United States Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Chinese Premier Li Qiang sounded a hopeful tone on US-China cooperation on Sunday, though the American policymaker noted both sides cannot shy away from tough conversations. The US-China relationship can only move forward with direct and open communication, Yellen told Li, after arriving in the Chinese capital from the southern city of Guangzhou. …

An adviser to Iran’s supreme leader warned on Sunday that Israeli embassies are “no longer safe” after a strike in Syria which Tehran blamed on Israel killed seven Revolutionary Guards members. “The embassies of the Zionist regime are no longer safe,” Yahya Rahim Safavi, senior adviser to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was quoted as saying by the ISNA news agency. Tehran has vowed to avenge Monday’s air …

RAWALPINDI: A soldier of Pakistan Army embraced martyrdom on Saturday after succumbing to injuries received during a landslide clearance operation in Chilas while two other soldiers were critically injured. A landslide near Gonar Farm in Chilas had blocked Karakoram Highway for traffic on April 4, according to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). In order to help the traffic and people …

LAHORE: Information Minister Attaullah Tarar on Saturday said that the incumbent government is actively taking measures to strengthen both the economy and industry, which are displaying positive signs. In a press conference at the PML-N’s Secretariat, he mentioned that Bloomberg had clearly stated that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had a good experience in engaging with financial institutions and implementing economic …

GUJAR KHAN: A teacher of a seminary located in the jurisdiction of Dina police station in Jhelum district has been arrested on charges of sexually assaulting three students and attempting to abuse seven others. On Friday night, a victim’s father, Mohammad Shahzad, reported to the police that his son, Abdul Rehman, 14, was a student of Jamia Darul Quran and …

QUETTA: Grand Heal­­th Alliance Balochistan staged a rally on Saturday against a plan to privatise government hospitals in the provincial capital. A large number of government hospital employees, including paramedics and nurses, gathered in the Civil Hospital and ma­­r­­ched on the main roads and streets of Quetta. The alliance leaders Salam Zehri, Jamal Shah Kakar, Haji Shafaa Men­gal, Lala Sultan …

DERA ISMAIL KHAN / LAKKI MARWAT: Six security personnel, including a DSP, were martyred and 12 militants killed in separate incidents in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan on Friday night and Saturday. In one incident, eight militants were killed in a gun battle with security forces during an intelligence-based operation conducted in the Kot Sultan area of Kulachi tehsil, Dera Ismail …

Two terrorists were killed in an exchange of fire between security forces and militants in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s North Waziristan district, the military’s media affairs wing said on Sunday. A press release from the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that a fire exchange took place between terrorists and security forces last night. “Own troops effectively engaged the terrorists’ location as a …

The Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) on Sunday censured the Sindh government over an increase in street crime in Karachi. Karachi has been facing an increase in street crime in recent months. Data presented before a high-level security meeting last week showed more than 250 Karachiites were shot dead and 1,052 others were wounded by street criminals between 2022 and March 28, 2024. …

Information Minister Attaullah Tarar on Sunday rebutted former prime minister Imran Khan’s allegations against the senior military leadership in connection with the Toshakhana case, saying they were “false, fabricated and baseless”. The former premier had alleged that the senior military leadership “implicated” him and his wife Bushra Bibi in the Toshakhana reference “in an attempt to stifle my spirits”. Imran and his spouse were sentenced to …