At least 11 coal miners were killed in the Mach area of Balochistan on Sunday after armed militants kidnapped them and took them to a nearby area before opening fire at close range. Police authorities said the miners were on the way to work when armed militants kidnapped them and took them to the nearby […]
A 22-year-old student was shot dead by Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) personnel in the G-10 area of Islamabad on Saturday. According to reports, Osama Satti was coming after dropping his friend in the area of Shams Colony. Speaking to the reporters, Farrukh Satti, cousin of the slain; said that ATS personnel were on patrol in the […]
Five women have been killed in war-torn Yemen after a projectile exploded at a wedding held on New Year’s Day in the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah; officials told the local news agency. The government and Houthi rebel forces blamed each other for the Friday night bombing of the hall near Hodeidah’s airport; a […]
A police constable shot dead a man while trying to flee after killing a woman; also a murder suspect, who took to the orthopedic ward of the KDA; Teaching Hospital here in police custody. SHO KDA police station Saifullah Khan told that Shamoon, a proclaimed offender wanted in a murder case; said he came from […]
The EU is launching a co-ordinated vaccine rollout to fight Covid-19, in what the bloc’s top official says is a “touching moment of unity”. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Saturday the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine had been delivered to all 27 member states. Some countries started administering the jabs on Saturday, saying they […]
Seven rare deer mysteriously died in the Bahawalpur zoo on Saturday. The zoo management said 12 other deer are in critical condition; 22 have “treated” after dozens of deer suddenly started getting sick. It suspected that the deer died after eating poisonous fodder; however, the management of the zoo is saying it cannot comment on […]
Toronto: Police on Tuesday evening termed the death of Baloch rights activist Karima Baloch, who went missing over the weekend before being found dead, as “non-criminal”. Karima Baloch, who hailed from Balochistan and was also known as Karima Mehrab; went missing on Sunday in Toronto’s downtown waterfront area. She was living in the Canadian city […]
ISLAMABAD: A sessions court in Islamabad on Saturday awarded the death sentence to Baitullah and life imprisonment to Gul Siddique for the murder of Major Mohammad Laraib of the Special Services Group (SSG) last year. Additional Sessions Judge Muhammad Ali Warriach also imposed a fine of Rs500,000 on both accused. Major Laraib was murdered on […]
Moderna Inc’s coronavirus vaccine on Friday became the second to receive emergency use authorization from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), welcome news to a nation with a staggering Covid-19 death toll of over 307,000 lives lost. Millions of doses of the Moderna vaccine are expected to be added to the US rollout; which […]
Indian troops on Friday “specifically targeted” a United Nations vehicle carrying two officers of the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) from across the Line of Control, in what the Foreign Office termed a new low in their conduct. The incident occurred at around 10:45 am when Indian border forces resorted […]
