15+ hour, 31+ min ago   (210+ words) TILATHI KOILADI: After nine days trapped in a hydropower tunnel and a week of hospital care following his dramatic rescue, Sanjay Sah, a rare survivor of last month’s devastating glacier collapse in Nepal, finally returned to his village and family…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (349+ words) ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court’s Justice Ayesha Malik has been conferred the International Leader/Lifetime Award at the Justitia Awards 2026 held in Vienna, Austria. The prestigious award recognised her distinguished contribution to the development of law and justice, as well as her…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (817+ words) KARACHI: Speakers at a programme called for the creation of new administrative units or provinces and constitutionally empowered local governments (LGs), arguing that Pakistan’s existing provincial structure has failed to cope with rapid population growth, urban expansion and worsening governance....

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (626+ words) KARACHI: All opposition parties in the Sindh Assembly have jointly rejected the proposed amendments to the Sindh Local Government (LG) Act, calling the draft law “unconstitutional” and an attempt to weaken elected local bodies. The parliamentary committee formed to review…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1109+ words) On August 27, 2026, 55 acres of land belonging to a long-closed textile mill in Faujdarhat, Chattogram, was handed over to the Bangladesh army. This site, some 245 kilometres southeast of the capital Dhaka, is being developed to produce modern weapons, ammunition and other…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (892+ words) A ship was struck in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, killing one person and injuring three, local Iranian authorities said, as Tehran and Washington clash over the strategic waterway. “A merchant vessel was struck around 5am this morning off the…...