Yemen’s Houthi forces fired drones and missiles at the heart of Saudi Arabia’s oil industry on Sunday, including a Saudi Aramco facility at Ras Tanura vital to petroleum exports, in what Riyadh called a failed assault on global energy security. Announcing the attacks, the Houthis, who have been battling a Saudi-led coalition for six years, also said they attacked military …

ISLAMABAD: While the three-day Islamabad Tourism Festival (ITF21) has been a fun family event which saw an eruption of music and adventure sports in the capital, recreational activities like horse dancing, tent pegging and remote-controlled flying marked the last day of the event. Activities like paragliding, vintage car shows, live music, food festivals, accuracy landing and wingsuit flying were regular …

LAHORE: A probe has been launched into the Karachi Express train accident near Sukkur early on Sunday under the federal government inspector of railways (FGIR) who has been asked to submit a report to the railways ministry within 48 hours. A brief preliminary report has identified “poor condition of the track” as the main reason for the accident that left …

QUETTA: As many as 47 incidents of violence against women were reported in Balochistan during 2020. In these incidents, 16 women lost their lives and seven were subjected to rape. Director, Aurat Foundation, Balochistan, Alauddin Khilji, and member of the National Commission for Women, Balochistan, Fatima Khan, disclosed this while speaking at a joint press conference here on Sunday. They …

RAWALPINDI: The federal government’s directorate general of immigration and passport has asked the home departments of four provinces and all law-enforcement agencies to mention the correct particulars of an individuals required to be placed on the blacklist to stop them from leaving the country. The aim of the directive is to avoid inconvenience to citizens who are not involved in …

NORTH WAZIRISTAN: Four terrorists were killed when security forces conducted two intelligence-based operations at Data­khel in North Waziristan tribal district and at Zoida in South Waziristan tribal district, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Sunday. According to the ISPR, during an intense exchange of fire, terrorist commander Abdul Adam Zeb alias Dung, who belonged to the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan’s …

District health officer says situation serious in capital Ministry official warns of reimposing restrictions if SOPs not followed Only 9,000 healthcare workers have so far received jabs ISLAMABAD: The federal capital saw an increase in positivity ratio from last week’s 2.65pc to 4.1pc, as 190 more people contracted Covid-19 in a single day. The positivity rate has increased by three …

LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) has expressed its inability to vote for the opposition Pakistan Democratic Movement’s candidate, Yousuf Raza Gilani, in the upcoming election for Senate chairman. The PML-Q could not go against their coalition partner, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), said the federal Minister for Housing Tariq Bashir Cheema whose party had also remained an ally of the Pakistan …

Justice Qazi Faez Isa said on Monday that he was being slandered and that propaganda targeting him was being broadcast through “controlled” media. The judge made these remarks in the Supreme Court during a hearing on an application moved by him, seeking live telecast of court proceedings of the review petition in his case. In his petition, Justice Isa said …

ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser has regretted the manhandling of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leaders by activists of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Saturday outside the Parliament House and said the incident will be thoroughly probed. In a statement issued by the National Assembly Secretariat on Sunday, Mr Qaiser said such incidents were “regrettable and condemnable”. The …