CHAGAI: The federal government is planning to connect the mineral-rich Chagai district with Gwadar seaport and neighboring Afghanistan through road networks. According to sources in the National Highway Authority, the newly proposed Nokundi to Mashkel road would be extended to Panjgur district while another proposed road from Dalbandin to Chagai-cum-Ziyarat Balanoshi would be extended to Pak-Afghan border. Sources said those …

British singer Dua Lipa on Saturday thanked her fans for making her the second  most listened to artist in the world on Spotify. The singer also shared that she’s the number most listened to female artist in the world. The singer recently drew criticism for voicing support for Palestinians as Israeli forces bombarded Gaza. She, however, refused to be silent …

Katheryn Winnick, the Canadian actress who rose to global fame for her work in “Vikings”, on Saturday revealed that  she is part of  the cast of “Flag Day”, a movie directed by Sean Penn. The Lagertha actress said  “Flag Day” would premier  at Cannes Film Festival, adding that the movie   would release in theaters in 2021. Taking to Instagram, she …

CARBIS BAY: UK anger with Europe sizzled on Sun­day after a sausage-themed dispute between the British and French leaders over post-Brexit trading arrangements in Northern Ireland. Brussels is equally angered at London’s refusal to implement checks on goods heading into Northern Ireland from England, Scotland and Wales. Talks broke down earlier this week, and the European Union is threatening retaliation …

MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin has said Russia would be ready to hand over cyber criminals to the United States if Washington did the same for Moscow and the two powers reached an agreement to that effect. Putin made the comments in an interview aired in excerpts on state television on Sunday ahead of a June 16 summit with US President …

MADRID: Right-wing protesters hit the streets of Madrid on Sunday to denounce controversial Spanish government plans to offer pardons to the jailed Catalan separatists behind the failed 2017 independence bid. Around 25,000 people, according to police estimates, gathered in Madrid’s Plaza de Colon at midday, with the leaders of the opposition Popular Party (PP) and the far-right Vox faction, Pablo …

ISLAMABAD: Although the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government is demanding implementation of Article 140-A of the constitution (for putting in place the Local Government system) in Sindh, it dissolved LGs in the Centre and Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the two other provinces it rules. LGs in Punjab, which could run only for over two years, were dissolved three months ago and they are …

QUETTA : Four young men, three brothers among them, died after inhaling poisonous smoke in the Marriabad area here on Sunday. According to the police, two labourers went into a water tank in a house for cleaning it. They took a generator along with them for pumping out water from the tank. During the process, the labourers fell unconscious as …

KARACHI: Hundreds of children from the Gujjar and Orangi nullahs staged a protest demonstration outside the Karachi Press Club on Sunday, appealing to the Supreme Court to not lift the stay on demolitions. The recent demolitions, caused in the wake of SC’s August 20 order regarding the cleaning of city’s storm-water drains have already rendered a large number of children …

ISLAMABAD: The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Sunday launched a video aimed at educating and convincing citizens about the importance of Covid-19 inoculation and removing their misconceptions. On the other hand, 56 deaths and 1,239 new cases were reported in a single day, with the positivity rate calculated at 3.4 per cent. According to data of the Ministry …