ISLAMABAD: Despite resistance from the opposition parties and representatives of media organisations, federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry on Sunday again expressed the government’s desire to set up an authority in to regulate mainstream as well as social media the country. “We need to think over fake news, sectarian news and hate material. We are setting up Pakistan …

KHYBER: The all-important Torkham border was reopened for bilateral trade with Afghanistan on Sunday after remaining closed for several hours when Afghan Taliban took control of their side of the border crossing early in the morning. Landi Kotal Assistant Commissioner Akbar Iftikhar told Dawn that the border security officials agreed to allow trade consignments, mostly perishable food items loaded in trucks and …

RAWALPINDI: Police were put on alert after receiving information that some individuals were displaying Afghanistan’s national flag and chanting slogans in F-9 Park and other areas of Islamabad on Sunday. Later, five individuals were picked from different parts of the capital but no case was registered against them. The police recovered an Afghan citizen card from one of the boys …

KARACHI: The presidents of Pakis­tan and Turkey participated in the launch of the first Milgem Class Cor­vette for Pakistan Navy at the Istanbul Naval Shipyard (INSY) on Sunday. According to information reaching here, President Dr Arif Alvi and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan graced the occasion as chief guests. The First Lady, Samina Alvi, launched the warship with a …

Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry said on Monday that Pakistan would continue supporting endeavours for women’s education in Afghanistan, Radio Pakistan reported The minister made the assurance during a telephone call with Nobel Peace Prize winner and human rights activist Malala Yousafzai in the wake of the Taliban’s takeover of the presidential palace in Kabul. According to the report, …

ISLAMABAD: The country’s two major opposition parties — the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) — have again asked the government to brief parliament on the current situation in Afghanistan, come up with a policy statement and develop a national consensus to deal with the possible consequences the nation can face after the establishment of Taliban rule …

ISLAMABAD: Terming the Single National Curriculum (SNC) a milestone to end disparity in the education system, Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood said on Sunday Prime Minister Imran Khan will officially launch the SNC on Monday (today). Addressing a press conference at the Press Information Department (PID), the minister said that except Sindh the SNC had been launched from class I …

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday, while speaking about how cultural imposition is tantamount to ‘mental slavery’, said Afghans had “broken the shackles of slavery”. His comments come as the Taliban effectively take control of Afghanistan after days of rapid advances in the country. Addressing a ceremony in Islamabad on the launch of the Single National Curriculum (SNC) in Pakistan, …

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s embattled president left the country Sunday, joining thousands of his fellow citizens and foreigners in a stampede fleeing the advancing Taliban and signaling the end of a 20-year Western experiment aimed at remaking the country. The Taliban fanned out across the capital, and a group of fighters entered the presidential palace in Kabul. Suhail Shaheen, …

Cary McIlwaine Maguire Sr., a Dallas businessman and philanthropist whose charity left an indelible mark on Southern Methodist University, died Tuesday at his home. He was 93. Maguire died of natural causes, said his daughter, Blainey Hess of Dallas. Born May 30, 1928, in Ardmore, Pa., Maguire graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with a degree …