GENEVA: World sport powerbroker Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad al-Sabah was convicted on Friday by a Swiss court in a complex forgery case linked to an alleged plot against his political rivals in Kuwait. After just over a week of hearings, the Geneva Criminal Court convicted Kuwait’s Sheikh Ahmad, handing him a 30-month prison sentence, half of it suspended. Four other defendants …

WASHINGTON: US Presi­­­dent Joe Biden and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping talked for the first time in seven months on Thursday, with both leaders urging a path away from conflict but holding ground on fierce competition bet­ween the two superpowers. In the 90-minute call, Biden warned against misunderstandings that could lead to confrontation bet­ween Washington and Beijing, the White House said, …

LAHORE: Seven people, including four minors, were killed and 25 others were injured in rain-related incidents in different parts of the province on Friday. Three minors lost their lives in a roof collapse incident as heavy rain lashed the city. According to Rescue 1122, seven people sustained injuries in Lahore and 18 in other districts of central Punjab in rain-related …

KARACHI: An accountability court on Friday admitted a reference filed by the National Accountability Bureau against two builders allegedly involved in cheating the public at large through a housing project. The federal anti-graft watchdog booked Haji Adam Jokhio and his son Lal Mohammad Jokhio over their alleged involvement in defrauding around 1,100 allottees of a commercial project launched in 1992 …

KARACHI: The federal government led by the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf on Friday accused the Pakistan Peoples Party-led administration in Sindh of “misleading” people about the former’s proposal on Bundal Island and “requested” the provincial authorities to “reconsider their stance on the matter and not to miss this big opportunity” that “guaranteed” huge foreign investment. Criticising the hard line taken by the …

RAWALPINDI: Police have detained 38 people on charges of torturing and threatening two transgender persons. The suspects allegedly forcibly entered the victims’ home in Dhoke Kala Khan and injured them. Mohammad Sajid complained to Airport police that he along with his companions Aqeel Sana alias Meri, Mohammad Ali alias Alina have been residing in their house for the last 10 …

LAHORE: Gas supply to the general industry and its captive power (non-export), compressed natural gas (CNG) and cement sectors will remain suspended for three days in Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and other areas due to re-deployment of the Floating Storage and Re-gasification Unit (FSRU) at the Karachi port. “The respective state-owned organisations are not taking interest in resolving issues related to …

A day after Railways Minister Azam Khan Swati passed scathing remarks against the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), PML-N leader Khawaja Saad Rafique urged the relevant institutions and civil society to take notice of the minister’s “threats” and take action on the matter. On Friday, Swati had lashed out at the ECP, accusing it of “always” rigging polls. During a meeting of …

ISLAMABAD: Noor Mukadam lost six life-saving opportunities due to the active connivance of the accomplices of the principal accused, Zahir Jaffer, in her murder, according to the investigation report of Islamabad police submitted to the trial court. “Her life could have been saved had the accomplices acted otherwise,” claimed the report commonly known as challan under section 173 of the …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday expressed satisfaction over what he called a positive trend of economic indicators and announced that distribution process of 40 million Sehat Insaf Cards in 36 districts of Punjab would start on Dec 31 and complete in March next year. According to the Prime Minister Office, Mr Khan chaired a meeting to discuss distribution …