Seven injured in Israel; Khamenei says consequences of Israeli attack “will bring it to ruin”; IRGC says dozens of targets attacked; Israel launches evening strikes after earlier attacks. Hundreds of ballistic missiles were launched from Iran towards Israel in Tehran’s response to intensive Israeli strikes as part of “Operation True Promise 3” on Friday after…
The US Department of Defence on Monday awarded OpenAI a $200 million contract to put generative artificial intelligence (AI) to work for the military. San Francisco-based OpenAI will “develop prototype frontier AI capabilities to address critical national security challenges in both warfighting and enterprise domains”, according to the department’s posting of awarded contracts. The programme…
KARACHI: A day-long international symposium organised by the Paediatric Nephrology Department of the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT) has highlighted the medical risks and issues arising from genetic disorders caused by inter-family marriages. The symposium was attended by several renowned national and international medical experts, who discussed the high incidence of consanguineous (cousin)…
ISLAMABAD: While Islamabad police on Monday claimed to have arrested the alleged killer of a 22-year-old female student of International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI), human rights activists demanded adequate proof to ensure that the actual perpetrator had been apprehended. Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Islamabad Mohammad Jawad Tariq told a press conference at Rescue…
ISLAMABAD: Judicial Magistrate Mohammad Hafeez on Monday handed over the accused Omar Hayat, arrested in the TikTok Sana Yousuf murder case, to the police on a four-day physical remand after the identification parade was completed and directed to submit the report to the court after conducting the medical examination of the accused. After the identification parade,…
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board on Monday named 60 U-19 men’s cricketers for a Skills Assessment camp starting at the Inzamam-ul-Haq High Performance Centre in Multan on Wednesday. Thirty cricketers will participate in each of the first and second phases. The players in the first phase will undergo match-based skill assessment from June 18 to…
• 39 departments ‘exceed’ their allocations for FY25; three dozen divisions ‘save’ around Rs2tr• Massive chunk of money spent on debt servicing and related payments ISLAMABAD: At least 39 government departments – notably the power and defence divisions – spent more money than they were allocated for the outgoing fiscal year, while around three dozen…
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Monday dismissed an alleged video circulating online of an Iranian official saying Pakistan will attack Israel with nuclear weapons, amid the ongoing conflict between Iran and Israel. Nearly 80 people, including top army officers, were killed while civilians were among over 300 wounded in Iran as a result of Israeli…
ISLAMABAD: The government is reevaluating the powers granted to Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) officers to arrest suspected tax evaders and adding guardrails to prevent arbitrary detentions after concerns expressed by businesspeople and lawmakers over the blanket authority and its potential misuse. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday formed a committee to reexamine the matter…
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is considering significantly expanding its travel restrictions by potentially banning citizens of 36 additional countries from entering the United States, according to an internal State Department cable seen by Reuters. Earlier this month, the Republican president signed a proclamation that banned the entry of citizens from 12 countries, saying the move was needed to protect…
