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An undated images shows officers from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police. — APP/FileAttack involved an improvised explosive device.A special branch official’s private vehicle sustained damage.Law enforcement officials cordoned off the area for operation.SHANGLA: A senior police official of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Shangla district escaped a remote-controlled improvised explosive device (IED) attack on Saturday.According to police sources, District Police Officer (DPO) Shangla Shah Hassan and other police personnel remained safe in the explosion. However, a private vehicle belonging to a special branch official sustained damage.Following the attack, law enforcement personnel cordoned off the area and launched a search operation to apprehend those responsible.Last year, on…
King Charles assigns new role to Duchess SophieKing Charles has assigned a new major role to his sister-in-law Duchess Sophie after returning from Italy visit.According to a report by the GB News, Duchess of Edinburgh, the wife of Prince Edward, stepped in for King Charles as monarch and Queen Camilla took rest after royal tour of Italy.Sophie inspected the troops during a visit to Sandhurst Royal Military Academy on Friday, to represent King Charles at the Sovereign’s Parade.Duchess Sophie inspected the troops of CC242 who had completed 44 weeks of rigorous training, sharing smiles with some of the cadets. Royal…
Nanda Nagar, Uttarakhand, India — Every morning at 8am, Ahamad Hasan pulls up the brown shutter of his dry-cleaning shop on the banks of the Nandakini river, which runs through the remote Himalayan town of Nanda Nagar in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand. He neatly hangs dry-cleaned clothes in plastic covers on the pink walls of his shop. Then the 49-year-old waits for customers. Until September 2024, by lunchtime, he would have had between 20 and 25 customers come by, leaving their sherwanis, suits, coats, pants and winter wear. Some would sip a cup of tea with him while…
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This representational image shows university students at their graduation. — UnsplashISLAMABAD: The United States Educational Foundation in Pakistan (USEFP), a platform that provides Pakistanis with opportunities to study abroad, denied reports on Friday about the termination of the Fulbright Programme.In a statement, the USEFP said that several US government-funded exchange programmes, including the Fulbright Programme, remained in place and were available to Pakistanis. “Fulbright participants in the United States continue to receive their stipends. Assertions that the Fulbright Programme has been terminated or that students will be left stranded in the United States are false,” it said.The statement follows the recent termination of the…
Police arrest a protester at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas, U.S. April 29, 2024. — ReutersTEXAS: A wave of student visa cancellations has sent shockwaves through the international student community in the United States, with Texas emerging as the most affected state so far.More than 122 international students have reportedly had their visas revoked or their immigration status terminated. These changes have been made through the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS), indicating a severe threat to their legal standing in the country.Authorities have yet to issue an official explanation for this abrupt change. However, immigration experts…
A woman is washing her face amid scorching heat in Karachi. — AFP/FileKarachi’s temperature to remain normal for next 10 days.City might experience heatwave at end of April: PMD spox.Feel-like temperature to be 39°C-41°C due to high humidity.KARACHI: The residents of the metropolis are likely to witness an increase in temperature on Saturday with the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) warning of a looming heatwave in the city in the ongoing month.Weather expert Jawad Memon has warned that owing to a change in wind direction, mercury is expected to hover between 36 to 38 degrees Celsius which will be felt like 39°C…
The Duchess of Sussex wanted to be the most loved royal, says palace insider Meghan Markle just wanted to become the most loved member of the royal family, as per staff members.Royal insiders have recently reflected on the Duchess of Sussex’s time as a working royal before stepping down from the role alongside Prince Harry in 2020, as per DailyMail.Staff members spoke to Tom Quinn, the author of Yes, Ma’am: The Secret Life Of Royal Servants and revealed that Meghan was “confident” during the early days of working as a royal that “you could see she wanted to run the…
These are the key events on day 1,143 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.Here is where things stand on Saturday, April 12: Fighting Russia’s defence ministry said air defence units destroyed 13 Ukrainian drones within a span of 30 minutes late on Friday. The ministry said that between 10-10:30pm local time (19:00-19:30 GMT), nine drones were destroyed over Russia’s Rostov region on Ukraine’s eastern border, and four in the Kursk region on Ukraine’s northern border. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the site of a deadly Russian attack on his hometown of Kryvyi Rih, one week after a Russian missile strike killed…
Dr. Anwar Gargash, the diplomatic advisor to His Highness the President of the State, said: “The UAE confirms its political and humanitarian role in supporting the Palestinian issue.” Gargash added in a tweet on the X platform: “I participated in the Antalya Ministerial meeting in support of the two -state solution and the achievement of permanent peace in the Middle East. The UAE confirms its political and humanitarian role in supporting the Palestinian issue, and our relief aid constitutes 42 % of the total assistance provided to Gaza and its people. Gargash pointed out: “Our commitment is principled and continuous,”…