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ISLAMABAD: The capital police have sought assistance of 5,000 personnel from AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan police and Frontier Constabulary to meet the shortage of manpower for security duty during the upcoming elections. Police officers told Dawn that the capital police had requested for 5,000 personnel from AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan police and Frontier Constabulary due to the shortage of manpower. However, the …

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka needs more on-field aggression to reestablish its Test prowess, new captain Dhananjaya de Silva said Thursday ahead of their one-off red-ball match against Afghanistan. The island nation is dead last on the World Test Championship (WTC) rankings and their last match in October at the same ground saw a humiliating innings and 222-run loss to Pakistan in …

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Monday held its key rate at 22 per cent for the fifth policy meeting in a row. The decision is the last under the caretaker government before general elections due next week. It also comes in the midst of the $3 billion Standby Arrangement (SBA) with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Addressing a press conference …

A powerful Hindu group said several mosques in India were built over demolished Hindu temples, apparently hardening its stance in a decades-long sectarian dispute just days after a huge temple was inaugurated on the site of a razed mosque. The comments from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the ideological parent of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu-nationalist party, come after Modi …

Taylor Swift, who recently became the latest victim of deepfake explicit images, is reportedly struggling to move forward in her thriving music career. In conversation with The Mirror, celebrity psychic and astrologer Inbaal Honigman claimed that the global music icon “is truly devastated” and is “in two minds about her entire career.” Speaking of Swift’s inner feelings, the expert revealed that …

BERLIN: The German Protestant Church on Thursday acknowledged it did not do enough to protect children after an independent study revealed thousands of cases of sexual abuse within the organisation. The study estimated that the number of minors who fell victim to church ministers and staff may be as high as 9,355. Researchers made the calculation after reviewing the files …

DOHA: Palestine and Syria qualified for the knockout stages of the Asian Cup for the first time on Tuesday with victories in their last group matches. Palestine wrapped up their Group ‘C’ campaign in style with a 3-0 win over Hong Kong after Oday Dabbagh grabbed a double, securing their spot in the last-16 as one of the four best …

GAZA: Israeli tanks on Tuesday stormed back into parts of the northern Gaza Strip they had left last week, reigniting some of the most intense fighting since the New Year when Israel announced it was scaling back its operations there. Massive explosions shook northern areas of Gaza from across the border with Israel — a rarity over the past two …

KARACHI: An increase last week in the minimum export price (MEP) of onion from $750 per tonne to $1,200 per tonne has failed to bring down prices in the local market as consumers continue to pay Rs 220-240 per kg for the commodity. Exporters reported to have forced the Ministry of Commerce (MoC) to fix a higher MEP to control …

Priscilla Presley showed support to her granddaughter Riley Keough after accompanying her to the 2023 Emmys on Monday. The Daisy Jones & the Six star, 34, who was nominated for her first Emmy for the Amazon Prime show, was twinning with her grandmother in Chanel outfits. Keough’s husband Ben Smith-Petersen was also in attendance with them. Despite the popularity of the show, …