Indonesian divers on Sunday located parts of the wreckage of a Boeing 737-500 at a depth of 23 meters (75 feet) in the Java Sea, a day after the aircraft with 62 people onboard crashed shortly after takeoff from Jakarta. “We received reports from the diver team that the visibility in the water is good and clear, allowing the discovery …

WASHINGTON: US Democrats on Saturday were readying for an unprecedented second impeachment of Donald Trump as the defiant president showed no signs of stepping down after the deadly violence at the Capitol. Democrats said impeachment proceedings could begin as early as Monday — an extraordinary acceleration of a process that historically has taken weeks, but one that might not be …

GWADAR: Eleven members of royal family of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) arrived in Panjgur area of Makran division on Saturday to hunt houbara bustards, according to sources. The official sources said members of the UAE’s royal family reached Panjgur airport aboard a special plane and were led by Shaikh Khalifa Saif-al-Nahyan and Sultan Saeed Ahmed. They were taken to …

KARACHI: At least seven workers were burnt and injured while two others were rescued when a huge fire broke out in a chemical factory in SITE area on Saturday, said police, fire brigade and rescue services officials. They added that the fire broke out in a warehouse of Adamjee chemical factory near Babar Kanta at Haroonabad, SITE. SITE-B SHO Zawar …

LAHORE: The government has imposed section 5 under the Land Acquisition Act-1894, notifying chunks of land required on a priority basis for the Ravi Riverfront Urban Development Project within revenue limits of Lahore city district. The land identified and notified [measuring over 2,562 kanal] is situated in seven mauzas. According to a notification signed jointly by the Lahore commissioner, district …

Hours after a major power breakdown plunged the entire country into darkness, Energy Minister Omar Ayub said on Sunday morning that power supply was expected to be completely restored soon. The blackout was reported a little before midnight by citizens on social media from across the country, including major urban centres such as Karachi, Islamabad, Lahore and Multan, as well …

ISLAMABAD: The government should take strict measures to curtail influence of the tobacco lobby on legislative bodies and avoid giving tax benefits to multinational companies. This was revealed in a research study, ‘Regional tobacco tax regime and its implications for health’ conducted and released by Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) on Saturday. The study said laws against tobacco products, including …

ISLAMABAD: The provinces of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have come out in support of the presidential reference before the Supreme Court seeking an opinion on open ballot for the coming Senate elections. “It is the considered view of the Punjab that the reference in question may kindly be answered in the affirmative so that by undertaking necessary remedial statutory action, …

At least four people were injured in an explosion in Turbat’s Cinema bazaar in Balochistan on Sunday, police officials said. The injured were shifted to District Headquarters Hospital, Turbat for medical treatment while police and Frontier Corps (FC) personnel cordoned off the area and started investigations. The attack is believed to have been carried out by militants seeking to target …

• WHO urges manufacturers to prioritise vaccine supply • Gallup survey says over 70pc Pakistanis think govt handled Covid-19 crisis well ISLAMABAD: As the international coalition Covax, which has pledged to provide 50 million free doses of Covid-19 vaccine to Pakistan, secured contracts of two billion doses, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health Dr Faisal Sultan expressed optimism …