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Less than 24 hours after striking gold in the javelin final at the Asian Athletics Championship, javelin phenom Arshad Nadeem on Sunday thanked the nation for its support and prayers, dedicating the win to Pakistan. Yesterday, Arshad returned to international competition and won a gold medal with a throw of 86.40 metres in the men’s javelin final in Gumi, South Korea. India’s Sachin Yadav took silver with an 85.16m and Japan’s Yuta Sakiyama took home bronze with an 83.75m throw. Both athletes threw a personal best. In a post on Instagram today, Nadeem said: “It is because of all your prayers that Allah made me successful in the finals, and gave respect to Pakistan, when I won gold at the Asian Athletics Championship. View this post on Instagram “This is a result of your prayers, and the hard work of me and my coach, Salman Iqbal Butt,” he said in a short video message as he adorned a green and white Pakistan jersey. He noted that he would be arriving at Lahore International Airport at 10:20pm tonight. “It giv...

• Chauhan curious why their jets were downed • Claims conflict never came close to a nuclear war • Says ‘channels of communication’ with Islamabad were open • BJP leader says PAF shot down five Indian aircraft NEW DELHI: A day after a BJP politician and staunch critic of Prime Minister Nare­ndra Modi, Subrahmanyam Swamy, claimed Pakistan had downed five Indian planes in the recent military escalation, India’s top military general admitted losses. In an interview with Bloomberg on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue on Saturday, Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan admitted losses but dismissed Pakistan’s claims that it shot down six Indian jets, including four Rafales, as “absolutely incorrect”. “What is important is that, not the jet being down, but why they were being down… Why they were down, what mistakes were made — that are important. Numbers are not important,” he said. In a separate interview to Reuters, Gen Chauhan said the losses India suffered were in the initial stages, on May 7, when ...

The final day of Pakistan’s nationwide anti-polio campaign is underway with strong momentum, with the National Emergency Operations Center (NEOC) reporting a remarkable 97% vaccination coverage across the country.

In a move aimed at safeguarding public safety during Eidul Azha, the Punjab Home Department has imposed a province-wide ban on all temporary mechanical rides set up during the festive days.

An explosion occurred near a house on Sunday in Darra Adam Khel, district Kohat of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, killing two people, rescue officials said. Rescue 1122 spokesperson Jawad Afridi said the blast took place at a tube well near a house in Akhorwal village. Two people died on the spot in the explosion. Rescue medical and disaster teams reached the scene after receiving information about the incident. The house was completely destroyed in the explosion, the rescue official said. In another incident, an under-construction building was heavily damaged when an improvised explosive device (IED), reportedly planted by unidentified terrorists, exploded in Bannu district. Muhammad Usama, spokesperson for Rescue 1122, Bannu told Dawn.com that the explosion occurred around at 1am today when unidentified attackers reportedly detonated an IED that severely damaged the building. He said the targeted structure, located in the Kaki tehsil of Bannu district, belonged to the Rescue 1122 emergency services. However, no casual...

Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) of Pakistan, General Sahir Shamshad Mirza, has warned of the increasing danger of nuclear conflict in South Asia, urging the urgent establishment of crisis management frameworks and meaningful dialogue between regional powers.

Pakistan Express, bound for Rawalpindi, derailed near Mubarakpur Railway Station on Saturday, causing a major disruption in rail traffic on both up and down tracks, according to Pakistan Railways officials.

SUKKUR: Larkana sessions judge and in-charge of Anti-Terrorism Court survived attack by a gang of highwaymen who opened fire on his car and his security detail following him in police mobile van on Khairpur-Larkana road late on Friday night. A police constable, Maqbool Sheikh, died and his colleagues, Iqbal Baloch and Safeer Ahmed Kehar, suffered gunshot wounds in the attack that took place within the jurisdiction of Tando Masti police station in Khairpur district. Police officials said the judge, Samkan Ahmed Mughal, and his security squad came under fire from the armed dacoits but the judge remained unharmed in the attack. The judge was on his way to Larkana last night after attending an event at the Sindh High Court’s Sukkur bench, they said. They said that the armed highwaymen were standing by the road within the limits of Tando Masti police station when they signaled the judge’s convoy to stop. In reply to media persons’ questions if it was a targeted attack on the judge and linked to some cases he was h...

An explosion rocked an under-construction Rescue 1122 facility in the Nekam Kaki area of Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, on Saturday.

Pakistan today joins the international community in marking World Parents Day, paying heartfelt tribute to the unwavering love, sacrifices, and guidance of parents who shape not only their children’s futures but the moral fabric of society as a whole.

Elon Musk on Saturday denied a report that he used ketamine and other drugs extensively last year on the 2024 campaign trail. The New York Times reported on Friday that the billionaire adviser to United States President Donald Trump used so much ketamine, a powerful anaesthetic, that he developed bladder problems. The newspaper said the world’s richest person also took ecstasy and mushrooms and travelled with a pill box last year, adding that it was not known whether Musk also took drugs while heading the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) after Trump took power in January. In a post on Saturday on X, Musk said: “To be clear, I am NOT taking drugs! The New York Times was lying their ass off.” He added: “I tried ‘prescription’ ketamine a few years ago and said so on X, so this not even news. It helps for getting out of dark mental holes, but haven’t taken it since then.” Musk first dodged a question about his drug use at a bizarre farewell appearance on Friday with Trump in the Oval Office in...

Polling for by-election in PP-52, Sialkot is underway.

The federal government has raised the price of petrol by Re1 per litre for the next fortnight, bringing the new rate to Rs253.

Peshawar - Advisor to the Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Information and Public Relations, Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif, stated that no formal negotiations are currently underway with the federal government regarding the release of PTI’s founding chairman, Imran Khan.

Peshawar - Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur, has taken serious notice of a reported incident in which a student allegedly died as a result of corporal punishment inflicted by a private school teacher in Tehsil Jamrud of Khyber District.

ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to ramp up operations against foreign nationals unlawfully residing in Pakistan, a month after the expiry of a deadline set for around 44,000 Afghan nationals approved for relocation to a third country. The decision was taken at the third meeting of the Counter-Terr­orism Committee and Har­den the State Commi­ttee held here under the chairmanship of Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Saturday. The government had already announced it would deport thousands of Afghan refugees awaiting resettlement in the West if the prospective host countries didn’t relocate them by April 30. Tens of thousands of Afghans came to Pakistan fearing retribution after the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in August 2021, following the withdrawal of US-led forces. An official told Dawn that so far 1.023 million Afghans had been repatriated. He said 135,865 had been repatriated in April and another 65,057 in May. On May 30 alone, 1,483 individuals had been repatriated. Naqvi asks all institu...

GILGIT: Despite rain and winds in different parts of Gilgit-Baltistan on Saturday, government schoolteachers continued to boycott classes and hold a protest sit-in for a sixth consecutive day to press the authorities for their one-point agenda of long overdue promotions. Academic activities at government schools across Gilgit-Baltistan have been suspended since last week, as thousands of teachers announced that they would call off their protest only when their single-point demand was fulfilled. For the past five days, teachers have organised demonstrations and rallies outside the education department offices in Hunza, Nagar, Astore, Skardu, Diamer, Ghanche, Shigar, Kharmang and Ghizer. On Friday, the protesting teachers from these districts marched towards Gilgit and joined the protest sit-in outside the Gilgit-Baltistan Directorate of Education in Gilgit, the regional headquarters, where the minister’s office is situated. Despite harsh weather conditions on Saturday, a number of male and female government te...

QUETTA - At least two people were martyred and seven others sustained injuries in bomb blast near Hanna Police Station area of Quetta on Saturday.

LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Maryam Nawaz Sharif, chairing a comprehensive meeting here on Saturday, reviewed the proposals for regularising illegal housing societies in the province.

BHAGNARI - The funeral prayer of martyred Additional Deputy Commissioner Revenue (ADCR) Hidayatullah Baloch was offered with utmost reverence and solemnity in his hometown of Bhag Nari on Saturday.