WASHINGTON: A motorhome exploded in downtown Nashville on Friday, shattering windows and injuring three people in what police described as an “intentional act,” as investigators searched for clues among scattered debris. The blast in the southern US city left buildings and the road surface charred, as well as glass, tree branches and bricks strewn across the street in an area …

KABUL: At least two Afghan army officers including a battalion commander were killed on Friday when their vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb in the northern Balkh province, the military said. Hanif Rezaie, a spokesman for the army in the country’s north, said Capt Mohammad Qasim Paikar and another officer were killed and two other soldiers were wounded in …

India’s government detained at least 75 political leaders and activists in occupied Kashmir to forestall political unrest after an alliance of regional political parties won a local election, leaders and a police official said on Saturday. The District Council election, concluded early this week, was the first such exercise since Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government last year revoked the special status of the …

ISLAMABAD: The city managers are considering setting up the capital’s first ever landfill site in Mandra instead of Sangjani following objections from locals. The Capital Development Authority (CDA) had planned the landfill site in Sangjani but during a public hearing conducted by Pakistan Environment Protection Agency (Pak-EPA) last month, people living in the adjoining areas, including B-17, raised objections and …

ISLAMABAD: Two days after the government invoked advisory jurisdiction of the Supreme Court over open voting for Senate polls, the Pakistan Peoples Party has warned the government against any unconstitutional move. “Under the garb of so-called transparency of the vote, the federal government wants to destroy the pith of the Senate which is enshrined in Article 59 of the Constitution …

QUETTA: The Foreign Office has requested the Canadian government to conduct an investigation into Karima Baloch’s death and sought its inquiry report, said Adviser to Balochistan Chief Minister on Information and Parliamentary Secretary Bushra Rind on Friday. While expressing grief over the tragic death of Ms Baloch, former chairperson of BSO Azad, in Canada, Ms Rind said it was the …

KASUR: Scores of villagers of Sarai Mughal on Friday staged a protest demonstration against, what they said, police failure to register cases and arrest the rapists of minor girls. Six girls between 5 and 15 years were allegedly raped or subjected to rape attempts during the last one month. Panic prompted the locals to gather outside the Sarai Mughal police …

us ISLAMABAD: A team comprising American scientists and paramedical staff of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) commenced research on Covid-19 patients in Pakistan. In the first phase, the team started collecting samples of Covid-19 patients and sending them for lab tests. For this purpose, it also visited Taxila where 300 samples were collected, Pims spokesman Dr Wasim Khawaja told Dawn. …

GILGIT: A local official hunted Himalayan ibex with horns measuring 44 inches near the Nanga Parbat base camp in Astore district here on Friday. Masood Sifat, a CSP officer, claimed the trophy hunting after travelling for 14 hours amid snow. According to the GB wildlife and environmental department, Mr Sifat hunted the ibex in Chorat Rupal Conservancy. The local hunter …

KARACHI: After finding “high concentration of pollutants” during an inspection on Thursday, the Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (Sepa) has directed the Karachi Port Trust (KPT) to immediately stop all operational activities related to soybean at the port till further orders. The inspection was undertaken after reports emerged that a suspected gas leak in the Keamari area had claimed the lives of four …