ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Federal Education has announced that a high-level team from Google will be visiting Pakistan to explore potential collaboration in the education and technology sectors. The team, comprising top officials, will be in Pakistan immediately after Eid. The visit follows a request from the education ministry to Google to support Pakistan’s efforts to create a digitally-enabled education …

ISLAMABAD: A number of police officials were injured and at least eight activists of a religio-political party taken into custody after an anti-Israel protest outside a well-known fast food chain in the capital turned violent on Friday. The Islami Jamiat Talba (IJT) had called for a demonstration against Israel outside the McDonald’s outlet in Sector F-9, a spokesperson for the …

ISLAMABAD: Coordinator to the Prime Minister on Climate Change Romina Khurshid Alam on Friday urged all federal and provincial departments to complete measures to protect the lives and livelihoods of people from ongoing heatwaves and possible monsoon floods. She also directed all provinces, including Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), to ensure the maintenance of sufficient stocks of disaster relief …

Two lawyers were shot dead in Kachhari district of Attock on Saturday after an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) officer of the elite forces opened fire at them over a personal grudge. Former president of District Bar Attock, Advocate Israr Ahmed, and Advocate Zulfiqar Mirza were the two deceased, police said. According to a statement issued by Attock police’s spokesperson, the ASI …

ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Imran Khan stated on Friday that engaging in talks with politicians would be futile if decisions are dictated from elsewhere. He made these remarks while speaking to media personnel after a hearing in the GBP190 million corruption case. Mr Khan clarified that the PTI was not opposed to political dialogue. But during previous talks with politicians, facilitated by …

SAHIWAL: Police and doctors and paramedics clashed at the Sahiwal Teaching Hospital after Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz dismissed four senior doctors, including the medical superintendent (MS), from service for negligence and ordered their arrest during her visit to the hospital on Friday. She was at the hospital to take stock of the situation after the death of 11 infants, most …

The body of one of the two missing Japanese climbers was found at Spantik peak in Shigar Valley on Saturday during a rescue operation, while the search for the other climber is underway. The two Japa­nese climbers went missing during their attempt to summit 7,027-metre Spa­ntik Peak, after ground rescuers remained unable to trace them in an initial attempt on Wednesday. Ryuseki Hiraoka …

Kate Middleton was seemingly very particular about how she planned her latest health update, following a slew of PR disasters. The Princess of Wales surprised her well-wishers across the world when she issued a very personal message about her cancer diagnosis on Friday and also shared an update on her appearance at Trooping the Colour. However, just before the message …

Miley Cyrus recently made a shocking revelation about her mother Tish Cyrus’ weed addiction. The Flower singer recounted an incident when she took “the smallest puff ever” of her mom’s weed. The 31-year-old singer revealed that she couldn’t sit in the driver’s seat for three days. In addition, Cyrus claimed that even though she was responsible for introducing Marijuana to her …

Shania Twain made a remarkable revelation about her childhood, sharing that she used to sing in bars for drunk men to please her mother. The country star, 58, disclosed that she would get up in the middle of the night at just eight years old to perform, earning “a few bucks” for her family. Although this experience left her with …