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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Muhammad Sohail Afridi has written a letter to the Prime Minister requesting that former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi be allowed to meet their family during Eid-ul-Fitr. The letter highlights that both Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi are currently in Adiala Jail, and the issue of family visits has been raised several times previously. Chief Minister Afridi emphasized that prisoners have a legal and humanitarian right to meet their family members, and these rights should be ensured without obstruction. He pointed out that despite the provisions of the prison manual and court…

Senior politician and former Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed on Thursday said that the United States has gained noting from war with Iran. Speaking on Dunya News programme “Dunya Meher Bokhari Kay Sath”, Mushahid Hussain said that the global economic and energy crisis has worsened due to US-Israel-Iran war. He said that Tulsi Gabbard is making false statements about Pakistan. He said that Benjamin Netanyahu trapped Donald Trump by blackmailing him. He added that China is pleased that Iran handled the war effectively. Mushahid Hussain further said that the Muslim Ummah must unite to stop the concept of “Greater Israel.” He…

A US F-35 stealth warplane was hit by suspected Iranian fire and made an emergency landing at an American air base in the Middle East, US media reported on Thursday. “The aircraft landed safely, and the pilot is in stable condition,” Captain Tim Hawkins, spokesman for US Central Command, said in a statement, without confirming the reports from outlets including ABC and CNN. “This incident is under investigation,” Hawkins added. The United States has lost multiple aircraft during the conflict — including three F-15s mistakenly shot down by Kuwaiti forces, and a KC-135 refuelling aircraft that crashed in Iraq –…

BEIJING: China’s long fight with deflation risks morphing into something harsher, with economists warning the war in Iran could ​spark “bad inflation” at a time when chronically weak consumption and fading external demand leave the economy with little cushion. Beijing’s deep strategic oil reserves, diversified energy mix ‌and tightly regulated energy market give it a buffer few developed economies enjoy, particularly in Europe, where stagflation risks are rising. Nonetheless, an input-cost shock to the world’s largest manufacturing base, which employs hundreds of millions, threatens to squeeze already thin margins, piling pressure on jobs and wages. Producer prices poised to turn…

SEOUL: North Korean leader ​Kim Jong Un’s teenage daughter drove an army ‌tank with her father sitting behind her in photos from state news agency KCNA on Friday, with analysts suggesting ​she may be training to succeed him. Kim’s daughter, ​known as Ju Ae and believed to be ⁠around 13 years old, has been making increasingly ​frequent public appearances with her father in recent months. In ​the latest photos, she is seen looking out the driver’s hatch with an expression of intent focus and her hair blowing, ​while her grinning father leans against the turret ​and three uniformed military officers sit on the hull.…

LONDON: Leading European nations, Japan and Canada issued a joint statement,on Thursday saying they were ready to join appropriate efforts to ensure ​safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz and would take steps to ‌stabilise energy markets. This is the full text of the statement from Britain, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Japan and Canada: We condemn in the strongest terms recent attacks by Iran on unarmed commercial vessels ​in the Gulf, attacks on civilian infrastructure including oil and gas installations, and ​the de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz by Iranian ⁠forces. We express our deep concern about the escalating conflict. We call…

DOHA/WASHINGTON/OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israel launched a fresh wave of attacks on Iran on Friday, a day after President Donald Trump told it not to repeat its strikes on Iranian ​natural gas infrastructure, which sharply escalated the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. The conflict has killed thousands of people, spread to neighbouring nations and hit the global economy since the United States ‌and Israel launched strikes on February 28, after talks about Tehran’s nuclear program failed to yield a deal. “The IDF has just begun a wave of strikes against the infrastructure of the Iranian terror regime in the heart of Tehran,” a spokesperson for…

Shortly after returning to her high school in south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Huang Huachun slipped back into her classroom routine, carrying with her a renewed mission from Beijing to push for stronger mental health support for millions of Chinese students. Huang, the school’s vice principal, was among nearly 3,000 deputies who attended this year’s session of the National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s top legislature, in Beijing earlier this month. During the session, Huang submitted a suggestion calling for mental health checkups to be integrated into regular health examinations for primary and secondary school students. As an NPC deputy,…

Chinese authorities have revealed plans to strengthen both price monitoring and cost investigations in further efforts to regulate competition in the new energy vehicle (NEV) industry. As part of these endeavors, authorities will also seek to regulate automotive finance policies and maintain long-term efforts to crack down on online malpractice in the industry, according to three government departments, including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, which recently jointly held a symposium with NEV companies. Relevant authorities have vowed stronger inter-departmental coordination and greater emphasis on innovation-driven growth, so as to promote the high-quality development of this industry. During the…

China and Turkmenistan are reinforcing a relationship defined by consistency and strategic trust since 1992, when the two nations established diplomatic ties. That message was underscored during Wednesday’s meeting in Beijing between Chinese President Xi Jinping and National Leader of the Turkmen People Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, who is also Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan. A week ago, China concluded its annual Two Sessions, where lawmakers approved the outline of the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030) for national economic and social development. Against that backdrop, China sees itself moving forward – not in isolation, but alongside partners. A bedrock of mutual…