CHICAGO: A significant winter storm that hit the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest on Wednesday caused hundreds of schools to close, grounded flights, and made travel challenging, if not impossible, in several parts of the US.
Early on Thursday morning, there were significant earthquakes felt in the federal capital.
A tennis court made of recycled plastic that floats in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef marine park was made possible by a partnership between the sporting goods giant Adidas and the environmental organisation Parley for the Oceans.
Tajikistan was shaken by an earthquake on Thursday at 8:37 a.m. (0037 GMT) that was roughly 7.2 on the Richter scale and occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles), according to the China Earthquake Networks Center and state television in China, CCTV.
Wanindu Hasaranga, a player for Sri Lanka Cricket, has been denied permission to travel to Pakistan to compete in the eighth Pakistan Super League (PSL8).
KARACHI: The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) bank accounts have once more been frozen by the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) due to the airline’s repeated failure to pay taxes of Rs2.86 billion.
On Wednesday, Kim Kardashian paid tribute to her late father on his 79th birthday with a poignant message and old pictures.
ISLAMABAD: According to Federal Minister of Commerce Syed Naveed Qamar, the Extended Financial Facility (EFF) between Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is likely to be announced this week at the staff level.
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif declared on Wednesday that austerity measures are the government’s top priority while speaking to a federal cabinet meeting in Islamabad.
KABUL: According to a statement released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday, a high-ranking team headed by Defence Minister Khawaja Asif is meeting with representatives of the Afghan Taliban administration today to discuss security issues, particularly counterterrorism measures.
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) claims that a foreign conspiracy was responsible for the removal of Imran Khan from power, but the Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday rejected all three applications calling for an investigation into the cypher connected with this purported international plot.
As the country’s chief representative, Indian poet and lyricist Javed Akhtar attended the seventh edition of the Faiz Festival in Lahore.
