American singer Kelly Clarkson is requesting an official change in her marital status as she looks to finalize her divorce with Brandon Blackstock. The American Idol winner’s attorney filed documents, which were obtained by Us Weekly, where she moved for a separate trial that would declare her legally single and terminate her marital status. As per a notice from the court, Clarkson and …

KABUL: Hundreds of Taliban fighters were killed in fierce battles with government forces across several provinces of Afghanistan, officials said on Saturday, as Washington announced it would finish withdrawing its troops from the country by the end of August. Washington’s announcement came after all US and Nato troops vacated their main Bag­ram Air Base, from where the coalition forces led …

American actor Megan Fox and rapper Machine Gun Kelly have been making headlines over their heated romance. And it looks like the lovebirds are getting more and more serious with each passing day as the Transformers actor recently termed her beau her “soulmate.” Speaking to The Washington Post, the actor said: “The first time I looked into his eyes, I was like…‘I know …

QUETTA: In a move aimed at promoting tourism in Balo­chistan, Pakistan Railw­ays has launched a special train service. The train will run between Quetta and Bostan as well as Quetta and Kolpur twice a week, with fare ranging from Rs20 to Rs50. Quetta Divisional Super­intendent Engineer Akhtar Mahmood inaugurated the train service here at a ceremony held at Quetta Railways …

ISLAMABAD: On the intervention of Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser, the Ministry of National Health Services (NHS) has decided to pay the Covid-19 health risk allowance to the frontline health workers. However, the healthcare workers complained that the ministry wanted to pay the allowance to selected employees despite the fact that all healthcare workers faced the risk of contracting the …

PESHAWAR: The health department has released Rs2 billion funds to the Sehat Sahulat Programme to begin free liver transplants in the province and increase the entitlement of the people of tribal districts to treatment from Rs720,000 per family to Rs1 million in the financial year 2021-22. The officials told Dawn that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government, which had spent Rs9.392 billion on the …

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Two militants of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan, Gandapur group, were killed while four hand-grenades, IEDs, weapons and ammunition were recovered during an operation conducted by the police here on Saturday. According to a handout, police had received a report from an intelligence agency about the presence of the terrorists in the Gundi Ashiq area. On receiving the …

LAHORE: Police on Saturday booked three officials of the primary and secondary healthcare (P&SH) department on charges of making fake Covid vaccine entries at Expo Centre. Nawab Town police registered the case against three P&SH employees — Rehan, Shahzaib and Zeeshan — under section 420 of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) on the complaint of Rana Naveed, a shift in …

KARACHI: A book titled Hostility: A Diplomat’s Diary on Pakistan-India Relations by Pakistan’s former high commissioner to India Abdul Basit was launched at the Institute of Business Management (IoBM) on Saturday afternoon. Introducing the book to the audience, Ambassador Basit said the Foreign Service officers think that when they retire they’d share their experiences with the people of Pakistan by …

LAHORE: The opposition PML-N says that Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar paid only Rs63,000 as tax during the last three years, but has now suddenly become a billionaire. “Mr Buzdar declared his assets worth Rs1 million to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in 2018, and between 2015 and 2017 paid zero tax,” PML-N Punjab’s information secretary Azma Bokhari claimed …