<p>Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif arrived in Istanbul on Friday for an official visit to Turkiye at the invitation of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said a statement by the government.</p> <p>The premier, earlier today <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2012668/pm-shehbaz-cdf-munir-pay-respects-to-irans-assassinated-supreme-leader-khamenei">attended</a> the funeral Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/1976870"><u>assassinated</u></a> in a US-I

<p>LAHORE: Punjab’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Friday launched its first skimming boat designed to remove plastic waste from canals and rivers, in a major step towards tackling plastic pollution.</p> <p>The boat will begin operations as a pilot project in the Lahore Canal, marking the introduction of a technology-based solution to address water pollution in the province.</p> <p>EPA Punjab officials said the skimming boat, with a waste collection bin installed at its front, would

<p>In a busy Italian town square, a man dances to a hip-shaking Punjabi song. People gather around him in delight. Two tourists take part in his vlog and <a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="link--external" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@shadowella5/video/7467518187194633479?_r=1&amp;_t=ZN-96KxnuVlTDn"><u>lean in to kiss</u></a> his cheek. Others pause, watch, smile, and move on.</p> <p>On TikTok,<a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="link--external" href="https://www.

<p>A RATHER damning indictment of the seventh NFC Award has just been <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2012199/pakistan-made-meaningful-progress-in-fiscal-federalism-but-deviations-remain-wb">published </a>by the World Bank in a study titled <em>Strengthening Fiscal Federalism</em> in Pakistan. The study plugs a crucial gap in our understanding of the impact that the NFC Award has had on the state’s ability to function and deliver social services. The findings are not flattering for the perf

<p>India is investigating a <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2011837">data breach</a> at Tata Electronics that exposed documents linked to Apple’s unreleased iPhone 18 Pro, the country’s IT secretary said on Thursday in the government’s first public comments on the incident.</p> <p>Sensitive lists of components and suppliers as well as photos of iPhone 18 Pro models are among files that were posted on the dark web by a ransomware group that stole data from Tata Electronics, Apple’s Ind

<p><strong>• Decision taken unanimously by Senate Standing Committee on EAD<br>• Division says it cannot directly order FIA, NAB inquiry into another ministry’s projects<br>• Senators criticise EAD letter questioning committee’s jurisdiction</strong></p> <p>ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Economic Affairs Division on Thursday decided to brief the prime minister on irregularities and alleged corruption in foreign-funded projects in the power sector and directly ask the Feder

<p>QUETTA: The Baloch­istan government has decided to introduce a convoy system on highways across the province to ensure the safety of cargo trucks, passenger coaches and people travelling by road.</p> <p>The decision was announced by Additional Chief Secretary Home Hamza Shafqaat during a meeting with representatives of the Quetta Chamber of Commerce and Industry (QCCI) on Thursday. Quetta Com­missioner Shahzeb Khan Kakar also attended the meeting.</p> <p>“Providing safe journeys and the s

<p>THE recently revealed <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2009327">QS World Universities Rankings 2027</a> have become a topic of considerable conversation for Pakistani social and print media. Reports and posts on the subject have mainly pointed out that no Pakistani university has been ranked among the world’s top 350 universities. The Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU), at 381, is our top entry in the QS rankings. However, we should remember that a number of individual programmes — though no

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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will visit Iran and Turkiye from July 3 to July 5, Foreign Office (FO) spokesperson Tahir Andrabi confirmed on Thursday. Addressing a weekly briefing, Andrabi said that during his visit to Iran, the premier would...