Pakistan

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Experts point towards Council of Islamic Ideology's declaration to prove legitimacy

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Poultry, vegetable, fruit prices on the rise

Welcomes boatload of displaced people

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Residents advised to share accurate location while seeking assistance

Young civil servant dies in mysterious circumstances, police await forensic report

Commercial units first in line; domestic consumers to be billed after three months

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Blast wrecks girls’ school in Lakki

Residents in the affected areas rushed out of their homes in panic

PDMA reports fresh casualties, homes destroyed

Ex-captain urges PCB to bring league, internationals to city

The AI stethoscope uses a card-sized sensor and microphone to detect heart sounds and blood flow beyond human hearing

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) security forum now bears “greater responsibility” for safeguarding regional peace and stability, as well as promoting the development and prosperity of its member states, Chinese President Xi Jinping told about 20 world leaders he hosted on Sunday evening. World leaders from Central, South and Southeast Asia and the Middle East are attending the summit in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin in a show of Global South solidarity. The ongoing SCO summit shoulders the important mission of building consensus among all parties and stimulating momentum in cooperation, Xi was cited as telling a welcome banquet, Chinese state news agency Xinhua reported. According to the Chinese news agency, Xi expressed confidence that with the concerted efforts of all parties, the summit will be a complete success and the SCO is certain to play an even bigger role and achieve more progress, making a greater contribution to boosting unity and cooperation among member states. “The Tianjin s...

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Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz on Sunday visited flood-affected areas of Kasur amid ongoing torrential rains to review and expedite relief efforts.

In a former classroom, now a makeshift relief camp, pregnant women take refuge from the floods that have ravaged the country, their bodies aching, eyes heavy with exhaustion and silent despair. Waiting for the water that swallowed their homes to recede, women in Chung, a town on Lahore’s outskirts, have limited access to sanitary pads and essential medicines, including pregnancy-related care. Shumaila Riaz, 19 years old and seven months pregnant with her first child, spent the past four days in the relief camp, enduring pregnancy cramps. “I wanted to think about the child I am going to have, but now, I am not even certain about my own future,” she told AFP. Flood victims walk along shelters at a makeshift camp in Chung, near Lahore on August 31. — AFP Clad in dirty clothes they have worn for days and with unbrushed hair, women huddle in the overcrowded school hosting more than 2,000 people, surrounded by mud and stagnant rainwater. “My body aches a lot and I can’t get the medicines I want here,” said 19-year-...