CANNES: If you blinked you will have missed Renate Reinsve´s movie career until she became the undisputed breakout star of the Cannes film festival. At 33 the Norwegian actress was at an age many in her shoes start thinking about another career, and that they really should have listened to their parents. Now she is firm favourite to lift the …

KANDAHAR: Afghan forces clashed on Friday with Taliban fighters in an operation to retake a key border crossing with Pakistan, as the insurgents tightened their grip in the north and battled for the stronghold of an infamous warlord. The fighting at Spin Boldak follows weeks of intensifying clashes across Afghanistan, with the Taliban capitalising on the last stages of the …

Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid said on Saturday that 15 Chinese officials have been included in the ongoing investigation on the Dasu bus tragedy in which thirteen people, including nine Chinese nationals, were kileld. Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, Rashid said that a 15-member team of Chinese investigators had arrived yesterday and visited the incident site with security agency officials. “The investigation …

RAWALPINDI: Two women were sexually assaulted in separate incidents in the garrison city, police said on Thursday. According to the police, a woman, a resident of Saddar Barooni area, lodged an FIR with the police on Thursday, saying that she was waiting for a cab after visiting a shrine on Girja Road on July 10 when a car with three …

ISLAMABAD: With the country’s Covid-19 positivity rate rising to 6.1 per cent on Friday, Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar called on people to get vaccinated at the earliest as those who had received no vaccine were seven times more likely to contract the virus than those inoculated. Briefing the media after the National Command and Operation …

Treasury members in the Senate on Friday disputed the claims of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Sindh Director Amir Farooqi about the involvement of National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) employees in making around three to four million fake computerised national identity cards (CNICs), some of which were used by militants. At a press conference last week at his office …

ISLAMABAD: The ripple effects of a tirade against the judiciary by senior counsel Hamid Khan in Lahore recently were felt in the Supreme Court on Friday when it reminded Advocate Abdul Latif Khosa that his presence should serve as a restraining influence whenever fiery spee­ches are made “in your presence”. Although a three-judge Supreme Court bench, headed by Justice Umar …

QUETTA: The Pak-Afghan border at Chaman remained sealed on Friday, but over 30 injured people were allowed to enter the border town from Afghanistan for medical treatment. Pakistani border authorities at Chaman said that two bodies and the injured people were allowed to cross into Chaman from Wesh town of Afghanistan. “Over 30 injured people were brought to Chaman for …

ISLAMABAD: The deputy commissioner and senior superintendent of police (operations) on Friday delivered speeches at Faisal Mosque to create awareness among people of Covid-19 standard operating procedures (SOPs) and the harmful effects of drugs. On the other hand, there was no let-up in the number of cases in Islamabad while two persons succumbed to Covid-19 in Rawalpindi. DC Mohammad Hamza …

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development on Friday failed to provide complete report of National Assembly members’ views about the Emigration (Amendment) Bill, 2020 at the Senate standing committee meeting. The bill was approved by the National Assembly and later moved in the Senate. The Senate Standing Committee on Oversees Pakistanis and Human Resource Development, which …