. …

An anti-corruption unit from Karachi detained Leader of the Opposition in the Sindh Assembly Haleem Adil Sheikh in Lahore, spokesperson of the Lahore police said, hours after the PTI said he was arrested by “plain-clothed” men “in the middle of the night” from Punjab’s capital. Lahore police spokesperson Syed Mubashir confirmed the development to Dawn.com, saying that Lahore police had assisted …

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday disposed of a petition filed by journalist Imran Riaz Khan against his arrest, ruling the case did not fall within its jurisdiction and advised the petitioner to approach the Lahore High Court (LHC). Khan was arrested by the Attock police Tuesday night on the outskirts of Islamabad as he was headed to the federal capital …