Vice Admiral Naveed Ashraf was on Tuesday appointed as the next Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), according to state-run Radio Pakistan. Quoting a spokesperson of the Pakistan Navy, it said the change of command ceremony will be held in Islamabad on Saturday (October 7). Vice Adm Ashraf will replace incumbent Naval Chief Adm Amjad Khan Niazi, who took charge of …

India has told Canada that it must repatriate 41 diplomats by October 10, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday. Ties between New Delhi and Ottawa have become seriously strained over Canadian suspicion that Indian government agents had a role in the June murder in Canada of a Sikh separatist leader and Canadian citizen, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who India had labelled …

In a distressing development, the poverty headcount in Pakistan is estimated to have reached 39.4% in FY23 more than 5 percentage points higher than in FY22, amid slowing growth and high inflation, revealed World Bank in its report titled ‘Pakistan Development Update: Restoring Fiscal Sustainability’ released on Tuesday. The significant increase in poverty is due to reduced economic activity and …

DUBAI: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that countries seeking to normalise relations with Israel “are betting on a losing horse”, state media reported on Tuesday. “The definite position of the Islamic Republic is that countries that make the gamble of normalisation with Israel will lose. They are betting on a losing horse,” Khamenei said. A framework US-brokered deal …

Cotton arrival in Pakistan witnessed a significant increase of 27.7% as of September 30 compared to September 15, showed the latest fortnightly data released by the Pakistan Cotton Ginner’s Association (PCGA) on Tuesday. As per the report, total cotton arrival in Pakistan rose to 5.025 million bales compared to 3.934 million bales recorded on September 15, 2023, an increase of …

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella testified in a US federal court on Monday as part of the government’s antitrust trial against Google, alleging that the search giant’s market share and dominant position meant that it was difficult for even Microsoft to compete on the internet. Nadella gave a three-and-a-half hour testimony in a federal court in Washington as he laid out …

Chronic indigestion, also known as functional dyspepsia, is a digestive disorder characterised by recurring or persistent pain or discomfort in the upper abdomen. It can also involve symptoms such as bloating, nausea, early satiety, and a feeling of fullness after eating. The exact cause of chronic indigestion is often unclear, but it is believed to be multifactorial, involving factors such …

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) called upon the caretaker prime minister and the chief election commissioner on Tuesday to take immediate action in recovering their forcibly disappeared leaders and workers. In separate letters addressed to PM Anwaarul Haq Kakar and CEC Sikandar Sultan Raja, PTI’s Secretary General Omar Ayub Khan raised alarm over the mysterious disappearance of the party’s key leaders …

National team Fast bowler Hasan Ali and his wife Samiya Arzoo are gearing up for a long-awaited family reunion during the upcoming ICC Cricket World Cup in India. The couple, who tied the knot at Dubai’s Atlantis The Palm in 2019, wasn’t able to meet to Samiya’s family in Haryana, India since their wedding. Their family reunion will happen when …

Aamir Khan Productions (AKP) is set to produce the highly anticipated film “Lahore, 1947”. This cinematic venture brings together three stalwarts of the Indian film industry – Aamir Khan, Sunny Deol, and Rajkumar Santoshi. Notably, this film marks the 17th production under the AKP banner Aamir Khan and Rajkumar Santoshi will reunite for “Lahore, 1947” after cult classic “Andaz Apna …

A passenger traveling to Faisalabad via the Pakistan Express died after getting into a physical altercation with another man over a seat dispute. The tragic incident occurred on Sunday, October 1, on the Pakistan Railways train, going from Rawalpindi to Karachi. According to local media reports, the authorities tried to keep the incident under wraps. The passenger who lost his …

Pakistan’s football coach Stephen Constantine has spoken up about the feeble facilities being provided to men’s football team in Pakistan as he expressed his frustration about the situation. Stephen Constantine, the coach of the Pakistan men’s football team, recently expressed his dissatisfaction with the squad’s training facilities, ground conditions, player lodgings, and food quality. He has been reported saying, “I’ve …

Pakistani porter, Murtaza Sadpara, is now receiving essential medical care in Spain after suffering severe frostbite during the expedition. In August, the Gilgit-Baltistan-born porter experienced severe frostbite during his Broad Peak summit attempt in the Karakoram mountain range. Sadpara arrived in Spain on October 1 to undergo the necessary treatment. Currently, he is under medical examination before surgery. For many …

In a recent hearing at the Sindh High Court (SHC), the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Riffat Mukhtar Raja shared details of proclaimed offenders (POs) in the province. According to the official statistics, there are 50,058 POs in Sindh. Larkana district courts are at the top of the list, having declared 23,257 individuals as POs. Similarly, 6,102 individuals were declared …

Pakistan qualified for the semi-final stages of the ongoing Asian Games 2023 after defeating Hong Kong by 69 runs at the ZJUT Cricket Field in China. Batting first, the Men in Green posted a total of 161 runs on the board, thanks to a fighting innings of 41 runs off 16 balls from Aamer Jamal. Pakistan was struggling in the …

The largest ever women entrepreneur’s exhibition, WEXNET 23, was inaugurated by Chief Executive Mr. Zubair Motiwala in a colorful ceremony at Expo Center Lahore. Mr. S M Tanveer was also present at the occasion. The event was also attended by Government officials, diplomats, members of trade, and women entrepreneurs. The prominent dignitaries were Deputy Head & Mission UAE, Ms. Ayesha …

Former Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh has openly criticized the current form of Pakistani all-rounder Shadab Khan, expressing concern over his dwindling performance as a spinner. During a recent interview, Harbhajan, who is known for his outspoken nature, made these remarks, which sparked a debate among cricket fans on both sides of the border. During the interview, Harbhajan said, “Pakistan used …

HANGZHOU: Host China showcased its prowess in table tennis, securing six out of seven gold medals at the Hangzhou Asian Games, while paddlers from other countries and regions including South Korea, Japan, Iran, and India also made their mark on the field. China’s men’s and women’s teams effortlessly triumphed over all opponents with a 3-0 score to win two gold …

HANGZHOU: China collected an additional five gold medals on Tuesday, the final day of canoe sprint at the Hangzhou Asian Games. World champion Lin Wenjun crossed the line first in 47.623 seconds to retain her women’s canoe single 200m title. Orasa Thiangkathok of Thailand and Mariya Brovkova of Kazakhstan secured second and third places, respectively. “It is my last heat …

MOUNT CHO OYU BASE CAMP, Tibet: A Chinese expedition team reached the peak of Mount Cho Oyu, also known as Mt. Qowowuyag, on Sunday and set up an automatic weather station atop this mountain for the first time. The establishment of the weather station is aimed at revealing more about the characteristics of climate change in this extremely high-altitude region. …

BEIJING: China’s railways handled about 16.47 million passenger trips on Monday, the fourth day of the 8-day Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holiday period, data from the country’s railway operator showed. China is anticipating 16.35 million railway passenger trips on Tuesday, according to the China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. Some 11,190 passenger trains are expected to be in operation, …

DHAKA: It used to take Rukhsana Parveen Khan 30 to 45 minutes to reach Bonani from the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka. Today, the journey is a mere five minutes. “This is excellent,” she told Xinhua. “I use this road daily and will benefit greatly from it.” The road Khan mentioned is the First Dhaka Elevated Expressway, one of Bangladesh’s flagship infrastructure …

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday sent a congratulatory message to Mohamed Muizzu on his election as president of the Maldives. In his message, Xi said that China and the Maldives enjoy a long history of friendly exchanges. The two countries are not only friends of sincere trust and mutual assistance but also partners of joint development and common …

LHASA: An 18-member expedition team successfully reached on Sunday the summit of Mount Cho Oyu, also known as Mt. Qowowuyag, which soars to 8,201 meters above sea level, to carry out scientific research. It was the first time Chinese scientists scaled a peak exceeding 8,000 meters in altitude apart from Mt. Qomolangma, the world’s highest summit. This aerial photo taken …

OTTAWA: Canada-India ties hit a new low as the two countries exchanged accusations and engaged in tit-for-tat diplomatic expulsions over the assassination of Canada’s prominent Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar on Canadian soil some four months ago. Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said on Friday there was a “climate of violence” and an “atmosphere of intimidation” against Indian diplomats …

JAKARTA: Indonesia and China have been cooperating closely in recent years to achieve a win-win situation, Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan said. Pandjaitan told Xinhua in an exclusive interview that the cooperation between Indonesia and China in energy, agriculture, science and technology, education and other areas has been deepening and fruitful, and has played …

ANTWERP, Belgium: China reached the women’s team final here on Monday at the FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, thereby securing a team spot for the Paris Olympics. Competing in the last subdivision of the qualification on Monday night, China’s women’s team earned 165.663 points to rank third and qualify for the final, boasting the highest team scores on uneven bars …

ISTANBUL: China focuses on human rights issues from a socio-economic point of view, giving priority to the human dignity of all people in the world, said Selcuk Colakoglu, director of the Ankara-based Turkish Center for Asia-Pacific Studies. China believes that human rights can not be properly exercised without dignity of life and fair development with a reasonable income, and is …

URUMQI: The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has introduced new dimensions for China’s opening-up to the outside world and provided Xinjiang with unprecedented new opportunities for development, according to an official in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. After a decade of exploration and practice, Xinjiang has made breakthroughs in promoting the construction of BRI projects, Yusupjan Mamat, vice chairman …

RIYADH: The China-Arab States Publishing Cooperation and Exchange Forum was held on Sunday in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh. Under the theme of “Deepening China-Arab Publishing Cooperation and Exchanges, Promoting Mutual Learning between Chinese and Arab Civilizations,” publishers from China and Arab countries reviewed their cooperation in translation, publishing, copyright trade, book fair platforms and online publishing. The summit also …

HANGZHOU: China’s Alex Hua Tian needed a clear round in the jumping on Poseidons Admiral to secure the eventing individual gold medal at the Hangzhou Asian Games on Monday. In doing so, the 33-year-old star rider helped China clinch the team gold medal, alongside Sun Huadong, Bao Yingfeng and Liang Ruiji. The gold completes Hua’s individual set of Asiad medals, …

STOCKHOLM: Two scientists, Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman, won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications, the Nobel Committee announced on Monday. Through their groundbreaking findings, which have fundamentally changed the understanding of how mRNA interacts with the human immune system, the laureates contributed to the unprecedented rate of vaccine development during …

YINCHUAN: When Ahmed Nazal Nuri, an official from the League of Arab States’ environment and climate affairs department, saw farmers in northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region using a bale of hay to fix sand on a sand dune, he was amazed by this simple yet effective technique. He was visiting the Maowusu Desert in the Baijitan national nature reserve, …

Google has decided to shut down its whiteboard app, Jamboard in late 2024. The company made the announcement in a Workspace post and said it will switch to working more closely with third-party partners. The home-grown whiteboarding solution enabled users to collaborate in real-time, reflecting on the Jamboard hardware once any edits were made. In order to continue providing similar …

Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar on Monday launched the five-day anti-polio vaccination drive targeting around 44 million children across the country. The prime minister initiated the campaign by administering anti-polio vaccine oral drops and vitamin A to children, at the PM House. Interim Health Minister Dr Nadeem Jan and senior officials were present. Speaking on the occasion, PM Kakar …

In a significant policy shift, Hafiz-e-Quran students applying to medical colleges will no longer receive additional marks as part of the admission process. This change marks a departure from previous practices and is expected to have a notable impact on the selection criteria for medical institutions in Pakistan. The decision to abolish the extra marks was officially confirmed by the …

In a heart-warming union of love and companionship, renowned Pakistani actress Mahira Khan has taken the plunge and tied the knot with business tycoon Salim Karim at Pearl Continental Hotel Bhurban. The news of their nuptials has been making waves in the entertainment industry and beyond. Meanwhile, the ceremony was kept private. No one could take a picture or share …

Corn prices have fallen by up to Rs. 250 per 40kg across Punjab in a week amid new crop arrivals and the trend is expected till next year. According to a well-informed source, corn prices are reported at as low as Rs. 2,000 per 40kg in Faisalabad, Sheikhupura, Gujranwala and Kasur, from the average price of Rs. 2,270-2,280 a week …

The federal government has decided to launch a crackdown against foreigners with expired visas. October 3 has been set as the deadline for those who have illegally overstayed in Pakistan. Reportedly, thousands of foreigners have left the federal capital out of fear of potential arrest and deportation. To ensure a better law and order situation in Islamabad, authorities have decided to …

In a bid to increase international cooperation, China’s latest lunar expedition, Chang’e 6, will carry payloads from multiple countries, including Pakistan. The announcement was made by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) on social media site Waco. According to CNSA, Chang’e 6 will begin its journey to the moon in the first half of 2024. Along with Pakistan, the European …