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KARACHI: With the city’s ever-growing number of vehicles, parking has long remained a major challenge in Karachi’s bustling Saddar area and its surroundings.Mayor Murtaza Wahab believes that the situation could be improved significantly if a modern parking plaza is built in the area. However, questions are being raised about a similar project launched years ago that never fully served its purpose.Back in 2006, a multi-storey parking plaza was constructed in the Saddar area with space for 300 vehicles. According to the original plan, a shuttle service was also meant to run from the plaza to nearby areas — but it…

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Khloe Kardashian set to shake food industry with new launchKhloe Kardashian has stepped into the world of snacks by launching Khloud Protein Popcorn.The 40-year-old American media personality and socialite is launching Khloud Protein Popcorn, which is a seed-oil-free snack and is filled with over three times the protein of regular popcorn.While having a conversation with PEOPLE to promote her product, Khloe quipped, “I’m at this stage in my [health] journey for the past few years that I’ve been really trying to up my protein intake. I’m all about muscle definition and being strong and healthy, not just skinny.”The Keeping Up…

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Multan Sultans skipper Mohammad Rizwan (left) and Lahore Qalandars captain Shaheen Shah Afridi during the toss for the PSL 10 match at Multan Cricket Stadium on April 22, 2025. — PCBMultan Sultans won the toss and elected to bat first against Lahore Qalandars in the 12th match of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) Season 10 being played at Multan Cricket Stadium on Tuesday.PLAYING XIsMultan Sultans: Mohammad Rizwan(w/c), Yasir Khan, Usman Khan, Kamran Ghulam, Michael Bracewell, Iftikhar Ahmed, Ashton Turner, David Willey, Usama Mir, Ubaid Shah and Joshua Little.Lahore Qalandars: Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Naeem, Abdullah Shafique, Daryl Mitchell, Sam Billings(w), Sikandar…

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Meghan Markle lands in turbulent waters as accusations come pouring inMeghan Markle has met wave after wave of criticism ever since she announced her luxury lifestyle brand, even when its name was American Riviera Orchard, rather than As Ever, under which she sold edible products like jam, honey etc.All comments have come through To Di For podcast host Kinsey Schofield.She sat with Sky News Australia to deliver the news and started by revealing what she thinks of Meghan’s brand strategy. In the eyes of Ms Schofield, Meghan “lacks strategic cohesion” when it comes to her business ventures, whether that be…

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No claim of responsibility but police call it ‘terror attack’ by rebels under intensifying military crackdown in region.Armed men opened fire on a group of tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir, with some of them feared killed. Police said multiple tourists received gunshot wounds in the “terror attack” on Tuesday while they were visiting Baisaran meadow, some 5km (3 miles) from the disputed region’s resort town of Pahalgam. “This attack is much larger than anything we’ve seen directed at civilians in recent years,” Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, the region’s top elected official, wrote on social media. “The death toll is still being ascertained…

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Afghan citizens wait with their belongings to cross into Afghanistan at the Friendship Gate of Chaman Border Crossing along the Pakistan-Afghanistan Border in Chaman, Balochistan, on October 31, 2023. — ReutersDeportation campaign has widespread support.100,529 Afghans have left in April, says ministry.Millions of Afghans have poured into Pakistan in decades.ISLAMABAD: More than 100,000 Afghans have left Pakistan in the past three weeks, the interior ministry said on Tuesday, after the government announced the widespread cancellation of residence permits.The government in Islamabad launched its mass eviction campaign on April 1.Analysts say the expulsions are designed to pressure neighbouring Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities,…

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People walk in front of the Department of Education building in Washington, U.S., February 4, 2025. — ReutersJoint statement calls for opposition to govt’s undue intrusion.Features signature of Princeton, Brown universities presidents.Open to oversight, not against legitimate govt oversight, it reads.NEW YORK: Defying President Donald Trump’s decisions regarding the education sector, US academics have united against the administration’s policies with over 100 university, college and scholarly society presidents publishing a joint statement opposing the Trump administration’s treatment of higher education institutions.The development follows Harvard University’s announcement saying that the White House was threatening its independence.The statement, signed by presidents from such…

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Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah chairs a meeting in this undated photo. — Radio Pakistan/File    Sindh CM urges protesters not to trouble “own people”.Says PPP will protest if talks with Centre remain fruitless.Will block contentious canal project at all costs, says CM. Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah on Tuesday urged protesters, demonstrating against the construction of new canals, to remain peaceful and not cause hardships for the people by blocking the highways and main thoroughfares.Addressing a press conference in Karachi, CM Murad said: “Lawyers and nationalists should continue their protest without troubling their own people.”He said that the PPP…

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