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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif arrived in Istanbul on Friday on a bilateral visit to Turkiye after a brief visit to Iran, where he attended the funeral rites of Iran's late supreme leader, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei. The visit to Turkiye came at the invitation of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, according to a statement issued by the Prime Minister's Office (PMO). The visit marks the prime minister's third trip to Turkiye in as many months. He had previously visited the country in April and May as part of efforts to promote bilateral ties and discuss regional developments. According to the statement, the prime minister was received at Istanbul's Atatürk Airport by Turkish Minister of Trade Prof Dr Omer Bolat, Pakistan's Ambassador to Turkiye Dr Yousaf Junaid, and officials from the Turkish foreign ministry and the Pakistani embassy. Read: PM Shehbaz arrives in Turkiye on last leg of 3-nation tour Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister...

A sessions court in Lahore on Thursday extended the interim bail of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Member of the Provincial Assembly (MPA) Saqib Chadhar and his wife Samaira until July 13 in a case involving allegations of harassment and death threats against actress Momina Iqbal. The case was registered on June 4 by the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) over a complaint filed by Momina. According to the first information report (FIR), Chadhar and his wife were accused of engaging in a sustained campaign of cyber harassment, stalking, intimidation and blackmail against the actor. The hearing was conducted by Additional District and Sessions Judge Nusrat Ali Siddiqui, who granted the extension and provided Samaira another opportunity to join the investigation. During the hearing, the investigating officer (IO) submitted a progress report to the court, stating that the MPA’s wife had not yet joined the investigation despite repeated directions by the co...

A 19-year-old woman was allegedly shot dead by her uncle and cousin in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa's Lower Dir district after she was seen talking to a neighbour outside her home, police said on Wednesday. The incident took place on June 26 in the mountainous village of Kharkai, within the jurisdiction of Khar Police Station. The victim was the only child of her parents. Her father had travelled abroad for work, while her mother died during childbirth last year. Following her mother's death, she had been living with her uncle. Read: 405 honour killings recorded across Pakistan in 2024: HRCP According to the police, she was allegedly killed in the name of "honour". Superintendent of Police (Investigation) Rashid Khan, who is leading the investigation, told The Express Tribune that a first information report (FIR) was registered in the case. He said the victim was killed with Kalashnikov fire and that spent bullet casings had been recovered from the crime scene. Acco...

Rescue teams in Venezuela were losing hope ​on Tuesday of finding more survivors of twin earthquakes that struck the country last week, following hours of exhausting work searching for victims beneath the rubble of collapsed ‌buildings. Rescue teams from Ecuador and the US halted operations early on Tuesday in Macuto, a town in La Guaira state — the area hardest hit by the June 24 earthquakes — after more than 40 hours of work, when they stopped receiving responses from a mother and her three children trapped beneath a nine-story building. "In the end, we believe the days have already passed and that what we will find now is death," said Major Jorge Montanero, leader of the EQ11 team ​from Guayaquil, located on Ecuador's Pacific coast. Read More: 5 days after Venezuela's earthquakes, some communities still await help "Unfortunately, things haven't developed favourably," he said as he stood amid rubble after cutting through four c...

Coach Carlo Ancelotti is hopeful he will have Neymar available for more minutes in Monday's World Cup round of 32 fixture against Japan in Houston, and believes his Brazil side are ready for anything in what will be a tough knockout fixture. Neymar has ?been working his way back to fitness from a calf injury and managed a little over 15 minutes in the 3-0 victory over Scotland last time out. "In the last week his progress has been significant," Ancelotti told reporters on Sunday. "Unfortunately he could not play longer than 15 minutes before, but he is now doing well enough to play more." Japan beat Brazil 3-2 in a friendly clash in Tokyo in October, and Ancelotti said that game has given him excellent insight into what to expect in Houston, knowing that failure will send his side home early in the tournament. "It was a good experience to know that Japan are one of the best teams in the world," he said. "We have full respect for them and ...

Substitute Gabriel Martinelli scored deep in injury time as Brazil beat a stubborn Japan 2-1 on Monday to roll into the World Cup last 16. Arsenal winger Martinelli struck in the 95th minute in Houston to break Japanese hearts in the most dramatic fashion. The five-time champions will face either the Ivory Coast or Norway in New Jersey on Sunday after edging a captivating knockout encounter. Japan midfielder Kaishu Sano scored a classy solo goal after 29 minutes following a Brazil mistake to stun the huge numbers of fans decked out in yellow. Carlo Ancelotti's men hit back 11 minutes after half-time with a header from veteran Casemiro as Brazil dominated the second period. Then up popped Martinelli right at the death to settle it and send the Brazil fans wild. History was against Japan: they had never won a knockout game at the World Cup while Brazil were record five-time champions. But this is not a vintage Brazil side, even with Ancelotti at the helm, while Japan have...