As Karachi continues to witness the prevailing heat spell in coming days, it seems that there’s no relief for the citizens as temperature is likely to reach up to 46°C today in some parts of the city. Stressing that the prevailing heat spell in the metropolis will continue and might in fact see a further increase in temperatures, weather analyst Jawad …

MULTAN: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) candidate Syed Ali Qasim Gillani took the lead in Multan’s NA-148 by-election by securing 78,270 votes, according to unofficial and unconfirmed results of 250 polling stations out of total 275. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-backed Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) candidate Taimur Altaf Malik has received 47,793 votes so far. Polling commenced at 8am and continued without a …

ISLAMABAD: Turkish foreign minister Hakan Fidan will reach Islamabad on a two-day visit, from May 19 to 20, today (on Sunday), Geo News reported citing diplomatic officials. The officials apprised that Fidan would meet and discuss matters of mutual interest with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq and Senate Chairman Yousaf Raza Gillani. “Bilateral cooperation, international and regional situation …

Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar has said that 540 more Pakistani students, who are stranded in Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishkek amid mob attacks, will be flown back to the country on Sunday night via special flights. On late Saturday, a flight carrying first batch of Pakistani students landed at Lahore airport. Addressing a press conference in Lahore, Dar …

Pakistan’s Permanent Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Munir Akram has said that the country will be contesting in the upcoming elections for the UN Security Council (UNSC) to secure a seat for the eighth time. In a virtual interaction with the US-based Pakistan Students Association Coalition (PSA), Ambassador Akram expressed hope that Islamabad will be elected as a …

LAHORE: Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Sunday rebutted claims that no Pakistani student, who came under attack in Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishkek, was killed in the incident. “Fake news was spread on social media as not a single student has been killed. About 16 students sustained injuries out of which four were Pakistani,” said Dar while speaking during a presser in …

The Sindh government has decided to postpone the Board of Intermediate Education Karachi (BIEK) exams due to the ongoing heatwave in the province Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah approved the deferral of intermediate exams — scheduled to start on May 22 — for five days as per the recommendation of provincial Minister for Universities and Boards Muhammad Ali Malkani. …

LONDON: Muhammad Khurram Khan, a senior Pakistani politician and scion of a well-known political family from Mansehra, Abbotabad, has gone on trial in the UK after being charged with child sex offences. Details have emerged of how Muhammad Khurram Khan, aged 60, arrived in the UK earlier this year to attend his son’s law graduation ceremony but engaged allegedly with …

For Ukrainian gun commander Oleksandr Kozachenko, the long-awaited US ammunition can’t come fast enough as he and his comrades struggle to hold off relentless Russian attacks. His unit’s US-supplied M777 howitzer, which once hurled 100 shells a day at the encroaching enemy, is now often reduced to fewer than 10. “It’s a luxury if we can fire 30 shells.” America …

At least 50 people are dead following a fresh bout of heavy rain and flooding in central Afghanistan, an official said on Saturday. Mawlawi Abdul Hai Zaeem, the head of the information department for the central Ghor province, told Reuters that there was no information about how many people were injured in the rain spell that began on Friday, which …