<p>• Balochistan CM’s aide says accord with protesters to form judicial commission to probe Hanna Urak, Ziarat attacks<br>• Province-wide shutter-down strike observed in solidarity with families of martyred cops</p> <p>QUETTA: The Balochistan government and representatives of a multi-party alliance claimed to have reached an agreement with the families of policemen martyred in a <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2013868">deadly attack in Ziarat</a>, late on Friday night.</p> <p>During the

<p>Even before the pehlwans square off in the mud, the air is already wrestling with a mix of bruised earth and olive oil. Men of all ages and build, gleaming like magazine models from head to toe, prep for a day under the July sun in Edirne.</p> <p>For over six centuries, men have gathered in this northwestern Turkish city for Kırkpınar, the yağlı güreş or oil wrestling festival for what is considered the national sport. It has been around for so long that it was ancient by the time the O

<p>In the labyrinthine alleyways of Cairo’s Garbage City, recycling specialist Peter Romany finds himself fielding calls from factories scrambling for plastic to plug supply shortfalls caused by the US-Israel <a href="https://www.dawn.com/live/iran-israel-war">war</a> on Iran.</p> <p>The 25-year-old is among the hundreds of recyclers and manufacturers across Egypt benefiting from a war-driven surge in demand ever since the United States and Iran <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2015623">chok

<p>THERE are multiple reasons for serious concern about the recent passage of the <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2013628">Powers, Immunities and Privileges Act, 2026, (Act VII of 2026) </a>by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly. The first concern is the lack of transparency about the details of the Act. Although the law was passed by the assembly on April 30, 2026 and assented to by the governor on May 6, it took a while for the text of the law to make it to the assembly’s website. Interesting

<p>WASHINGTON: Pakis­tan’s annual Mango Festival returned to the Embassy of Pakistan on Thursday with a message that extended well beyond the country’s celebrated summer fruit.</p> <p>Aptly themed “The Sweet Taste of Friendship”, this year’s gathering reflected the growing warmth in Pakistan-US relations as Islamabad assumes an increasingly significant diplomatic role in the region.</p> <p>The embassy’s flagship cultural event attracted hundreds of guests, including senior US admini

<p>CEO’s pay packet surges to £791,000 as union says public ‘sick of obscene pay’ and bosses ‘feathering own nests’</p><p>Wessex Water awarded its chief executive an above-inflation pay increase even as the company was banned from paying bonuses because of sewage spills, it has emerged.</p><p>Ruth Jefferson received a 14% base salary increase in October, from £590,000 to £670,000, before other benefits, according to accounts published this month. It was far above the 3.5% given to w

<p>£200,000 investment comes after harvests in Britain hit by wet winter, spring frost and hail, then heatwaves</p><p>The owner of Ribena is to invest £200,000 in helping blackcurrant bushes withstand stress after extreme weather put a squeeze on this year’s UK harvest.</p><p>That harvest is now under way in the berry’s main growing regions including East Anglia, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Kent and Scotland. It is expected to be about 10% below the average of 10,000 tonnes, as the cli

<p>LAHORE: A judicial magistrate at the Cantonment Courts granted police 14-day judicial remand of four suspects, including one <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2013143">related to a senior political figure</a>, in a case of <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2012477">alleged kidnapping and rape</a> of two foreign women.</p> <p>One of those two women is a national of the Netherlands and the other of Venezuela, and a case of their alleged abduction and sexual assault was <a href="https://www.da

<p>Former Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham was one step away from becoming Britain’s <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2010141">next prime minister</a> on Friday after being <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2016211/andy-burnham-elected-new-labour-leader-now-set-to-be-uk-pm">appointed leader of the governing Labour Party</a>.</p> <p>Following are the policies he has spoken about since returning to parliament in June, which offer an insight into how he could govern Britain to try to over

<p>In May earlier this year, Islamabad and Beijing commemorated the 75th anniversary of their diplomatic ties, with the bilateral discourse predictably gravitating toward familiar flourishes. Bonds “higher than the Himalayas and stronger than steel” once again resurfaced in official handouts and state-level speeches. Yet, beneath the ceremonial surface of this milestone, a more consequential structural transformation is being engineered.</p> <p>Over the course of this 75-year arc, the relati