Thursday, July 3rd, 2025
Punjab minister reviews Muharram security
KHANEWAL, Jul 03 (APP/DNA):Punjab Minister for Sports, Youth Affairs, Labour and Human Rights Faisal Ayub Khokhar stressed the need for unity and peace during Muharram, urging all schools of thought to play their part in maintaining harmony. He expressed these views while speaking to media after offering condolences on the demise of senior PML-N leader and former provincial transport minister Haji Irfan Khan Daha, father of sitting MNA Ahmad Khan Daha. Khokhar said, on the directives of Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif, security arrangements in Multan Division for MuharramRead More
Bilal Azhar Kayani Meets Chinese Embassy Officials to Discuss Bilateral Cooperation
ISLAMABAD, JULY 3 (DNA): Minister of State for Finance, Railways and Head of the Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit, Mr. Bilal Azhar Kayani holding a meeting in his office at Finance Division today with Counselor Mr. Wang Shengjie and Attache Mr. Yang Taofei from the Press Section of the Chinese Embassy in Islamabad.
Pakistan, Turkiye vow to deepen cooperation in religious education, welfare initiatives
ISLAMABAD, July 03 (APP/DNA):Federal Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony, Sardar Muhammad Yousaf on Thursday held a meeting with Religious Counselor at the Embassy of the Republic of Turkiye in Pakistan, Dr. Abdul Rahman Akkus to discuss enhanced bilateral cooperation in the fields of religious education, welfare initiatives, and interfaith collaboration. During the meeting, both sides expressed satisfaction over the deep-rooted fraternal ties between Pakistan and Turkiye, grounded in shared religious and cultural values. Minister Yousaf highlighted the mutual commitment of both governments to further strengthen relations across political,Read More
Modi’s new normal and Pakistan’s strategic firewall
ISLAMABAD, JUL 3 (APP/DNA)::“Nuclear Weapon states don’t go to war”…..an established dictum in Strategic Studies. Perhaps, the Modi-led Government of India intends to establish a New Normal in South Asia. Instead of toiling for cooperation, it gives precedence to confrontation. The Modi-led Government is purportedly obsessed with hurling antagonistic remarks against Pakistan and undermining the potency of its military. In pursuit of hegemonic designs, hawkish elements of the Indian politico-security establishment are ploying to carve out space for limited war under the nuclear threshold. The ultranationalist Indian prime minister evenRead More
Liverpool’s Portuguese forward Diogo Jota dies in car crash in Spain
Liverpool’s Portuguese forward Diogo Jota, 28, died in a fiery car crash near Zamora in northwestern Spain with his brother, Spanish state-owned TV station said on Thursday, citing local firefighters. Police told Reuters everything pointed to that information being correct, although they could not yet officially confirm the names. The regional fire department of Castille-Leon, where Zamora is located, said on its website a car crashed shortly after midnight on Thursday and burst into flames, with two men, aged 28 and 26, found dead. Jota, who got married on JuneRead More
Gaza rescuers say Israeli forces kill 25, including 12 in shelter for displaced
GAZA CITY, PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES, JULY 3 (AFP/APP/DNA):Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli forces killed at least 25 people on Thursday, including 12 in a strike on a school sheltering Palestinians displaced by the war nearing its 22nd month. Israel has recently expanded its military operations in the Gaza Strip, where the war since October 2023 has created dire humanitarian conditions and displaced nearly all of the territory’s population of more than two million. Many have sought shelter in school buildings, but these have repeatedly come under Israeli attacks that theRead More