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Listen to article LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz on Saturday forcefully advocated the right to education for every single child while proposing forming educational policy, teaching strategies and measures for promoting education with mutual cooperation. She addressed the fourth edition of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum 2025, delivering a powerful speech centred on education reforms, women’s empowerment, and global unity. “Every child should enter school, stay in school and achieve success,” said the chief minister in her historic speech titled, “Revolutionary Power of Education” at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum 2025. She added, “Vision of Friends of Education is to promote dignified diplomacy…

Rory McIlroy has stormed to the top of the Masters leaderboard with an electrifying third round that included two eagles to finish two shots ahead of Bryson DeChambeau and on the doorstep of winning the elusive career Grand Slam in golf. To reach the promised land of a career Grand Slam, McIlroy will have to get past the big-hitting American who delivered some late fireworks on Saturday to set up a high-profile final-round showdown that will be a rematch of their battle at last year’s US Open. DeChambeau, who took advantage of a late collapse by McIlroy to win last…

Listen to article RAWALPINDI: The apex court may have ordered anti-terrorism courts (ATCs) to conclude trials in all May 9 rioting cases in four months. However, an ATC in Rawalpindi on Saturday once again deferred a slew of GHQ attack and May 9 cases due to slackness of prosecution and absence of witnesses. When Rawalpindi’s ATC Judge Syed Amjad Ali Shah resumed hearing the cases, he was informed that two key witnesses in the GHQ attack cases — Sub Inspector Riaz and Magistrate Mujtaba-ul-Hasan — had not showed up, respectively due to official duty at a cricket stadium and vacations. In view…

Alexander Volkanovski has reclaimed the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) featherweight championship after defeating Diego Lopes by unanimous decision at UFC 314 in Miami, where United States President Donald Trump was in attendance. Two judges scored the fight 49-46 and the third had it 48-47 as the Australian mixed martial arts fighter won the title early Sunday. Volkanovski (27-4) had successfully defended his belt four times before losing to Israel Makhachev on February 11, 2023. “It’s good to be back,” Volkanovski said after the win. As for Lopes, he gave his full respect to the champion but wanted the crowd to…

Listen to article ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the United States on Saturday reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening the strategic relationship between the two countries and enhancing collaboration in key areas. The development came as a US Congressional Delegation (CODEL), led by Representative Jack Bergman (R-MI) and including Representatives Thomas Richard Suozzi and Jonathan L Jackson, along with other senior US officials, met with Federal Minister for Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal in the federal capital. The meeting focused on strengthening Pakistan-US bilateral relations, particularly in the realm of development cooperation and future collaboration across various sectors, a statement said. Welcoming the…

Listen to article WASHINGTON/WEST PALM BEACH: The US government has granted tariff exclusions for smartphones, computers and other electronics imported largely from China, sparing them from President Donald Trump’s steep 125% reciprocal duties. In a notice to shippers, the US Customs and Border Protection agency published a list of tariff codes that will be excluded from the duties. The exclusions are retroactive to 12:01 a.m. EDT (0401 GMT) on April 5. The US CBP listed 20 product categories, including the very broad 8471 code for all computers, laptops, disc drives and automatic data processing. It also included semiconductor devices, equipment, memory chips…

Listen to article ISLAMABAD: An official inquiry has not fixed the responsibility for an “astronomical increase” of 240% in cost of the Dasu Hydropower project to $6.2 billion on any single entity or individual but pointed figures at Chinese contractors, Wapda and the Planning Commission. The three-member committee also blamed the local administration of Kohistan district for a delay in land acquisition. It said that the cost was increased by Rs48 billion because of enhanced security arrangements after two deadly attacks on the Chinese contractors. The impact of security arrangement was hardly 3.8% in the total cost escalation. The report stated that…

Workers package spicy strips at Shenyang Yangyang Food Co., Ltd. in Shenyang, northeast China’s Liaoning Province, April 8, 2025. (Xinhua/Qi Qi)SHENYANG, April 12 (Xinhua) — Xu Baiyuan, who is from Pingjiang County of central China’s Hunan Province which is known as the country’s “home of spicy strips,” started his business in northeast China in 2006. Relying on mature sauce technology from Hunan and high quality soybeans from northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, he founded the company Yangyang Food and the brand Renxing Wangzi.After years of efforts in the industry, the enterprise has not only built soybean-sourced spicy strips production chains, but…

Listen to article Chief Minister of Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif met with Turkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and First Lady Emine Erdogan during her visit to Antalya, Turkey. President Erdoğan warmly welcomed the chief minister and thanked her for participating in the Antalya Diplomacy Forum 2025, Express News reported. He inquired about the health of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and expressed his best wishes. During the meeting, Erdoğan remarked, “I will meet Nawaz Sharif soon, Insha’Allah.” Maryam Nawaz conveyed a message of goodwill from her father and thanked the Turkish president for extending the invitation to attend the forum. Earlier, Maryam Nawaz…

A visitor experiences riding while viewing the scenery of Denmark via VR glasses at the booth of Denmark at 2025 Chengdu Europe Culture Season & European Culture Street in Chengdu, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, April 12, 2025. The event, showcasing traditional European art, music and food, was organized by the European Union (EU)’s delegation to China. The year 2025 marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the EU. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)Visitors taste food at the booth of Romania at 2025 Chengdu Europe Culture Season & European Culture Street in Chengdu, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, April…