LAHORE: Disaster management officials in Punjab province issued an urgent flood warning on Sunday, cautioning that a potent combination of monsoon rains and an approaching weather system could send rivers surging past danger levels this week, threatening cities and rural districts alike.
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Bomb-maker killed, eight detained as Bannu crackdown enters third day
BANNU: For the third straight day, security forces pressed deep into the villages ringing the embattled Bannu district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Sunday, part of a widening campaign against militants that has left one terrorist killed and eight others in custody, according to police.
Cybercrime agency summons Imran Khan’s sister over viral remarks on 2025 India conflict
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s national cybercrime agency has ordered the sister of imprisoned former prime minister Imran Khan to appear before investigators on Monday, after a video of her alleging that last year’s brief military conflict with India was staged went viral across the country’s social media.
Canada’s top diplomat to make first Pakistan visit in two decades, seeking to deepen trade ties
ISLAMABAD: Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand will arrive here on Monday for talks with Pakistani officials, the first visit by a Canadian foreign minister to the country in nearly 20 years, according to officials in both nations.
US and Iran trade strikes for eighth straight day
ISLAMABAD: The United States and Iran traded strikes for an eighth straight day on Sunday, plunging the Middle East deeper into open warfare after an Iranian missile and drone attack on a US air base in Jordan left two American service members dead and a third missing.
Messi and Argentina face Spain’s perfect machine for World Cup glory
They were meant to meet in Qatar back in March, in a Finalissima billed as a clash of continental champions, before the match was swept aside by the strikes on Iran that reordered so much of the world’s business this year. Today, in the low bowl of MetLife Stadium, Argentina and Spain will finally have their reckoning — only now the stakes have grown considerably. This is not a curtain-raiser. This is the World Cup final.
Saka hat-trick caps England thriller as France fightback falls short in 10-goal epic
ISLAMABAD: For a fixture that nobody particularly wants to play and even fewer particularly want to watch, England and France contrived something that will be remembered long after the World Cup final has faded from view. The third-place play-off, that unloved coda to the tournament, produced 10 goals, two contrasting halves and a finish so breathless that both benches seemed almost relieved when the referee finally blew for time.
US reports first combat deaths; Iran says ceasefire over as war enters seventh night
ISLAMABAD: For the seventh straight night, American warplanes and warships struck targets across Iran on Saturday, and Iran struck back at US allies across the Persian Gulf, as the region’s fragile ceasefire dissolved further into what officials on both sides now describe as a return to open war.
Pakistan defends daily fuel pricing, says formula-based system will curb windfall gains
ISLAMABAD: The petroleum minister defended a shift to daily fuel-price adjustments at a meeting with industry stakeholders Saturday, a day after diesel prices jumped by more than 31 rupees a liter and provincial authorities in Sindh warned of fuel hoarding tied to the volatility.
Pakistan warns Iran Houthi attacks on Saudi are ‘red line’ – report
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s civilian and military leadership has delivered a blunt warning to Iran at the highest levels of government: Any further Houthi missile strikes on Saudi Arabia will be treated as an attack on Pakistan itself, Reuters reported on Saturday.