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Pakistan’s badminton queen, Mahoor Shahzad, lived up to her star billing with a gritty comeback victory to claim her third National Games gold on Friday, headlining a day of intense finals at the Nazimabad Sports Club, Karachi, that saw Wapda’s dominance challenged and a dramatic men’s singles decided by a contentious call. The sparse crowd inside the complex was treated to high drama, beginning with the marquee women’s singles where the event’s poster girl, Wapda’s Mahoor, faced a stern test from Army’s left-handed dynamo, Alja Tariq. Mahoor, initially off-rhythm, trailed 7-3 in the first game before her veteran composure surfaced. Forcing errors and winning a breathtaking rally to level at 9-9, she edged a tight opener. The second game was a fiercer battle. Alja, pumped and precise with her drops and smashes, surged to a 9-4 lead and held an 11-8 advantage at the mid-game break. Facing a possible decider, the champion shifted gears. She methodically reeled in the deficit, drawing level at 14-14 before racin...

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ISLAMABAD - The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Friday warned the finance authorities saying that non-payment of pension to former Auditor General of Pakistan Akhtar Buland Rana despite a clear court order could lead to contempt proceedings and the freezing of government accounts.

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court of Pakistan has acquitted Amjad Ali, who had been serving a life sentence in a murder case, after converting his jail petition into an appeal.

PESHAWAR - Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Muhammad Sohail Afridi on Friday chaired a provincial cabinet meeting where key decisions were taken regarding the province’s financial rights, governance reforms, and development planning.

LAHORE - Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif on Friday proposed funds allocation for Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) under the National Finance Commission (NFC) Award.

Peshawar - Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sohail Afridi, while addressing the provincial cabinet meeting on Friday, strongly condemned what he described as the “unjust imprisonment and continued isolation” of former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi.

Peshawar - Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Faisal Karim Kundi held a meeting with a US-based Pakistani businessman Syed Mujahid at the Governor House Peshawar on Friday.

Bitcoin briefly topped $94,000 following Strategy’s largest investment since July, but investor risk appetite remained muted even after the widely expected US interest rate cut. Cryptocurrency markets saw another week of downside, as investors eagerly anticipated the year’s last Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting. Bitcoin (BTC) rose to a weekly high of $94,330 on Tuesday as investor morale was bolstered by Strategy’s $962 million Bitcoin acquisition, the company’s largest investment since July 2025. On Wednesday, the US Federal Reserve delivered a widely anticipated 25-basis-point interest rate cut. Crypto markets saw a temporary bounce, as lower rates and cheaper borrowing costs typically increase risk appetite and capital entering risk assets such as crypto. Read more

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has confirmed a strike on the Yaroslavl oil refinery Slavneft-YANOS in Russia, as well as several targets on temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine.

De Rotterdamse haven is in beeld als locatie voor een gigantische AI-fabriek. De Europese Unie wil vijf van zulke fabrieken bouwen om wereldleider te worden op het gebied van kunstmatige intelligentie. Goedkoop wordt het niet: het complex in de Europoort zou zo’n 7,5 miljard euro kosten.

De vrees bestaat dat de ruzie tussen groothandel Mosadex en het Amerikaanse farmaconcern BMS een voorbode is van wat Nederland nog te wachten staat.

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Ucraina ar putea deveni membră a Uniunii Europene până în 2027, potrivit unei propuneri discutate în cadrul negocierilor mediate de SUA.

Media bodies on Friday condemned the curtailing of government advertisements to Dawn Media Group’s television and radio outlets, and called on the government to immediately rescind the ban. In a statement issued on Friday, the Council of Newspaper Editors (CPNE) said that Dawn was among Pakistan’s most respected media outlets, and stopping the release of government ads to the group amounted to financially crippling the organisation. Translation: The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) has strongly condemned the suspension of advertisements for Dawn TV and Dawn Radio, following the earlier suspension for Dawn Media Group’s newspapers. CPNE stated that Dawn is among Pakistan’s most reputable media outlets, and imposing a ban on government advertisements is tantamount to economically weakening it.In this regard, the CPNE President and Secretary General said in a joint statement that Dawn Media Group has provided impartial reporting in Pakistan since its inception. Initially, its newspapers were subjecte...

З 10 на 11 грудня спецпідрозділ ГУР МО «Примари» на території тимчасово окупованого Криму завдали ударів по російському транспортному літаку Ан-26 та двох радіолокаційних системах. Про це повідомили в Головному…

Alle schijnwerpers bij BMW zijn momenteel gericht op de nieuwe iX3. Maar Adriaan van Hooydonk, directeur Design van de BMW Groep, had aanvankelijk een heel andere auto in gedachten om de veelbelovende Neue Klasse te introduceren.

John Arthur Fentener van Vlissingen is donderdag op 86-jarige leeftijd overleden. De geboren Utrechter laat zijn vrouw Marine, drie kinderen en negen kleinkinderen na.