Tuesday, September 30th, 2025
Nooh Butt sets sights on gold at World Championship
By our correspondent ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Commonwealth Games hero and weightlifting star Nooh Dastagir Butt is set for a high-profile return at the VIRUS Weightlifting Finals & UMWF World Championships, to be held from December 3–6, 2025, in Daytona Beach, Florida. Famously dubbed the “Hulk of Pakistan” after his record-breaking show at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, the three-time international strongman and powerlifting champion is eyeing nothing less than gold in his comeback — his first international weightlifting appearance in three years after a prolonged dispute with the Pakistan Weightlifting Federation (PWF).Read More
Pakistan army successfully test-fires indigenously developed Fatah-4 Cruise Missile
RAWALPINDI, SEPT 30 /DNA/ – The Pakistan Army successfully conducted the training launch of the newly inducted, indigenously developed Fatah-4 Ground Launched Cruise Missile (GLCM) at a range of 750 kilometers, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement on Tuesday. Equipped with advanced avionics and state-of-the-art navigational systems, the Fatah-4 is designed to evade enemy missile defense systems through terrain-hugging flight capabilities. The missile can engage targets with high precision, significantly enhancing the Army’s conventional strike capability. According to ISPR, the successful launch is a major boost forRead More
Pharmaceutical goods’ export increases by 4.27% to US$64.990 mln
ISLAMABAD, Sep 30 (APP/DNA):The export of pharmaceutical goods from the country has witnessed an increase of 4.27 percent during the first two months of the financial year (2025-26) as compared to the corresponding months last year. Pakistan exported pharmaceutical products worth US$ 64.990 million during July-August (2025-26) as compared to the export of US$62.329 million during July-August (2024-25), showing a growth of 4.27 percent, according to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS). In terms of quantity, the export of pharmaceutical goods also rose by 2.16 percent from 14,645 metric tonsRead More
Civil society urged for increasing voters turnout for October 19 by election: ECP
PESHAWAR, Sep 30 (APP/DNA):The civil society members has been urged to play their role in increasing voter turnout in the third phase of the by-elections scheduled for October 19, 2025. This was stated by the Joint Provincial Election Commissioner of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Muhammad Fareed Afridi, while chairing a meeting of the Gender and Disability Electoral Working Group here Tuesday. The meeting was attended by Muhammad Ayub Khan from Blue Veins, Muhammad Javed from SPDA, Muhammad Haris Khan from EnlightLab, Muhammad Shafiq from URDO, Roshan Khan from Pak Women, Ms. HasnaRead More
Afghanistan under Taliban: isolation, suppression, and uncertain future
The future of Afghanistan under Taliban rule presents a complex picture of internal challenges, strained international relations, and cautious regional engagement. Since their return to power in August 2021, the Taliban have sought to project a new image of a more pragmatic and diplomatic entity. Yet, beneath the façade of political engagement, their governance remains marked by repression, human rights violations, and decisions that further isolate the war-torn nation from the modern world. In a move that has shocked both Afghans and the international community, the Taliban recently imposed aRead More
Forced statelessness of Bengali Muslims in Assam: a humanitarian and legal crisis
ISLAMABAD, SEPT 30 /DNA/ – Speakers at a roundtable held at Institute of Regional Studies expressed grave concern over the escalating dispossession and statelessness of Bengali-speaking Muslims in Assam, India. The discussion highlighted how discriminatory policies, arbitrary legal practices, and systemic marginalization under the BJP government have created a humanitarian crisis with regional and international implications. Ambassador Jauhar Saleem underscored that India, despite branding itself the “world’s largest democracy,” has stripped nearly 1.9 million people of citizenship under the 2019 National Register of Citizens (NRC). He noted that Foreigners’ Tribunals exploit clericalRead More