A hit Netflix series is reigniting a debate in South Korea over the country’s massive military, its history of abuse scandals, and the mandatory conscription that fills its ranks with young men. D.P.”, short for Deserter Pursuit, has been among the top Netflix shows in South Korea since it premiered at the end of August. The series follows military police …

LONDON: The Champions League group stage starts on Tuesday with a match between traditional heavyweights Barcelona and Bayern Munich, but big-spending upstarts elsewhere are the title favourites this season after a summer of eye-catching transfers. Paris St Germain bolstered their ranks with the arrivals of superstar Lionel Messi from Barcelona, former Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos, Italy’s European Championship-winning goalkeeper …

KARACHI: The Sui Southern Gas Company Ltd (SSGCL) on Monday announced that it will suspend gas supplies to all the CNG stations across Sindh and Balochistan from midnight Sept 14 for four days. The company said supplies to CNG stations will be restored from 8am (Sept 18). The decision to suspend gas supply to CNG outlets was taken due to …

Lahore: The Pakistan men’s national cricket team will travel to Bangladesh after five years to play the hosts in three T20Is and two ICC World Test Championship matches from November 19 to December 8, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) confirmed on Tuesday. Pakistan will fly to Dhaka following the conclusion of the T20 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates …

SYDNEY: Australia Test captain Tim Paine will undergo surgery on a pinched nerve in his neck on Tuesday but is confident he will be fit to lead his country into the Ashes series later this year. Cricket Australia (CA) said Paine had been suffering from pain in his neck and left arm because of “a bulging disc which reduced his …

SAO PAULO: Brazilian football legend Pele is ready to leave the intensive care unit of a Sao Paulo hospital after undergoing surgery for a suspected colon tumour, one of his daughters said Monday. Kely Nascimento wrote a message giving an update on her father’s health in Portuguese and in English on her Instagram account, accompanied by a close-up photo of …

LAHORE: The Water and Power Development Aut­hority (Wapda) says it recorded 8,854 megawatts of hydel power generation on Sunday night — the highest peak-hour hydel generation of the year so far, and 1,277MW more than the level achieved on the same day last year. The generation included 4,926MW by the Tarbela hydel power station, which is 38MW more than the …

ISLAMABAD: The Cabinet Committee on Energy (CCoE) on Monday approved cheaper winter tariff for electricity consumers on incremental consumption and cleared a controversial payment of about Rs131 billion to 11 independent power producers (IPPs) of the 2002 power policy — barring Nishat Chunian. The meeting, presided over by Planning Minister Asad Umar, also cleared the Pakistan Oil Refining Policy, 2021, …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) chairman retired Maj Gen Amir Azeem Bajwa on Monday said that social media giants would not withdraw from Pakistan because the country is among top 10 markets of the world and continues to grow at a fast pace. “We want to see this market grow for the benefit of all, but social media companies should …

JERUSALEM: A Palestinian man stabbed two Israelis in Jerusalem before being shot by a border police officer on Monday, leaving all three wounded, police and medics said. The assailant “stabbed two civilians with a knife” near the city’s central bus station, police said in a statement. “Border policewomen noticed the incident, and one of them opened fire and neutralised the …