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The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy ships Qi Jiguang and Yimengshan wrapped up their three-day open ship events on Friday morning and departed the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) for Cambodia, Thailand and Singapore. A farewell ceremony by the PLA Hong Kong Garrison took place around 10 a.m. at the pier of the Stonecutters Island Naval Base, where the commanding officer of the fleet thanked the HKSAR government and the public for their warm support. Crew members lined the deck to wave goodbye to those onshore. As the two vessels left the pier, enthusiastic residents gathered along Victoria…

Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar has said that following Pakistan’s defense agreement with Saudi Arabia, several Islamic countries have expressed interest in signing similar agreements with Islamabad. “If a large number of Muslim nations join, it could lead to the creation of a new NATO-like alliance,” he remarked. Addressing a session of the National Assembly on Friday, Dar clarified that the defense pact with Saudi Arabia was not a sudden development but the result of long-running discussions. “Allah Almighty has blessed us with the honour of being among the guardians of the Two Holy Mosques, and this is our good…

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Friday suspended the University of Karachi’s notification that cancelled the law degree of Islamabad High Court (IHC) judge Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri. Hearing a plea filed by IHC’s Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri, SHC bench comprising Justice Muhammad Iqbal Kalhoro and Justice Mohammad Abdur Rahman, also restrained the varsity from taking any further actions based on the Syndicate and Fairmen’s Committee recommendations against the judge. The IHC judge approached the SHC, seeking to declare the University of Karachi’s notification regarding the cancellation of his degree null and void. During today’s hearing, University of Karachi Registrar Professor…

LAHORE : Out of 56,000 teacher transfer applications received across Punjab, more than 46,000 have been rejected, according to the School Education Department. The department stated that around 28,000 applications were not even shortlisted by the online system due to eligibility or technical issues, while an additional 18,000 applications were outright rejected after review. Sources within the department revealed that only around 9,500 applications have been approved for further processing. So far, just 162 teachers have received final approval for transfers. The School Education Department had received a total of 56,000 transfer applications from teachers across the province. The data…

Hundreds of AI-generated Bollywood videos with 16 million views have been deleted from Google’s YouTube after Reuters reported they were similar to those at the centre of a legal challenge filed by a celebrity couple to protect their rights. Bollywood stars Abhishek Bachchan and his wife Aishwarya Rai Bachchan have asked a New Delhi judge to remove and prohibit creation of AI videos infringing their intellectual property rights. Their lawsuits also challenge YouTube’s AI training policy. While a judge had ordered the takedown of a handful of YouTube links last month which the actors sought, Reuters reported this week that…

A massive fire erupted in a jet fuel production unit at Chevron’s tab El Segundo refinery near Los Angeles on Thursday night, causing big flames and billowing smoke from one of the largest refineries on the US West Coast. No injuries were reported and all workers at the refinery had been accounted for, Chevron spokesperson Allison Cook said in an emailed statement. It was not immediately clear what caused the explosion at the facility in the suburb of El Segundo, which supplies jet fuel for Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). Local media said the refinery had been contained by early…

The 20 points that US President Donald Trump announced as part of his Gaza plan this week was not in line with the draft proposed by a group of Muslim-majority countries, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said on Friday. Changes were made in the plan, Dar told lawmakers during a briefing in the National Assembly. Addressing the House, he emphasized unity between the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), expressed gratitude for the PPP’s return to the assembly, and shed light on Pakistan’s diplomatic engagements, including the Palestine crisis, Kashmir dispute, and negotiations with…

The death toll in Vietnam from Typhoon Bualoi and the floods it triggered has risen to 51, according to a Friday government report, as the central bank urged banks to support affected businesses. Bualoi made landfall on Monday in northern central Vietnam, bringing huge sea swells, strong winds and heavy rains that also left 14 people missing and injured 164 others, according to the report from the government’s disaster management agency. The agency also raised its estimate of property damage caused by the typhoon and its flooding to 15.9 trillion dong ($603 million), up from $435.8 million in a previous…

The security forces killed seven Indian-backed terrorists during a major intelligence-based operation in Sherani district of Balochistan, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) confirmed on Friday.  Details of operation According to ISPR, security forces launched the intelligence-driven operation after tracking the movement of terrorists in Sherani district. During the encounter, heavy firing was exchanged between the terrorists and troops before seven terrorists were neutralized. Weapons, ammunition, and explosive materials were seized from their possession. The terrorists killed were reportedly involved in several violent activities in the region, targeting peace and stability. Clearance operation underway Following the successful action, security forces initiated…

Superstar Taylor Swift’s latest studio album, ‘The Life of a Showgirl’, arrives on Friday with a promotional blitz that includes midnight sales at Target stores, a release party at movie theaters around the globe and pop-up experiences in New York and Los Angeles. The release follows ‘The Tortured Poets Department’, Swift’s 11th studio album, which debuted at No 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart, and sold the equivalent of eight million albums in the United States, according to Luminate, a firm that tracks music sales. “She occupies a very rare position in today’s fragmented music landscape: she is an…