RAWALPINDI: The district administrations of Rawalpindi and Islamabad blocked the Faizabad intersection on Tuesday midnight while the law enforcement agencies began sealing areas and roads with containers to prevent the banned Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan’s (TLP) protesters from entering the federal capital territory. On the other hand, the police started conducting raids at the residence/madressah of the chief of Rawalpindi chapter of the …

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday ordered the prosecution in the Noor Mukadam murder case to share statements of the witnesses and other relevant evidence with the accused. Justice Aamer Farooq, however, turned down a request seeking a copy of the CCTV footage that was used to implicate the domestic staff of the main accused and substantiated the allegations against …

WASHINGTON: The Biden administration iss­ued on Tuesday its harshest public criticism to date of Israeli plans for Jewish settlement expansion in occupied West Bank, saying that it harmed peace prospects between Israelis and Palestinians. “We are deeply concerned about the Israeli government’s plan to advance thousands of settlement units tomorrow, Wednesday, many of them deep in the West Bank,” State …

KHARTOUM: Calls mounted on Tuesday for the release of Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, the day after a coup led by the country’s top general who insisted the premier was in “good health”. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres demanded Hamdok “be released immediately”, as the Security Council held an emergency meeting on Sudan, adding to a chorus of condemnation by …

Pakistan beat New Zealand by the edge of their teeth in their T20 World Cup 2021 clash in Sharjah on Tuesday. Here are our five takeaways from that game: 1- Haris Rauf — a man refined and redefined Haris Rauf celebrates a wicket in the World T20 match against New Zealand on Tuesday. — AP   Every volatile team has …

The proscribed Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan’s (TLP) central committee on Wednesday accused Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid of lying that matters between it and the government had been settled, adding that the protesters would now depart from Muridke soon for their announced destination of Islamabad. In a statement issued by the group’s central committee, TLP leader Syed Sarwar Shah Saifi said: “Sheikh Rashid …

Following Pakistan’s win over New Zealand on Tuesday night, one would think the post-match analysis would be the primary thing people were talking about but instead, the limelight was on the spat between Shoaib Akhtar and anchor Dr Nauman Niaz. Akhtar, a legendary former fast bowler, quit and walked off a Pakistan Television (PTV) show after being “insulted” by Niaz. The two …

KARACHI: The US dollar on Tuesday crossed the Rs175 mark to set a new record, sparking fears that people would opt to save their money in dollars instead of keeping it in banks. Currency dealers said the inter-bank market traded the dollar at record Rs175.27. The dollar gained 84 paisa in a single session. “The importers’ pressure for buying dollars …

Trading at Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) was temporarily suspended on Wednesday for more than two hours due to a “technical issue”, the bourse announced. “There are some technical issues being identified in the JADE Trading Terminal (JTT),” an initial update on the PSX website said. “In order to conduct a detailed review of the issues and to protect the interest of the …

THE HAGUE: Police in Europe and the United States announced on Tuesday the arrest of 150 people who allegedly bought and sold significant volumes of drugs, weapons and other illegal goods on the dark web. Europol and US authorities said they had seized tens of millions of euros in cash and virtual currencies as they rolled up an online underground …