las A powerful car bomb killed at least eight people and injured 47 in Afghanistan’s western Herat province, officials said on Saturday. The death toll in the explosion, late on Friday, that also destroyed 14 houses is expected to rise because several of the injured were critical, said Rafiq Sherzai, a spokesman for the provincial hospital. One among the dead …

WASHINGTON: The United States, India, Japan and Australia on Friday announced a joint drive to ramp up the Covid-19 vaccine supply in Asia, mounting a challenge to China in the first-ever summit of the four like-minded powers. US President Joe Biden, who has vowed to reinvigorate alliances in the face of growing worries about China, met virtually with the three …

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern told an emotional memorial service marking two years since the Christchurch mosque attacks that the country had “a duty” to support its Muslim community. Hundreds of people turned out for the service, held amid tight security, to remember the 51 people killed and dozens wounded when a heavily armed gunman opened fire in two mosques on …

PESHAWAR: Awami National Party has expressed its concern over the growing inter-tribe disputes in the merged districts and demanded of the provincial government to take immediate action for putting an end to the armed clashes. Speaking at a press conference at Peshawar Press Club on Friday, ANP’s committee for merged districts, headed by MPA Nisar Mohmand, said that different tribes …

LAHORE: The Punjab government on Friday banned for two weeks wedding ceremonies (both in marquees and halls), sports activities and public meetings in Lahore and other cities where the coronavirus positive rate exceeds five per cent. The Jashan-i-Baharan in the city has also been cancelled with immediate effect. Chief Minister Usman Buzdar chaired a meeting of the cabinet committee for …

PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Mahmood Khan has said that timely completion of ongoing mega development projects in the province is the top priority of his government. He said the ongoing projects would be given priority in release of development funds. “The provincial government will make all possible efforts to complete the ongoing development schemes of public welfare within the tenure of …

un RAWALPINDI: Police on Sunday claimed to have killed one of the suspects wanted in the murder of Racecourse Station House Officer (SHO) Inspector Mian Imran Abbas in an encounter, and also arrested a brother of the suspect. The FIR, which was registered in connection with the ‘encounter’, didn’t mention the killing of the main suspect. However, a press release …

sca LAHORE: With 36 more deaths, Punjab reported 1,632 new coronavirus positive cases on Friday, taking the total number of infections to 182,576 so far. The situation turned worse in Lahore where 991 people tested positive for the virus during the last 24 hours. One of the major reasons for the sharp surge of the cases in the city was …

• Fazl says solution to people’s problems lies in overthrowing govt • Bilawal insists seven votes polled by PDM candidate rejected illegally • Maryam congratulates Gilani on ‘defeating government candidate’ • Asfandyar rejects result as darkest day for democracy • Khokhar says option of no-confidence vote against new chairman under consideration ISLAMABAD: The opposition on Friday rejected the victory of Sadiq …

r ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court will commence on Thursday the hearing of a petition moved on behalf of Prime Minister Imran Khan against the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) declaration that Akbar S. Babar — a founding but dissident member — was still a member of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI). The Islamabad High Court had on Dec 4, 2019 …