PORTLAND: Police arrested dozens of people and used tear gas against hundreds of demonstrators in Portland late on Saturday as the western US city marked 100 days since Black Lives Matter protests erupted against racism and police brutality. Police quickly declared the rally a “riot” after protesters hurled Molotov cocktails at them, and they responded with a barrage of tear …

RAWALPINDI: Nine cases of Covid-19 were reported on Sunday in Rawalpindi district while five patients were discharged from hospitals after recovering. The tally of confirmed patients in the district now stands at 6,740 while 281 people have died and 6,271 others discharged after recovery from Rawalpindi’s four main hospitals. As many as 254 patients are waiting for their coronavirus serology …

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman told US President Donald Trump in a phone call on Sunday that the kingdom was eager to achieve a fair and permanent solution to the Palestinian issue, which he said was the main starting point of the kingdom’s proposed Arab Peace Initiative, the state news agency reported. The leaders spoke by phone following a historic US …

India displaced Brazil on Monday to take second place after the United States in terms of coronavirus infections, with 90,082 new cases whose numbers are expected to grow, while some cities re-opened underground train services shuttered for months. With its nationwide tally of 4.2 million exceeded only by the US figure of 6.2 million, India is adding more cases each …

RAWALPINDI: A four-member team of the International Air Transport Association’s Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) team arrived in Karachi late Saturday night on a week-long audit inspection visit. The team will start an operational safety audit of different departments of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), including flight operation, safety and security, passenger service and engineering on Monday. According to sources, the team …

HYDERABAD: A Bheel woman has appealed to the Pakistan government and International Court of Justice (ICJ) to ensure forensic investigation into the mysterious death of her 11 family members in Jodhpur, India, previous month. She believed that Indian agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) had her father and other family members killed through the goons of Rashtriya Swaya­msevak Sangh (RSS) after it …

ISLAMABAD: As the contract for garbage collection in the federal capital expired on August 31, a number of sectors started giving the look of filth depots because the residents were left with no other option but to throw garbage at the end of their streets, grounds, in nullahs and even greenbelts. Metropolitan Corporation of Islamabad (MCI) spokesperson Mohsin Sherazi said …

• Asad insists on 62pc share of Centre in Rs1.1tr package, Sindh claims Rs750bn is provincial govt’s responsibility • Federal minister calls 18th Amendment a hurdle to city’s uplift • Maritime minister asks Sindh to appoint grade-21 officers as administrators of all districts • MQM-P leader wants Sindh to change local govt legislation KARACHI: The consensus showed by city’s stakeholders on …

BAHAWALNAGAR: A paralysed man, an eyewitness in a gang-rape case, has lost his eyesight due to torture by the influential accused for not withdrawing from the case while the police are allegedly supporting the attackers by not registering a case on his complaint. He has appealed to the inspector general of police (IGP) to look into the matter. Arif Dhuddi, …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister’s Special Assistant on Social Protection and Poverty Alleviation Dr Sania Nishtar visited the Jura sector near the Line of Control (LoC) in Neelum Valley on Sunday to review arrangements for Ehsaas Cash disbursal to the families residing in villages around the LoC. Dr Nishtar also oversaw digital disbursement of Rs12,000 Ehsaas Cash handouts to vulnerable families living …