GWADAR: Two passers-by were killed and three security personnel injured in a bomb blast in Panjgur town of Makran division on Sunday. Police said unidentified people parked an explosive-laden motorbike in the Cheetkan Bazaar area which was detonated by remote control when a Frontier Corps vehicle reached there. Two people were killed and three FC soldiers travelling in the vehicle …

ISLAMABAD: Media in Pakistan works within an increasingly repressive environment with attacks on press freedom coming from all fronts and space for free expression continuously shrinking. This abysmal situation was highlighted in three reports released in connection with the ‘International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists’ which is observed on Nov 2. In the first report prepared by …

LOS ANGELES: The domestic box office was lighter on the treats and heavier on the tricks during Halloween weekend, capping an otherwise busy October at the movies on a muted note. Horror movies “Antlers” and “Last Night in Soho” opened nationwide and struggled to scare up strong ticket sales, leaving last weekend’s champion “Dune” to rule over box office charts …

The boys from BTS recently released a brand new video filled with Seasons Greetings for 2022 and also features a “star turned villain” dynamic. The video itself was released a few hours ago and has already amassed 4,075,915 views. It features a concept video where the boys portray ‘stars turned villains’ like a mad scientist (RM), a hacker (Jin), a …

Lahore-based startup Zarya — a business-to-business social commerce platform — has raised $1.7 million in pre-seed funding, the company announced on Monday. The pre-seed round was led by Raed Ventures and participants included Fatima Gobi Ventures, US-based Class 5 Global, Global Founders Capital, and Egyptian social commerce startup Taager, it said in a press release. According to the press release, …

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has launched regular service to Iraq, as the first scheduled flight of the national carrier, which had departed for Najaf on Oct 30, returned to Karachi on Sunday morning. PIA had been previously operating special flights to Najaf. When the first scheduled flight (PK-219) of the national carrier with Iraqi Ambassador Hamid Abbas Lufta and …

ISLAMABAD: As the mercury continues to fall, the number of dengue fever cases in the federal capital reduced by over 50 per cent. While the city was reporting over 100 cases of dengue per day, according to District Health Officer Dr Zaeem Zia only 46 cases were reported on Sunday. However, a person succumbed to the virus taking the number …

RAWALPINDI: Life in the city began returning to normality on Sunday night when the City Traffic Police started removing containers, concrete blocks and barricades from Murree Road and its arteries after the government and the proscribed Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) reached an agreement. The traffic police in a press statement said containers were being removed from roads that were blocked. The …

ISLAMABAD: The Sup­reme Court will take up on Monday (today) a set of petitions moved by the Federal Government Employees Housing Authority (FGEHA) and its director general seeking the court’s protection against “obstacles in carrying out lawful pursuits and developing acquired lands” to provide accommodation to the homeless. The cases will be heard by a three-judge Supreme Court bench consisting …

GUJRAT: Following announcement of an “agreement” reached between the government and the proscribed Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), the local authorities have started preparations for removing the obstacles on the bridges of Chenab and Jhelum rivers on the GT Road as the machinery and equipment required for filling the trenches have reached there. However, to launch the road clearance operation, the local …