Pakistan’s rising squash star Abdullah Nawaz has advanced to the Round of 32 at the 2025 World Squash Junior Championships held at the Black Ball Sporting Club in Cairo, Egypt. On July 22, 2025, the young athlete secured a commanding 3-0 victory over Canada’s Rohan Paliwal in the Round of 64, with a scoreline of...
The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) of Pakistan issued a critical landslide alert on July 22, 2025, warning of heightened risks in the northern regions of Gilgit-Baltistan, Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), and upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa due to ongoing heavy monsoon rains. The alert, issued by the NDMA’s National Emergencies Operation Center (NEOC), identifies specific...
On Monday, July 21, 2025, a catastrophic accident struck Dhaka, Bangladesh, when a Bangladesh Air Force F-7 BGI training jet crashed into the Milestone School and College campus in the Uttara neighborhood, claiming at least 20 lives and injuring over 170 people. The jet, which suffered a mechanical fault shortly after takeoff at 1:06 p.m....
A simple ‘no’ took the life of a young lady with a bright future ahead of her. Kinza, a 19-year-old student of Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University in Rawalpindi, was brutally murdered after rejecting a marriage proposal. Kinza was traveling home by bus from Rawalpindi to her hometown in Jhang, maintaining contact with...
After years of disputes, K-Electric, Karachi’s primary electricity provider, has begun clearing outstanding dues owed to the Sindh government, specifically related to electricity duty. The company has already paid over PKR 1.25 billion in two installments as part of an agreement to settle a total of PKR 9.142 billion out of the PKR 32 billion...
Sardar Sherbaz Satakzai, a prominent tribal leader and the prime suspect in the brutal murder of a couple in Balochistan’s Dagari area, was arrested and presented before an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Quetta. The court, presided over by Judge Muhammad Mubeen, granted a two-day physical remand to the Special Crime Investigation Wing (SCIW) for further...
On July 21, 2025, senior leaders of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) gathered in Karachi’s Federal B Area Town, UC-3, to attend the funeral of former right-wing Chairman Farid Ahmed. The solemn event saw the participation of prominent figures, including MQM-P Senior Central Leader Syed Ameen-ul-Haq, Central Leaders Rashid Sabzwari and Zahid Mansoori, and Member...
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly conducted Senate elections for 11 vacant seats, resulting in a historic agreement between the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and opposition parties, with the coalition securing all seats. According to unofficial and provisional results, the government, led by PTI, clinched six seats, while the opposition secured five, reflecting a rare consensus...
Gold prices in Pakistan have witnessed a significant increase, reflecting trends in the international market. The price of 24-carat gold per tola rose by PKR 3,600, reaching a record high of PKR 361,200. Similarly, the price of 10 grams of gold surged by PKR 3,087, climbing to PKR 309,671. In the global market, the price...
In the later hours of Sunday, July 20, 2025, a horrifying video took the internet by storm, depicting the brutal execution of a young couple in Balochistan following a jirga’s decision, citing the reason behind the barbaric murder to be the couple’s decision to enter into a love marriage, against the customs of their tribe....