<p>The Pakistan Navy said on Thursday that it had successfully rescued 19 crew members aboard a fishing vessel stranded south of Gwadar due to engine failure.</p> <p>In a statement, the navy said that the fishing vessel Al Jalali was in distress about 120 nautical miles south of Gwadar.</p> <p>“A total of 19 crew members onboard the vessel, including 11 Pakistani and 8 Iranian nationals, were stranded at sea due to engine failure of the vessel,” the navy said.</p> <p>“The situation was fur

<p>Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Police on Wednesday said that 26 personnel were martyred this year during incidents of unrest as they accused the <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2005462"><u>proscribed</u></a> Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) of deliberately targeting law enforcement agencies (LEAs).</p> <p>Addressing a press conference, AJK police spokesperson and Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Riaz Mughal said that members of the proscribed JAAC were “martyring and injuring range

<p>Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Wednesday that the government’s vision for national digitalisation aims to provide citizens access to all public facilities under a single digital identity.</p> <p>Chairing a review meeting in Islamabad on the implementation of a national-level integrated digital policy framework, PM Shehbaz said that implementing this vision in line with modern-day demands held “key importance” in forming an integrated society, according to a statement issued by th

<p>Preliminary work on a vast hotel project linked to the Trump family has already caused irreparable damage to a once pristine stretch of Albania’s coast, scientists and activists say.</p> <p>Satellite images obtained by <em>AFP</em> show that during a 25-day period in May, a road was cleared, an entire zone deforested and a bridge built to span the channel connecting the Narta lagoon to the sea.</p> <p>“Bulldozers on the beaches have already damaged the nesting sites of loggerhead turtles,

<p>ISLAMABAD: The Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) has detected what it termed an organised scam involving the import and clearance of an iPhone 16 and directed the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to investigate the alleged role of FedEx, Customs officials and private individuals to determine whether similar frauds have occurred across the country.</p> <p>Federal Tax Ombudsman Zafar Hijazi in his order released on Tuesday observed that the case pointed to a coordinated scheme through which a lawful c

<p>GLASGOW: Fatima Zahra made history on Tuesday by becoming the first woman boxer from Pakistan to secure a Commonwealth Games medal after cruising into the 60kg semi-finals with a unanimous points victory over New Zealand’s Jordan Wilson.</p> <p>The 22-year-old outclassed Wilson 5-0 in the quarter-final, with all five judges awarding her the contest to guarantee at least a bronze medal under the competition’s format, where losing semi-finalists receive bronze.</p> <p>Pakistan’s women’s

<p>The government on Wednesday increased the price of high-speed diesel (HSD) by Rs2.24 per litre, while reducing that of petrol by a meagre 75 paisas.</p> <p>Following the revision, HSD will retail at Rs390.62 per litre, while petrol will cost Rs335.06 per litre. The Petroleum Division’s notification said the new prices would be applicable for July 30 (Thursday).</p> <iframe id="raw-html-6a6a596deb859" class="raw-html-embed" style="width: 100%; min-height: 50px; max-height: 100vh; border: non

<p>Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) and Chief of the Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir and the visiting foreign minister of Kuwait discussed regional security and steps to boost bilateral cooperation on Wednesday, the military’s media wing said.</p> <p>Kuwait’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Jarrah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, who landed in Pakistan last night on an official visit, called on the field marshal at General Headquarters in Rawalpindi, according to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).

<p>ISLAMABAD: The power division on Tuesday blamed the Ministry of Finance for a Rs61 billion increase in power sector circular debt, which rose to Rs1.675 trillion by June 30 this year from Rs1.614tr a year earlier.</p> <p>“Due to the budget deduction of Rs98bn, the circular debt witnessed an increase of Rs61bn” during FY2025-26, the power division said in a statement.</p> <p>It did not release the end-year financial report, which is pending regulatory and statutory approval.</p> <p>As such

<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the White House on Tuesday for his first <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/1972550">in-person talks</a> with President Donald Trump since the Iran war began, as the leaders sought to patch over public disagreements on the conflict.</p> <p>The meeting, which took place behind closed doors, was expected to be dominated by the war, which began with US and Israeli <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/1976377">strikes on Iran</a> in late February bu