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Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD)has forecast dust-thunderstorm and rain in upper parts of the country from May 10 (evening) to May 12 under the influence of a fresh westerly wave that entered the northwestern regions on Saturday.

A year ago, Pakistan and India fought a short but intense war — the worst military confrontation between the two nuclear-armed neighbours in decades. During the period of Marka-i-Haq (the battle for truth), Indian fighter jets were shot down, and Pakistan launched Operation Bunyanum Marsoos — a barrage of attacks against Indian military targets — in retaliation for missile strikes by New Delhi. The conflict ended with a US-brokered ceasefire. During the four-day war, Pakistan showcased a wide variety of weaponry and military technology, ranging from advanced missiles to network-linked warfare systems. Let’s take a look at some of them here. ‘Seeing without seeing’ — network-centric warfare One of the deadliest tools in Pakistan’s arsenal was unleashed in the early hours of May 7: the use of network-centric warfare. This doctrine involves sharing real-time data and information across multiple domains, such as between fighter jets, airborne early warning aircraft and ground-based command centres, to gain an adv...

The Punjab School Education Department is expected to begin summer vacations in government schools across Punjab from May 25, according to official sources.

Mohammad Abbas claimed five wickets to restrict Bangladesh to 413, before two debutant batsmen combined to put Pakistan in a strong position in the first Test on Saturday. Opener Azan Awais hit an unbeaten 85 and Abdullah Fazal, also playing in his first Test, was 37 not out as Pakistan reached 179-1 at stumps on the second day in Dhaka. The visitors trail Bangladesh by 234 runs, but veteran Pakistan seamer Abbas was the standout performer, claiming three wickets in the morning session after the home side resumed at 301-4. Abbas took two more wickets after lunch and finished with figures of 5-92 from 34 overs, the sixth five-wicket haul of his career. Debutant Azan Awais plays a shot during the second day of the first Test cricket match between Bangladesh and Pakistan at the Sher-i-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur, Bangladesh on May 9, 2026. — X/@TheRealPCB Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto laid a strong platform on the first day with 101. Mushfiqur Rahim, who was 48 not out overnight, then went on to...

A ceremony will be held at General Headquarters (GHQ) Rawalpindi on Sunday morning to mark one year since Pakistan’s victory in Marka-i-Haq, according to Radio Pakistan. Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of the Army Staff Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir will be the chief guest at the event. Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Babar Sidhu and Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Naveed Ashraf will also attend the ceremony. A floral wreath will be laid at the Yadgar-e-Shuhada, followed by a salute presented by smartly turned-out contingents of the three armed forces. Field Marshal Munir is also expected to address the ceremony. Traffic advisory issued ahead of Marka-i-Haq event Islamabad Deputy Commissioner Irfan Nawaz Memon said on Saturday that the capital’s traffic police had issued an advisory for May 10 (Sunday) for an event in connection with the anniversary of Marka-i-Haq. Sources told Dawn earlier that the top civilian and military leadership was expected to attend a ceremony to be held at t...

Saudi Arabia Railways (SAR) has intensified operations of the Haramain High-Speed Railway for the Hajj 1447 AH season, providing more than 2.

KARACHI: The Sindh government has issued a no-objection certificate (NOC) to Aurat March for their gathering on Sunday near Sea View, but with 28 conditions, including restrictions on the content of slogans raised, it emerged on Saturday. The march is planned for Mother’s Day (May 10, 2026), which is observed on the second Sunday of every May. Last Sunday, Aurat March organisers in Karachi said they had sent a letter to First Lady Aseefa Bhutto Zardari, whose party governs the province, after there had been “no response” to their request to the relevant offices for an NOC. A press conference Aurat March had planned on Wednesday was also hindered by the detentions of multiple organisers. Subsequently, South Deputy Commissioner (DC) Javed Nabi Khoso granted an NOC, dated May 8, to Aurat March Karachi to organise “Aurat March in commemoration of Mother’s Day” from 3:30pm to 7:30pm on Sunday at Beach View Park. The NOC cited a letter of no objection written by the South senior superintendent of police (SSP) to DC...

Germany, France, Belgium, Ireland, and the Netherlands will send planes to evacuate their citizens from a cruise ship bound for Tenerife, which was hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak, Spain’s interior minister said in Madrid on Saturday. The European Union is sending two further planes for the remaining European citizens, Fernando Grande-Marlaska added. Earlier, the World Health Organisation (WHO) chief said he had arrived in Spain and would join government officials to oversee the disembarkation of a hantavirus-hit cruise ship in the Canary Islands. “I arrived in Spain, where I will join senior government officials in a mission to Tenerife to oversee safe disembarkation of the passengers, crew members and health experts from MV Hondius cruise ship,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on X, stressing, “at this stage, there are no additional people on board showing symptoms of hantavirus.” He noted that the risk to the Canary Islands and the rest of the world “remains low”. Three passengers from the MV Hondius —...

Israel will release two foreign activists taken off a Gaza-bound flotilla from detention on Saturday before handing them to immigration authorities ahead of their deportation, the rights group representing them said. Saif Abu Keshek, a Spanish national of Palestinian origin, and Brazilian Thiago Avila were among dozens of activists aboard a flotilla that was intercepted by the Israeli navy in international waters off the coast of Greece on April 30. The pair were seized by Israeli forces and brought to Israel for questioning, while the others were taken to the Greek island of Crete and released. “Today, the Shabak Israeli intelligence agency informed Adalah’s legal team that Global Sumud Flotilla activists and leaders Thiago Avila and Saif Abukeshek would be released from Israeli detention today, Saturday,” the rights group Adalah said in a statement. “They will be handed to Israel’s immigration authorities later today and kept in custody pending their deportation,” it added. Adalah said it was closely monito...

KARACHI: The Special Investigation Unit (SIU) on Saturday claimed to have arrested an alleged supplier of crystal methamphetamine, commonly known as ice, and an extortionist in separate actions in the metropolis. The SIU and a federal civilian intelligence agency, acting on a tip-off, jointly carried out an operation at the Lyari riverbed and arrested the narcotics dealer in an injured condition after an “encounter”. “The arrested suspect is a notorious dealer of heroin and crystal meth in the city,” claimed SIU Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Dr Samiullah Soomro. “He has been in the narcotics business since 2019 along with his two brothers,” he said. In 2019, the suspect was arrested by the Site Superhighway Industrial Area police and sent to jail in connection with a robbery case. After being released from jail, he, along with his brothers, started selling drugs in New Karachi, near 4-K Chowrangi, Allah Wali Chowrangi, Power House, and the surrounding areas. Separately, the SIU also arrested an allege...

Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi met his Bangladeshi counterpart Salahuddin Ahmed in Dhaka on Saturday, where the two sides signed an agreement aimed at enhancing cooperation against drug trafficking and narcotics abuse.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is scheduled to visit China from May 23 to 25 for talks aimed at strengthening bilateral relations and enhancing cooperation in key sectors, sources said.

Under the bleachers of a West Bank stadium, a dozen men from Gaza live in a former changing room, blocked from returning home by the war that erupted more than two-and-a-half years ago. Among those stranded is Sameer Abu Salah, 54, who had been working odd jobs in Israel’s commercial hub of Tel Aviv, where wages are far higher than in his home city of Khan Yunis in Gaza. He had then gone to Nablus, in the north of the occupied West Bank, where he is now trapped. “I entered (Israel) only four days before the war,” he said from the little space he had set up under the stands of Nablus city stadium. “I was respected and honoured. Then the war happened,” he added, referring to Israel’s relentless military campaign in the Palestinian enclave following Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack. Abu Salah now makes a living collecting and reselling recyclables, sending money to his family after losing two sons to Israeli airstrikes. A Palestinian man sits inside a damaged building, a day after of an Israeli strike at the Shati...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that his soldiers in Ukraine were fighting an “aggressive force” backed by all of Nato and described his war goals as “just”, in a combative address to the annual Victory Day parade on Red Square. Putin has made the memory of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War II a central narrative of his 25-year rule, and authorities typically mark the parade with pomp and grandeur. But a spate of Ukrainian long-range attacks in recent weeks prompted the Kremlin to ramp up security measures and downsize this year’s celebrations. The parade was vastly scaled back compared to previous years, with no military hardware on display for the first time in nearly two decades and only a handful of foreign dignitaries in attendance — most of them leaders of Russia’s close allies. Both Moscow and Kyiv agreed to observe a three-day ceasefire over the event, following a last-minute appeal from United States President Donald Trump. Moscow had threatened a “massive” strike on...

Rallies were organised in several cities of Balochistan on the completion of one year of the success of Marka-e-Haq, with participants expressing solidarity with the Pakistan Army.

President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday extended greetings to Russian President Vladimir Putin and the people of Russia on the occasion of Victory Day.

The Senate has referred six proposed bills to the relevant standing committees for further discussion and examination.

Federal Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Dr Tariq Fazal Chaudhary on Friday said prisoners in jails are treated strictly under existing prison laws and regulations.

A Pakistani pilgrim who lost a large amount of cash during his arrival in Saudi Arabia was reunited with his belongings by officials of the Pakistan Hajj Mission.