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Hollywood actor Angelina Jolie has reportedly accused her ex-husband, Brad Pitt, of draining her with the legal battle. To Read Lifestyle Stories in Urdu – Click Here The former couple, who confirmed their relationship in 2004, tied the knot 10 years later. However, their marriage lasted for just two years, with Angelina Jolie filing for […]

The U.N. rights office said on Friday it had recorded at least 798 killings within the past six weeks at aid points in Gaza run by the U.S.- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation and near convoys run by other relief groups. The GHF uses private U.S. security and logistics companies to get supplies into Gaza, […]

KARACHI: Karachi Police claimed to have arrested a suspect allegedly for killing a youth, who had returned from Saudi Arabia for his father’s funeral, on robbery resistance. The incident occurred in Orangi Town when the citizen named Jibran was shot dead allegedly by the suspect identified as Jibran during a robbery. A two-and-a-half-year-old child was […]

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ISLAMABAD: Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi paid an official visit to the United Arab Emirates. He met with UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister, Lieutenant General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, to strengthen bilateral cooperation in security, counter-narcotics, and immigration matters. Minister Naqvi received a warm welcome at the UAE Ministry of Interior, […]

Some three million Afghans could return to their country this year, a UN refugee official said on Friday, warning that the repatriation flow is placing intense pressure on an already major humanitarian crisis. Iran and Pakistan have introduced new policies affecting displaced Afghans, with Tehran already having given 4m “illegal” Afghans until July 6 to leave Iranian territory. “What we are seeing is the undignified, disorganised and massive exodus of Afghans from both countries, which is generating enormous pressures on the homeland that is willing to receive them and yet utterly unprepared to do so,” United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) representative in Afghanistan Arafat Jamal said during a video press conference from Kabul. “Of concern to us is this scale, the intensity and the manner in which returns are occurring.” Over 1.6m Afghans have already returned from Pakistan and Iran this year, the large majority from Iran, Jamal added. The figure already exceeds the UNHCR’s initial forecasts...

A policeman was shot dead while a Rangers man was shot at and hurt as they scuffled over a “personal grudge” in Karachi’s Site area on Friday, according to police. South Deputy Inspector General Syed Asad Raza said, “The police constable Waseem Ahmed Abro, 30, posted at Gulshan-i-Maymar police was shot dead allegedly by Rangers sepoy Mohammed Noman, while he (Noman) was also shot in the foot by the deceased constable.” “Initially, the injured Rangers sepoy claimed that the policeman was engaged in a roadside robbery with a passerby, but later on, it transpired that the incident was an outcome of some ‘personal grudge’ between them,” he added. The DIG said during the initial probe, it transpired that both the deceased and the injured, dressed in civvies and riding separate motorcycles, reached the crime scene near Habib Bank Chowk in Site at around 10:45am. Quoting witnesses, the senior officer said that after an exchange of abusive language and a scuffle, they fired upon each other. As a result, policeman Was...

The District and Sessions Court of Islamabad on Friday temporarily lifted the ban on the YouTube channels of two journalists, Matiullah Jan and Asad Toor, following their appeals against a previous order that blocked 27 channels. Additional District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Afzal Majoka suspended the order to block the YouTube channels of journalists Matiullah […]

BEIJING: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar emphasized the profound and ancient civilizational connection between Pakistan and China and said that interconnected mountains and rivers of both nations carry a shared history spanning centuries. Addressing a forum on the theme of ‘Civilizational Exchange and Mutual Learning: Cultural Heritage and Innovation in Beijing, the initiative […]

ISLAMABAD: To bolster AI education in Pakistan, the federal Ministry of IT and Telecommunication (MoITT) partnered with Meta to launch a national AI Faculty Training Program, in collaboration with the Higher Education Commission (HEC) and the National Computing Education Accreditation Council (NCEAC). Federal Minister for IT and Telecommunication, Shaza Fatima Khawaja, chaired a high-level meeting […]