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Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif had a telephone conversation with the Amir of Qatar, His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, on Thursday evening and discussed developments in South Asia.

The Women’s T20 World Cup final will be played at Lord’s on July 5, 2026, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Thursday. Lord’s is one of seven venues confirmed for the expanded 12-team tournament, with Old Trafford, Headingley, Edgbaston, Hampshire Bowl, The Oval and Bristol County Ground also selected. “It is one […]

A report in the British media outlet BBC has raised serious questions over the official account given by India on the Pahalgam attack in Illegal Indian Occupied Kashmir (IIOK). The alleged attack occurred on April 22 at a tourist site in the Pahalgam area, claiming the lives of 26. Soon after the attack, India accused […]

Eight members of a family died when a Rawalpindi-bound Suzuki car plunged into a deep ravine in the Matta Banda area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Lower Kohistan district on Thursday afternoon, police said. Station House Officer (SHO) Buland Iqbal told Dawn.com: “A family was returning from Gilgit Baltistan … and experienced the accident in the Matta Banda area. Four children, their father, mother, and two female [relatives] died.” The SHO said the car fell from a height, killing all passengers on the spot. The bodies were retrieved by the local people and Rescue 1122 and moved to the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital Pattan, he added. Rescue 1122 district emergency officer Haroon Rasheed identified the adults as Asif Iqbal, Maimuna Iqbal, Ayesha Siddique and Bushra Iqbal. He said the deceased were residents of Rawalpindi. “Arrangements are being made to dispatch the bodies to Rawalpindi,” he told Dawn.com. Fatal accidents are common on roads in the mountainous regions of the country due to traffic rule violations, trea...

Multan Sultans captain Mohammad Rizwan has come up with a surprising response to his side’s elimination from the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 10. The side virtually crashed out of the ongoing tournament after facing a 78-run defeat against Karachi Kings in their eighth game. Multan Sultans sit at the bottom of the PSL 10 points […]

Pacer Mohammad Amir, currently playing for Quetta Gladiators in the PSL 10, has rejoined Essex for the upcoming Vitality Blast campaign. The right-arm pacer first joined the club in 2017 and played in three seasons for the side. The Pakistan fast bowler featured in 21 games for Essex, claiming 24 wickets, including 10 at 20.10 […]

Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Syed Asim Munir visited the Tilla Field Firing Ranges (TFFR) on Thursday to observe ‘Exercise Hammer Strike’ — a high-intensity field training exercise conducted by the Pakistan Army’s Mangla Strike Corps, according to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).

Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting has said that the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises were facing a shortage of quality replacements due to the ongoing Pakistan Super League (PSL) 10. Ponting, who is serving as Punjab Kings (PBKS) head coach in the IPL 2025, addressed the issue after the side faced difficulties in finding replacements […]

Heavy rain and thunderstorms swept through parts of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), Islamabad, and the Galiyat region, offering much-needed respite from the ongoing heatwave.

Civil society rallied outside the Hyderabad Press Club (HPC) on Thursday in scorching heat to commemorate International Labour Day. According to the International Labour Organisation (ILO), Pakistan has yet to ratify 55 of its conventions and protocols. While labour laws exist in the country, enforcement is weak, and despite government promises to create millions of jobs, issues like low pay, lack of social protection, and poor representation remain unresolved. Rallying outside HPC today, civil society called for education, social protection and empowerment for the labour community. People performed theatre and dances to celebrate the day. Here are a few pictures. Workers of the Sindh Peoples Labour Federation hold a rally to mark International Labour Day outside HPC on May 1. — Umair Ali Brick kiln peasants participate in a rally to mark International Labour Day organised by SPARK outside HPC on May 1. — Umair Ali Artists present street theatre during Labour Day rally organised by SPARK outside HPC on May 1....

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Thursday announced the installation of emergency alert sirens across 29 districts to minimise risks to civilians in case of any potential aerial threats in the wake of the recent escalation with India, Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) reported. Tensions between the two countries have spiked following the April 22 attack in occupied Kashmir’s Pahalgam that killed 26 people, mostly tourists, marking one of the deadliest assaults in the region since 2000. India has implied cross-border links without evidence, while Pakistan vehemently rejected the allegation and called for a neutral probe. “The emergency sirens are to be installed in high-risk areas to maximise coverage. The move aims to provide real-time alerts and warn the citizens beforehand in the case of an aerial threat,” the report said. As per a notification issued by the Directorate of Civil Defence KP, citizens are advised to “immediately seek shelter if they hear a siren”. They have also been instructed to avoid ...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Wednesday paid tribute to the workers of Pakistan and across the globe on the occasion of Labour Day, reaffirming the PPP’s historic and unwavering commitment to the rights, dignity, and empowerment of the working class.

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Wednesday heard a petition filed on behalf of five Islamabad High Court (IHC) judges challenging the executive’s role in transferring judges between high courts, arguing that such actions should be subject to judicial review.

ISLAMABAD - Speaker National Assembly of Pakistan Sardar Ayaz Sadiq has said that the protection of workers’ rights is a shared national responsibility and essential for Pakistan’s development, as the country joins the global community in observing International Workers’ Day on May 1.

Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday emphasised that following the recent reduction of approximately Rs.

Pakistan on Thursday allowed 150 stranded Afghan trucks carrying goods for India to cross the Wagah Border, easing a weeks-long bottleneck, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement. The moves came nearly a week after Pakistan shut off its borders for any trade with India, including to or from a third country, in response to New Delhi’s measures following a deadly attack in occupied Kashmir. India, without proof, implied cross-border links, which Pakistan denied and instead sought a neutral probe. A document shared by the foreign ministry today, a copy of which is available with Dawn.com, acknowledged a request made by the Afghan embassy in Islamabad on April 28 regarding containers stranded at different transit points in Pakistan. “The ministry has the honour to inform that in view of the brotherly relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan, the government of Pakistan has decided to permit stranded Afghan trucks, carrying goods in transit to India, which entered Pakistan before April 25, 2025, to c...

• Academic, administrative activities disrupted • Several faculty buildings, roads remain inundated • Teachers residing on campus say water spoiled their household items KARACHI: Several roads, faculty buildings and houses on Karachi University (KU) campus remained inundated for the second consecutive day on Wednesday following a major leak in a pipeline, causing disruption in academic and administrative activities. Talking to Dawn, teachers residing on the campus shared that they had never such devastation before and that many of their colleagues had suffered huge losses on account of inundation that damaged furniture and electricity appliances in their houses and even contaminated underground tanks. “Water is still standing in our homes. Many of us have rented suction pumps today and are taking out water on a self-help basis,” a teacher said, regretting that there was no immediate response from the administration. Sources said the situation was dire yesterday when electricity supplies were suspended soon af...

Residents of Harpal village in Pakistan’s Sialkot district spent Wednesday in fear as tensions flared along the India-Pakistan border, just 300 yards from their homes.

School playing fields in Kashmir are being transformed into first aid camps for children to learn how to respond if war breaks out with India. Wearing a protective helmet and a fluorescent vest, 13-year-old Konain Bibi listened attentively to her first aid lesson. “With India threatening us, there’s a possibility of war, so we’ll all have to support each other,” she told AFP. The federal government has warned that it has “credible intelligence” that India was planning an imminent military strike. Already frosty relations between the nuclear-armed neighbours have plummeted since a deadly assault on tourists in Pahalgam in Indian-held Kashmir last week. India blames Pakistan for the gun attack that killed 26 people on April 22, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi giving his military “complete operational freedom”, although Islamabad has denied any involvement. There are more than 6,000 schools, colleges and universities on the Pakistan side of the border — including 1,195 along the Line of Control (LoC), the heav...