India overcame a major scare before defeating Thailand 3-2 in a dramatic women’s team table tennis Round of 16 encounter at the Asian Games 2026 on Tuesday. Sreeja Akula held her nerve in the deciding match to send India into the quarterfinals, where they will face North Korea.The tie could hardly have started worse for…
ISLAMABAD: Jailed former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan‘s party on Tuesday demanded chief election commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja’s immediate resignation for failing to hold “free and fair” elections after allegations of massive poll rigging emerged.The 71-year-old’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party said that the CEC had “no right to stay in the position for a single…
KARACHI: Pakistan’s consumer price index for February was up 23.1% from the same month last year, marking the slowest rate of annual inflation since June 2022, data from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics showed on Friday. The country has been struggling with soaring inflation, which last May hit an all-time high of 38% on an…
(Representational image- ANI) ISLAMABAD: Pakistani police reported Wednesday that a day after letters containing a powdery substance and threatening messages were delivered to all judges of Islamabad high court, similar letters were received by four judges of Lahore HC and five of Supreme Court, including Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa.According to the FIR, the letters…
Two policemen killed in suicide blast in Pak’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa PESHAWAR: At least two policemen, including a sub-inspector, were killed and three others injured in a suicide blast in northwest Pakistan‘s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday night, an official said. SSP Masood Bangash said the suicide bomber attacked a police mobile van near the cattle market…
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari (Image credit: ANI) Former Pakistan foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari issued a blunt warning Monday to India over its unilateral suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), saying Pakistan would not hesitate to respond if its water rights were violated. Speaking during the budget session of National Assembly, the Pakistan Peoples Party…
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari (Image credit: ANI) Former Pakistan foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari issued a blunt warning Monday to India over its unilateral suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), saying Pakistan would not hesitate to respond if its water rights were violated. Speaking during the budget session of National Assembly, the Pakistan Peoples Party…
Quote of the day by Li Ka-shing (AP photo) There are moments when people quietly blame circumstances for the way things turn out. Luck, timing, family background, money and simple chance can all appear to have a genuine say in where a person actually ends up. Li Ka-shing, the Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist, took…
For years, going to school was a daily test of endurance for children living in Nizhuhe village in southwest China. Their route to the classroom involved steep mountain paths, narrow trails and an exhausting climb along the side of an 800-metre cliff. The journey could take nearly three hours, with children leaving home before sunrise…
Technology is only one part of Tan’s approach. Shared Skies created a 50-page environmental justice guide in English and Spanish and distributed it to more than 60 low-income schools, reaching approximately 30,000 students. At 17, Nathan Tan has already taken on a problem that can be difficult even for adults to see, let alone solve:…
