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Listen to article The office of Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur on Sunday issued a firm denial of reports attributing remarks to Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan, in which the latter allegedly urged Gandapur to resign if he fails to restore peace in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P). A spokesperson for the CM reaffirmed the provincial government’s allegiance to the PTI founder, stating, “Whenever Imran Khan desires, Chief Minister Gandapur will step down”. However, he insisted that there is no authoritative source confirming that Imran issued any such directive regarding resignation. The rebuttal comes a day after media reports claimed Imran urged Gandapur to resign over perceived failures in governance,…

Listen to article ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will send another shipment of humanitarian aid to Gaza on the special directive of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif tomorrow.  At a ceremony marking the dispatch on Sunday, Dar and National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Chairman Lieutenant General Inam Haider Malik attended as chief guests. Senior officials from the Foreign Ministry, the NDMA and representatives of the Alkhidmat Foundation were also present. During the event, the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister reaffirmed Pakistan’s unwavering solidarity with the Palestinian people, called for an immediate ceasefire and protection of civilians, and urged a lasting political settlement based on a…

Children and parents visit the Qingzhou Museum in Qingzhou, east China’s Shandong Province, Aug. 2, 2025. (Photo by Wang Jilin/Xinhua)Children interact with a robot dog at an AI robot exhibition in Dongying, east China’s Shandong Province, Aug. 3, 2025. (Photo by Liu Zhifeng/Xinhua)A child interacts with an installation at a science and technology museum in Nanning, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 2, 2025. (Photo by Yu Xiangquan/Xinhua)Children visit a science and technology museum in Zaozhuang, east China’s Shandong Province, Aug. 2, 2025. (Photo by Liu Mingxiang/Xinhua)A parent and her child read at a library in Haikou, south China…

Listen to article A top aide to President Donald Trump on Sunday accused India of effectively financing Russia’s war in Ukraine by purchasing oil from Moscow, after the US leader escalated pressure on New Delhi to stop buying Russian oil. “What he (Trump) said very clearly is that it is not acceptable for India to continue financing this war by purchasing the oil from Russia,” said Stephen Miller, deputy chief of staff at the White House and one of Trump’s most influential aides. US White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller speaks to reporters at the White House in Washington, DC,…

A staff member directs the loading of a newly developed impulse turbine to a special truck at the factory area of Harbin Electric Machinery Company Limited under Harbin Electric Corporation in Harbin, northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, on July 2, 2025. (Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)HARBIN, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) — The main forum of the 2025 Entrepreneurs Sun Island Annual Conference kicked off Sunday in Harbin, capital of northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, highlighting new quality productive forces.As a national-level dialogue, the conference attracted guests from government, business, academia and enterprises this year, to contribute innovative ideas and inject momentum for high-quality economic and social…

PUBLISHED August 03, 2025 Twenty-one-year-old Laiba Farooq from the small village of Jared, in Balakot, was staying temporarily in Qalandarabad, Abbottabad, for work. She stepped out of her rented apartment on the evening of 20 May 2024 and as she was returning home from her job at a beauty salon, a job that she loved and worked hard to secure, a misfortune awaited her. Previously, she had lived in several foreign cities, trained abroad and returned home each time with a renewed sense of purpose, determined to learn new skills and make a life for herself. But that ill-fated night,…

PUBLISHED August 03, 2025 ISLAMABAD: In 1987, President Ronald Reagan said that at first when someone says let’s impose tariffs on some foreign imports, it looks like they are doing the patriotic thing by protecting the American products and jobs and sometimes for a short while it works but only for a short-time. He went on to say that high tariffs inevitably lead to retaliation by foreign countries and the triggering of fierce trade wars. Thirty-eight years down the line, President Donald Trump has done exactly the opposite to it, which forced the world capitals to rush to Washington to…

England had moved to within 35 runs of securing a famous victory over India when bad light and torrential rain ended an extraordinary fourth day of the final Test at The Oval on Sunday. Harry Brook and Joe Root shared a superb fourth-wicket partnership of 195 to put England on the brink of completing a record run chase that would have given them a 3-1 series win. With India on the ropes, however, and England needing only another 73 runs, Brook played a wild stroke and skied a catch to depart for 111. That gave India a chink of hope…

Listen to article At least 299 people, including 140 children, have lost their lives, and 715 others—among them 239 children—have been injured in flash floods and torrential rains that have swept through vulnerable areas of the country since June 26, according to the latest figures issued by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), PTV reported. A total of 299 people were killed, including 140 children, 102 men, and 57 women, according to the data. Among the 715 injured, 239 were children, 204 were women and 272 were men sustained injuries. Since June 26, flash floods and torrential rains have caused widespread destruction, damaging a…

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks during a press conference after a Cabinet meeting to discuss both trade negotiations with the US and the situation in the Middle East, at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on July 30, 2025. Dave Chan | Afp | Getty ImagesU.S. President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will likely talk “over the next number of days” after the U.S. imposed a 35% tariff on goods not covered by the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement, a Canadian official said on Sunday.Dominic LeBlanc, the federal cabinet minister in charge of U.S.-Canada trade, also told CBS…