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KARACHI: Anmol alias Pinky, who was arrested for allegedly running a drug network, told a local court in Karachi that she had remained in custody for nearly 22 to 23 days after being picked up from Lahore. The suspect was produced before the South judicial magistrate after the completion of her earlier physical remand. The investigating officer requested further physical custody, arguing that progress in the investigation required additional time, while the defence counsel strongly opposed the plea. During the proceedings, the suspected drug queenpin told the court that she was picked up from Lahore by six police officials and…

DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates’ decision to withdraw from OPEC and OPEC+ was a sovereign and strategic choice based on a comprehensive assessment of its production policy and future capabilities, the UAE energy minister, Suhail Al Mazrouei, said on Saturday in a post on X. Mazrouei added that the move was not politically motivated and did not reflect divisions with partners. The UAE announced late April that it was quitting OPEC on May 1, dealing a blow to the oil producers’ group as an unprecedented energy crisis caused by the Iran war exposes discord among Gulf nations. “It is not…

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE/DUBAI: U.S. President Donald Trump said Chinese President Xi Jinping had agreed Tehran must reopen the Strait of Hormuz, though China gave no indication it would weigh in. Flying back from Beijing on Friday after two days of talks with Xi, Trump said he was considering whether to lift U.S. sanctions on Chinese oil companies buying Iranian oil. China is the biggest buyer of Iranian oil. “I’m not asking for any favors because when you ask for favors, you have to do favors in return,” Trump said when asked by a reporter on Air Force One whether Xi had made…

BAGDHAD: Iraq exported 10 million barrels of oil in April via the Strait of Hormuz, the country’s new oil minister, Basim Mohammed, said at a press conference on Saturday. Mohammed said Iraq plans to engage with OPEC to boost the country’s production and export capacity, adding that Baghdad aims to reach a production capacity of 5 million barrels per day.

PARIS: Lionel Messi’s career seemed complete after he led Argentina to victory at the 2022 World Cup, but the motivation to keep playing is still there for him and his great rival Cristiano Ronaldo as the duo prepare to make history at this year’s tournament in North America. This will be the last dance for Messi and Ronaldo, who will become the first players to appear in six different World Cups, two decades on from their fresh-faced debuts at the finals. They have since become icons far beyond the football pitch, two of the most recognisable people on the planet…

SYLHET: Pakistan captain Shan Masood elected to bowl in the second and final cricket Test against Bangladesh in Sylhet on Saturday, with star batsman Babar Azam returning to the side. Bangladesh handed a debut to white-ball opener Tanzid Hasan Tamim in the second and final Test. Pakistan, trailing 1-0 in the series after a 104-run defeat in Mirpur, left out Imam-ul-Haq to accommodate Babar, who missed the first Test with a knee injury. The visitors also rested Shaheen Shah Afridi, with Khurram Shahzad coming in, while off-spinner Sajid Khan replaced Noman Ali. Bangladesh handed a Test cap to Tanzid, with…

Following the Punjab government’s decision, the Sindh government has also lifted the 8:00pm markets closure restrictions, Dunya News reported on Friday. The Services, General Administration and Coordination Department (SGA&CD) of the Sindh Government has issued a new notification regarding the easing of restrictions. As per the notification, shops, markets, shopping malls, hotels, restaurants, food outlets, wedding halls, and marketplaces across the province, including Karachi, have been exempted from the prescribed closing times. This decision was made to ease the closing-hour restrictions imposed under the Sindh Home Department’s lockdown notification issued on April 10, 2026.

Funeral prayer for martyred police constable Yasir, who was martyred within the jurisdiction of Hasan Khel police station, was held with full state honors at the Malik Saad Shaheed Police Lines on late Friday night. Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Faisal Karim Kundi, CCPO Peshawar Dr. Mian Saeed Ahmed, officials of the Pakistan Army, the martyr’s family members and a large number of people attended the funeral prayer. A smartly turned-out police contingent presented a salute to the martyr, while Governor Faisal Karim Kundi, police officers, and Pakistan Army officers laid flowers on the martyr’s coffin.

Tehran has “no trust” in the US and is interested in negotiating with Washington only if it is serious, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Friday, as talks on ending the war remained on hold. All vessels can pass through the Strait of Hormuz except those at war with Tehran, Araqchi told reporters in New Delhi during a visit to attend the Brics foreign ministers’ meeting, adding that vessels wanting to transit should coordinate with its navy. The situation around the key conduit was “very complicated”, he said. Iran effectively shut the strait, which earlier handled about one-fifth of the…

A Chinese-led scientific study has found that global warming is significantly accelerating the bending, migration and reshaping of rivers in the high-altitude Himalayas, offering new evidence of how climate change is transforming one of the world’s most sensitive mountain regions. The findings, part of China’s second comprehensive scientific expedition to the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, were published on Friday in the journal Science. River meandering and migration are among the fundamental processes shaping Earth’s landscapes. The Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, often called Asia’s “water tower,” is the source of many of the continent’s major rivers, and changes in its river systems directly affect water security…