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Polling staff in Lahore collect election materials as preparations for the upcoming vote move into high gear. Photo: ONLINE LAHORE: The PML-N is heading into Sunday’s by-elections with confidence, expecting no surprises as it remains largely a one-horse race across Punjab. The polling on 13 constituenciessix National Assembly seats and seven Punjab Assembly seatswill start from 8am to 5pm without interruption. The district administration, in coordination with the electoral watchdog, has made comprehensive arrangements for logistics and transport to ensure a smooth and orderly polling process. The constituencies where the by-elections are taking place include NA-18 Haripur, NA-96 Faisalabad-II, NA-104…
K-P CM commits to NSC participation ‘for peace’; Rejects allegation; Says all issues solvable through negotiationsKhyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Muhammad Sohail Afridi. Photo: File ISLAMABAD: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi appeared to dial down the political heat on Saturday, showing a shift from confrontation to cautious cooperation as he assured the PML-N-led federal government of his support “for the sake of peace”. After weeks of barbed exchanges between K-P and the Centre, Afridi, who was appointed in midstream to steady the provincial ship last month, said he will attend national security forums to press K-P’s case “I will attend a meeting…
President Asif Zardari, PM Shehbaz praised and saluted the courage of the security forces for successful operation Security forces killed eight terrorists in an intelligence-based operation conducted in Bannu district on November 21, the military’s media wing said on Saturday. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the joint operation by security forces and law enforcement agencies was launched after reports emerged regarding the presence of terrorists linked to the Indian-sponsored group Fitna Al Khawarij. The ISPR stated that troops approached the suspected hideout and came under fire. Security personnel returned fire, and after an intense exchange, eight terrorists were…
This photo taken on July 1, 2025 shows the “Tianyan-504” superconducting quantum computer at China Telecom Quantum Group, in Hefei, capital of east China’s Anhui Province. (Xinhua/Zhang Cheng)HEFEI, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) — A new quantum computer, deployed in the eastern Chinese city of Hefei this month, is poised to be accessible to the global research and business community. The machine can reportedly solve a particular problem 450 million times quicker than the world’s leading supercomputer.This breakthrough signals a new thrust in China’s campaign to build its economic future on the foundation of next-generation technology.The country’s established track record in batteries,…
Officers’ uniforms torn amid intense sloganeering; Bar assures action against those involved in violence Chaos ensued outside the Sindh High Court on Saturday as a lawyers’ rally against the 27th Constitutional Amendment led to violent clashes with police, leaving officers injured and causing traffic gridlock on roads leading to the court. The confrontation began when police officers attempted to stop lawyers from entering the high court premises as the rally reached the gates, according to DIG South Asad Raza. The rally was later allowed inside with permission from lawyers already present in the court. However, the situation spiralled out of…
Dialogue also offered an opportunity to exchange views on regional, global developments, including South Asia, says FODeputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar and the EU High Representative/Vice President Kaja Kallas in Brussels. Photo: MOFA Pakistan and the European Union reaffirmed their commitment to deepening trade and investment ties, including through the EU’s GSP+ preferential trade scheme, during the 7th Pakistan-EU Strategic Dialogue held in Brussels. “Both sides underlined the importance of further deepening trade and investment ties, including through the EU’s GSP+ arrangement, as a driver for sustainable growth, export diversification, job creation and mutually beneficial economic opportunity,” the Ministry of…
A humanoid robot demonstrates its skill of folding a cloth at the 2025 World Internet Conference (2025 WIC) Light of Internet Expo in Wuzhen, east China’s Zhejiang Province, Nov. 6, 2025. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)BEIJING, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) — Artificial intelligence (AI) is undoubtedly one of today’s global buzzwords. But in China — the world’s second-largest economy — a key question is how its AI ambitions will unfold and reshape the country’s future growth path. Clues to the answer can be found in a major national initiative known as “AI Plus.”Unveiled by a government work report in 2024, the “AI Plus” initiative…
Offering more than 100 Tbps of total capacity, SEA-ME-WE 6 will provide one of the lowest-latency routes Cables are pictured inside a data centre in Paris, France on March 4, 2019. Photo: Reuters A new South East Asia–Middle East–Western Europe 6 submarine cable system is being deployed at Karachi’s Hawkes Bay. The development is expected to expand Pakistan’s international bandwidth capacity and strengthen support for cloud services, data centres, fintech, e-commerce, streaming, and the broader digital economy. According to the Ministry of Information Technology, the deployment of the SEA-ME-WE 6 cable, a 19,200-kilometre high-capacity fibre network will connect the country…
Head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund and Russian special presidential envoy for economic cooperation with foreign countries, Kirill Dmitriev, talks to U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff during a meeting in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on April 11, 2025.Vyacheslav Prokofyev | Via ReutersU.S. officials and lawmakers are increasingly concerned about a meeting last month in which representatives of the Trump administration met with Kirill Dmitriev, a Russian envoy who is under U.S. sanctions, to draft a plan to end the war in Ukraine, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.The meeting took place in Miami at the…
Deadly Hiace-car collision on Karak–Indus Highway leaves six dead, nine injured; five die in Nowshera roof collapseAn ambulances carrying the bodies of victims, who were killed in Jaffar Express train hijacking, in Quetta on March 13, 2025. Photo: Reuters/File DERA ISMAIL KHAN/ NOWSHEHRA: A deadly collision between a Hiace and a car on the Karak–Indus Highway claimed six lives. Separately, five members of a family lost their lives in Nowshera when the roof of their house collapsed. According to details, a traffic accident occurred on the Karak–Indus Highway on Saturday near Metha Khel area that left six dead and nine…