ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday called for investigating repeated incidents of illicit uranium possession and sales in India and emphasised the need for identifying the end-users of the material. “Pakistan reiterates its call for thorough investigation into such incidents and measures for strengthening the security of nuclear materials to prevent their diversion,” Foreign Office spokesman Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri said while commenting on reports …

WASHINGTON: The US government has airlifted emergency medical supplies to Pakistan, the Maldives and Sri Lanka to stop the spread of Covid-19, the State Department said on Friday. The supplies, managed by the US Agency for International Dev­elopment, are part of a progra­m­­me to “help save lives” by meeting urgent health needs across South Asia, the State Depart­m­ent’s spokesperson Ned …

BEIJING: China accused the United States of “suppressing” Chinese firms and issued veiled threats of a retaliation on Friday, after President Joe Biden expanded a blacklist of companies Americans are barred from investing in. Biden on Thursday widened a list to 59 Chinese companies that are off-limits to American investors over their links to Beijing’s “military-industrial complex”, as he maintains …

Kim Kardashian gave inside into her and Kanye West’s troubled relationship, saying the rapper deserved  to be with a wife who would happily move to Wyoming, where he is now based. The reality star recalled her deteriorating marriage to he rapper in the latest episode of ‘Keeping Up with the Kardashians’, shedding light to their troubled  relationship. The mother-of-four,  in …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday assured the Muttahida Qaumi Movement of Centre’s support to address problems confronting Sindh, particularly Karachi, after an MQM delegation presented five demands to him to address key issues of the province. The demands presented by the MQM delegation comprising Minister for Information Technology Amin-ul-Haq, Senator Faisal Sabzwari, Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, Javed Hanif, Amir …

LAHORE: The Punjab Assembly on Friday passed the Sugar Factories (Control) (Amendment) Bill 2021 and five other bills bulldozing all rules of procedure and conventions amid protest by the opposition. The chair being held by Panel of Chairman Mian Muhammad Shafi, in a rare move suspended the rules pertaining to taking up Question Hour and followed by Zero Hour immediately …

A Dallas man pleaded guilty Wednesday to multiple charges stemming from a 2017 spree in which he and three others kidnapped, assaulted and robbed gay men who they had lured through the Grindr social-networking app. Daniel Jenkins, 22, and his three accomplices attacked at least nine men ranging from 19 to 57 years old, court documents state. Victims were held …

Garland police arrested a man who led authorities on an hourlong chase across Dallas and Collin counties Thursday afternoon. Police said that agents with the federal Drug Enforcement Administration asked Garland officers to help perform a traffic stop on a gray pickup about 3:30 p.m. When police attempted to stop the truck near North Jupiter Road and West Walnut Street, …

Kaufman police are asking for the public’s help finding a missing man. A Silver Alert has been issued for Scott Williams, 69, who was last seen at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the 1600 block of Still Meadow Drive, near Rand Road. Authorities say he has a cognitive impairment. Williams is described as a white man who is 6 feet tall …