Sukkur: A woman staged a protest outside the Sukkur Press Club, alleging domestic violence, harassment, and the forced separation from her four children by her husband. She also accused her own sister of influencing her husband’s actions and appealed to the authorities for justice and protection. The protester, Saima, wife of Raza Muhammad Mahar and…

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Sukkur: Health experts and social activists have called for stronger public and government efforts to reduce tobacco use in Pakistan, urging the establishment of smoking cessation centres, improved support services for smokers seeking to quit, and greater involvement of parents in protecting young people from tobacco addiction. The appeal was made during a meeting on…

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Moro, Sindh: A divorced woman and a young man from Moro have appealed to the authorities for protection after legally marrying in court, claiming they have been receiving death threats from the woman’s former husband and his relatives. According to the couple, Shabnam Korai, a resident of Moro, and Mumtaz Ali Solangi solemnised their marriage…

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Rawalpindi: Punjab Senior Minister Maryam Aurangzeb has said that the people of Muzaffarabad have already delivered their verdict in favour of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), expressing confidence in the party’s prospects ahead of the upcoming elections in Azad Jammu and Kashmir. Addressing a PML-N election campaign gathering in Rawalpindi, Aurangzeb claimed that only the…

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KARACHI: Sindh Senior Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon has criticised Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader and former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif over remarks made during a political rally, saying that no province, city, or region should be ridiculed for political purposes. Responding to Nawaz Sharif’s comments, Memon said political differences were a normal part of democracy,…

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader and Member of the National Assembly Iqbal Afridi has claimed that former Prime Minister Imran Khan told him during their last meeting that members of the party were not following his instructions. The remarks were made in a video statement shared on social media by PTI leader Faisal Javed Khan.…

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Left-handed opener Abdullah Fazal will miss Pakistan’s two-match Test series against the West Indies after picking up a back injury ahead of the series opener scheduled to begin on Saturday. According to the details, the 23-year-old picked up a lower-back injury during the Green Shirts’ training session here at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in…

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Iran has closed and reopened the Strait of Hormuz several times since the US-Iran war began in February. When operating normally, ships transport about a fifth of global oil consumption through the chokepoint. Importantly, more than four-fifths of the oil and liquefied natural gas moving through Hormuz in 2024 was destined for Asia. It was…

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As all is set for polls in Azad Jammu and Kashmir on July 27th, the boycott of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf ( PTI), which had swept the last elections, leaving “political ground” open for the other two mainstream parties, Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) and Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP), who are now in the race to form the…

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‘We have your mother’: First Nancy Guthrie ransom note sent just one day after abduction The chilling contents of the first ransom note sent in the Nancy Guthrie kidnapping case have been revealed, with the message addressed directly to her daughter, “Today” show co-anchor Savannah Guthrie. The letter was read on the “Crime Junkie” podcast…

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