SRINAGAR: Kashmir on Tuesday marked 100 days since India stripped the occupied valley of its autonomy and imposed a strict communications blackout, with local journalists protesting the internet ban. Tensions have been high since August 5 when the Indian government moved to bring the restive Himalayan region under direct rule, cut telecommunications and detained thousands to quell any unrest. Shops and businesses …

At least seven people were killed and seven wounded when a car bomb detonated during Kabul’s busy morning rush hour on Wednesday, an interior ministry spokesman said. The spokesman, Nasrat Rahimi, said the bomb had gone off in a neighbourhood which is near the interior ministry and north of Kabul airport. He said the dead were all civilians. “This is …

Saudi Aramco, the world’s top oil exporter, has appointed its first woman head of an overseas office, two sources with knowledge of the matter said on Wednesday. Marwa al-Khuzaim will helm Aramco Asia Singapore from December, taking over from Nader al-Arfaj, they said. Al-Khuzaim is currently a supply chain director at Aramco Chemicals Company, a unit of Aramco, according to …

Israeli airstrikes killed two militants of the Islamic Jihad group in Gaza on Wednesday as rocket fire toward Israel resumed after a brief overnight lull, raising the death toll in Gaza to 12 Palestinians in the heaviest round of fighting in months. The Israeli military said more than 250 rockets have been fired at Israeli communities since the violence erupted …

Donald Trump faces the most perilous challenge of his three-year presidency as public hearings convened as part of the impeachment probe against him open under the glare of television cameras on Wednesday. Democrats in the House of Representatives plan to prove over several weeks of hearings that the US leader abused his office by seeking Ukraine’s help for his 2020 …

LAHORE: An accountability court judge on Tuesday rebuked Leader of the Opposition in Punjab Assembly Hamza Shahbaz for not maintaining decorum of the court during hearing of the Ramzan Sugar Mills case against him and his father, PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif. Presiding Judge Amjad Nazir Chaudhry was busy in the proceedings when he noticed Hamza conversing with his party men …

Three soldiers of the Pakistan Army were martyred in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in North Waziristan tribal district, the military’s media wing said on Tuesday evening. The martyred soldiers were a part of the army’s patrolling team. One other soldier was also injured when the IED went off, the ISPR statement said The site where the blast took …

KARACHI: The police on Tuesday booked two staff members of a private school in Gulshan-i-Maymar for sexually assaulting a four-year-old boy, officials said. They said the grandfather of the child contacted the police on Monday evening with a complaint that his grandson was subjected to sexual assault by the two non-teaching staffers of the private school where he was enrolled …

ISLAMABAD: Law Minister Farogh Naseem is presiding over a meeting of the cabinet subcommittee that has been tasked by the Prime Minister Imran Khan to decide the case of Nawaz Sharif regarding the Exit Control List (ECL). Sources said that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Atta Tarar was representing his party in the meeting. “No one invited me, I have …

The Edhi Foundation was on Tuesday presented with the Isa Award for Service to Humanity by the Kingdom of Bahrain. The award is worth a US$1 million reward, along with a medal of pure gold and a high certificate of appreciation. The award was delivered to the Edhi Foundation at a grand royal ceremony by King Hamad bin Isa Al …