HAVANA: A Russian navy frigate and a nuclear-powered submarine churned into Havana harbour on Wednesday, a stopover the US and Cuba said posed no threat, but which was widely seen as a Russian show of force as tensions rise over the Ukraine war. Curious onlookers, fishermen and police lined the Malecon seafront boulevard under grey skies to welcome the ships as they …

Far from the gleaming high-rises of India’s financial capital Mumbai, impoverished villages in areas supplying the megacity’s water are running dry — a crisis repeated across the country that experts say foreshadows terrifying problems. “The people in Mumbai drink our water but no one there, including the government, pays attention to us or our demands,” said Sunita Pandurang Satgir, carrying …

GILGIT: An army aviation operation will be launched on Thursday, if weather permits, to rescue the two Japa­nese climbers who 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 and Atsushi Taguchi climbing in Alpine style without porters had reached camp 2, situated …

ISLAMABAD: Irfan Siddiqui, the parliamentary leader of PML-N in the Senate was elected unopposed as chairman of the Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, on Wednesday. The PTI senators abstained from voting during the election. Senator Siddiqui was nominated for the post by PPP’s parliamentary leader Senator Sherry Rehman and JUI-F’s parliamentary leader Maulana Attaur Rehman. The nomination was seconded …

SAHIWAL: A special judge of the anti-corruption court has issued non-bailable arrest warrants for Khawar Maneka, the ex-husband of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan’s wife Bushra Bibi and his son Musa Maneka, for not appearing in the court in a land grab and tax evasion case. Special Judge Asif Bashir directed the Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) Okara, to arrest both suspects …

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has adopted the climate budget as a governance system to add climate considerations into policy decision-making, Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said on Wednesday. During the budget speech, he revealed the federal government had allocated 7.7 per cent of the Running of Civil Government (ROCG) and 15.3pc of Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) funds for climate-sensitive areas to tackle climate …

ISLAMABAD: In compliance with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) guidelines, the government amended the Customs Act 1969 via Finance Bill 2024-25 to provide legal backing to the Directorate General of Trade-Based Money Laundering (TBML). As per the proposed amendment in the Customs Act, a new section ‘3CCE’ is being added for “Directorate Gen­eral of Trade-Based Money Laundering.” “TBML shall …

LAHORE: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Malik Shahzad Ahmad Khan on Wednesday summoned Punjab Inspector General of Police (IGP) Usman Anwar and other officials on a complaint by the presiding judge of an anti-terrorism court of Sargodha alleging harassment by the intelligence and law enforcement agencies. The LHC registrar office received a special report on June 7 from District & …

LAHORE: The chief justice of Lahore High Court, Justice Malik Shahzad Ahmad Khan, on Wednesday constituted six more election tribunals (ETs) for Punjab in light of an LHC judgement that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) considers ‘meaningless’ after the promulgation of an ordinance empowering it to appoint retired judges to head ETs. “The Hon’ble Chief Justice in light of a judgement …

Cricketer Hassan Ali has said he tries to “support peace” as best he can after criticism of his post in support of the victims of a suspected terror attack on a bus in Indian-Occupied Kashmir. Ali shared to his Instagram story on Tuesday an AI-generated image calling attention to the attack on pilgrims heading to the Mata Vaishno Devi Hindu temple. At …