TEHRAN: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards seized a container ship “related to the Zionist regime (Israel)” in the Gulf on Saturday, state media reported, with tensions soaring in the region. The ship’s operator, the Italian-Swiss group MSC, later confirmed Iranian authorities had boarded it. A container ship “was seized by the Sepah (Guards) Navy Special Forces by carrying out a heliborne operation,” …

Iran’s unprecedented overnight attack on Israel has been “foiled”, the Israeli military said on Sunday, with hundreds of missiles and drones intercepted with the help of the United States and allies. Iran had launched more than 300 drones and missiles on Israel in an unprecedented attack late on Saturday “in response” to a deadly airstrike on its Damascus consular annexe earlier this …

TAXILA: Police on Saturday claimed to have busted a racket allegedly involved in child sex and pornography. According to sources, a citizen reported to Taxila police that his 12-year-old son, a grade 4 student, was sexually assaulted by a gang who then continued blackmailing him. The police arrested two of the suspects and recovered video clips from their possession and …

KARACHI: Six additional judges of the Sindh High Court took the oath of office as permanent judges on Saturday. SHC Chief Justice Aqeel Ahmed Abbasi administered the oath to the six judges in a ceremony held on the premises of the high court. The six judges are Justice Amjad Ali Bohio, Justice Sana Akram Minhas, Justice Jawad Akbar Sarwana, Justice …

TAXILA: Two persons were killed and 28 others injured in separate rain-related road accidents in Pindigheb and Taxila on Saturday, police and rescue sources said. In the first incident, a woman and her minor son died while three other family members were injured when the car they were travelling in crashed into a roadside ditch after the driver lost control …

PESHAWAR: Declaring the Transparency International Pakistan’s National Corruption Perception Survey (NCPS) 2023 report key findings related to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa judiciary not credible, Peshawar High Court has ruled that it is suffering from ethical and methodological rigour. “These unreliable and invalid findings tend to bring the judiciary into disrepute as well as fuelling ridicule of judiciary on public forums and media, …

LAHORE: About 2,400 Indian Sikhs arrived here on Saturday via Wagah border to attend Baisakhi festival at the Gurdwara Panja Sahib, Hassanabdal. Punjab Minister for Minorities Ramesh Singh Arora, Evacuee Trust Property Board’s (ETPB) additional secretary (shrines) Rana Shahid, Sardar Mampal Singh, Sardar Tara Singh, Stawant Kaur and other officials of Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee welcomed the Indian guests. …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has lauded Saudi Arabia’s help for Pakistan in times of need, saying it was a testament to the kingdom’s deep love and affection. While addressing a ceremony to lay the foundation stone of the Seerat Museum in Islamabad on Saturday, the PM said during his visit to the kingdom earlier this month, Crown Prince Mohammed …

ISLAMABAD: A prosecution witness in the £190 million corruption reference has testified before an accountability court that Ahmed Ali Riaz Malik, son of property tycoon Malik Riaz, bought a piece of land for Farhat Shahzadi, also known as Farah Khan, in Banigala. Testifying before the court last week during the jail trial of former prime minister Imran Khan and his spouse Bushra …

QUETTA: Launching a countrywide movement against the government from Pishin in Balochistan on Saturday, the central leaders of six opposition parties’ alliance underlined the need for a joint struggle for making Pakistan a true democratic state and restoring the rule of law and Constitution. The Pishin deputy commissioner had imposed Section 144 on Friday after the announcement of the grand …