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Listen to article ISLAMABAD: The opposition, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), on Sunday expelled five members of the National Assembly for going against the party line during the vote on the 26th Constitutional Amendment in the National Assembly in October last month. According to separate notifications issued by PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan, the expelled members are Aurangzeb Khichi, Zahoor Hussain Qureshi, Usman Ali, Mubarak Zeb and Ilyas Chaudhry. These independent lawmakers were supported by the PTI in the 2024 general elections. The similarly-worded notifications stated that these lawmakers violated the party instructions and voted in favour of the 26th Constitutional Amendment Bill…

An explosion at a residential building injured seven people in the Pardisan neighbourhood of Qom city, Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency reported, going on to quote an unnamed source saying it was not the result of any Israeli attack. “Four residential units were damaged in the blast. Initial assessments show that the cause of the incident was a gas leak, and follow-ups are continuing in this regard,” the director of Qom’s fire department told Fars. The agency said the residents of the building were ordinary citizens. Read: The Iran-Israel war: lessons learnt and unlearnt Iran’s regional arch-rival Israel has a…

An AI sign at the MWC Shanghai tech show on June 19, 2025.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesBEIJING — The latest Chinese generative artificial intelligence model to take on OpenAI’s ChatGPT is offering coding capabilities — at a lower price.Alibaba-backed startup Moonshot released on late Friday night its Kimi K2 model: a low-cost, open source large language model — the two factors that underpinned China-based DeepSeek’s industry disruption in January. Open-source technology provides source code access for free, an approach that few U.S. tech giants have taken, other than Meta and Google to some extent.Coincidentally, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced…

INDIAN nightwatchman Akash Deep is cleaned up by England captain Ben Stokes during the third Test at Lord’s on Sunday.—AFP LONDON: India suffered a dramatic top-order slump to set up a thrilling finale to the third Test against England at Lord’s on Sunday. The tourists had the upper hand after dismissing England for just 192 in their second innings, with off-spinner Washington Sundar taking 4-22, including the wickets of Joe Root, Jamie Smith and England captain Ben Stokes on the fourth day. That left India needing 193 to go 2-1 up in this five-match series after both teams made 387…

ISLAMABAD: The long-desired hybrid system now seems to have fully matured. Surprisingly, it’s not a secret anymore but being openly endorsed and celebrated. With a sitting federal minister praising the hybrid system as a success model and the military chief receiving global spotlight which is usually reserved for elected leaders, it seems clear that the powerful stakeholders are no longer behind the curtain but are now center stage. “The revival of the economy, India’s defeat, improvement in ties with the US, all these revolutionary changes were made possible by the cooperation between PM Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir…

Elon musk and the xAI logo.Vincent Feuray | Afp | Getty ImagesElon Musk on Monday said he does not support a merger between xAI and Tesla, as questions swirl over the future relationship of the electric automaker and artificial intelligence company.X account @BullStreetBets_ posted an open question to Tesla investors on the social media site asking if they support a merger between Tesla and xAI. Musk responded with “No.”The statement comes as the tech billionaire contemplates the future relationship between his multiple businesses.Overnight, Musk suggested that Tesla will hold a shareholder vote at an unspecified time on whether the automaker…

LAHORE: In a highly surprising and deviating step, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), instead of forming an independent scrutiny committee, has included its own officials in a body that will start scrutinising clubs across the country. According to a PCB document available with Dawn, the said committee comprises director domestic cricket operations as the chairman while senior general manager domestic cricket operations, general manager domestic linkages, senior manager legal PCB and assistant manager domestic linkages are its members. Moreover, the PCB constitution about club cricket in clause No. 9 says: “Any person aggrieved by the result/decision of the scrutiny committee…

Listen to article PESHAWAR: A tribal jirga organized by the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) has expressed serious reservations about a committee formed to restore the traditional jirga system in the merged tribal districts, which were earlier part of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) The jirga held in Peshawar on Sunday also declared that a decision taken with regard to the merged districts without proper public representation and consultation would be unacceptable. The jirga led by JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman brought together tribal elders and leaders from the merged districts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P). Senior leaders like Maulana Jamaluddin, Maulana Abdul Rasheed, Malik…

Carlos Alcaraz said he could hold his head high despite being unseated from his Wimbledon throne by Jannik Sinner on Sunday and the Spaniard praised their hot rivalry for being several notches higher than the others on the men’s tour. Alcaraz’s bid for a third straight title at the All England Club ended with a 4-6 6-4 6-4 6-4 loss on Centre Court, leaving him to digest his first Grand Slam final defeat. “It’s always a bad feeling losing matches. It’s a little bit worse when you lose in a final,” said Alcaraz, who narrowly beat Sinner in a five-set…

This photo taken on July 13, 2025 show a view of the Flower Lake scenic area in Ruoergai County, Aba Tibetan-Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China’s Sichuan Province. Ruoergai County has recently entered its peak summer tourism season, attracting tourists nationwide. (Xinhua/Tang Wenhao)This photo taken on July 12, 2025 show scenery of the Yellow River in Ruoergai County, Aba Tibetan-Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China’s Sichuan Province. Ruoergai County has recently entered its peak summer tourism season, attracting tourists nationwide. (Xinhua/Zhang Yawen)Tourists pose for photos at the Flower Lake scenic area in Ruoergai County, Aba Tibetan-Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China’s Sichuan Province,…