QUETTA (PR) — The Quetta Electric Supply Company (QESCO) has announced scheduled power shutdowns across various parts of the provincial capital for essential repair and development works. According to QESCO, power supply will remain suspended from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm on September 20–21 from Sheikh Manda Grid Station (Western Bypass, Jabal Noor, Dareem, Takatu, Dostain, Khrotabad feeders). On September 21, feeders from Quetta City Grid (Stadium, Jinnah Town, Brewery, Malik Plant, Shehbaz Town), Sariab Grid (Old Jan Muhammad Road, New Jan Muhammad, Old Liaquat Bazaar, Sariab 1 & 2, Wasa, Khair Bakhsh Mari, BMC, Kirani, Hazara Town) will face…
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NEW YORK (INP): Pakistan has once again called for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in Gaza. Speaking during United Nations Security Council meeting, Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Asim Iftikhar, strongly emphasized that Pakistan will continue its efforts for the establishment of an independent Palestinian state. He highlighted the ongoing Israeli aggression in Gaza during his address. Asim Iftikhar stated that dozens of civilians are being martyred daily in Gaza, and children are dying of hunger due to lack of food. He informed Security Council members that Israel has not even spared hospitals in its attacks on Gaza. The…
BARBADOS (INP): West Indies head coach Daren Sammy believes the seam attack they have picked in the Test squad for the two-match tour of India next month has the “variety” to “operate in any conditions” and “pick 20 wickets”. The West Indies pace attack features Alzarri Joseph, Shamar Joseph, Anderson Phillip and Jayden Seales, along with allrounder Justin Greaves. West Indies haven’t won a Test series in India in 42 years but Sammy said they would take inspiration from the way New Zealand blanked India 3-0 towards the end of 2024 and try to “emulate” that. “We have found ourselves…
PERTH (AFP): Josh Inglis has been ruled out of Australia’s three-match T20I tour of New Zealand due to a calf strain with Alex Carey called up to replace him. It is understood that Inglis pulled up sore in his right calf after a running session in Perth on Tuesday and had a scan on Wednesday, after which he was ruled out of the series to be played on October 1, 3 and 4 at Mount Maunganui. Inglis is the fourth first-choice Australian player to be ruled out of the series after Pat Cummins was withdrawn due to lumbar bone stress,…
ISLAMABAD (UNA): Pakistan and Saudi Arabia formalised a Strategic Mutual Defense Agreement, under which “any aggression against either country shall be considered an aggression against both.” The pact was signed in Riyadh by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Pakistan’s Army Chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, was present. A Saudi official told Reuters the agreement is “a culmination of years of discussions. This is not a response to specific countries or specific events but an institutionalisation of longstanding and deep cooperation between our two countries.” The historical ties between Riyadh and Islamabad are long and deep.…
WASHINGTON (PPI): The Trump administration has taken another tough step against India by deciding to withdraw its waiver on sanctions linked to Iran’s Chabahar Port. This move, which ends a special exemption given to India in 2018, will take effect in about ten days. The United States had granted a special sanctions waiver for Iran’s Chabahar Port in 2018 under the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act (IFCA). This allowed India and other countries to develop and use the port without facing any US restrictions. The waiver was meant to help Afghanistan’s reconstruction by enabling the transport of essential goods and…
LONDON (INP): President Donald Trump stated that he was working to “get back” the Bagram airbase in Afghanistan, which the United States gave up control of shortly before the Taliban takeover of the country in 2021. “We’re trying to get it back, by the way, that could be a little breaking news. We’re trying to get it back because they need things from us,” Trump said at a press conference with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. “We want that base back,” Trump said, adding that “one of the reasons we want the base is, as you know, it’s an hour…
GAZA (INP): At least 15 Palestinians were killed and several others wounded last night as Israeli warplanes continued their intense bombardment of Gaza City, targeting multiple residential neighbourhoods, Wafa reports. This includes two civilians killed in an airstrike in the Al-Nasr neighbourhood. Earlier in the day, a man was killed in a drone strike on Al-Remal, west of the city, while two others were killed in separate airstrikes on northern Gaza. Three more Palestinians were killed in a strike targeting a group near the port gate in western Gaza City, while nine were killed in combined air and artillery shelling…
RAWALPINDI (ANN): Pakistan’s military spokesperson has categorically rejected the notion of any separatist movement in the country, stressing that the unrest in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is not political dissent but open terrorism. In an interview with a German magazine, ISPR DG Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry blamed India for terrorist activities inside Pakistan using the Afghan soil as a base for operations. Lt Gen Chaudhry clarified that Pakistan faces terrorism, not separatism. He described BLA as “Fitna-ul-Hindustan” and TTP as “Fitna-ul-Khawarij”, both of which he called Indian assets used to destabilize Pakistan. He further claimed that the gunned down…
ISLAMABAD (ANN): Five judges of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) namely Justices Mohsin Akhtar Kayani, Babar Sattar, Tariq Mahmood Jahangiri, Saman Rifat and Arbab Tahir submitted separate petitions at the Supreme Court (SC) on Friday. In his petition, Justice Kayani requested the SC to declare that administrative powers cannot be used to undermine judges’ powers and that a high court chief justice is not authorised to constitute benches or remove judges from the roster at will. The SC was also urged to declare “that the constitution of benches, transfer of cases and issuance of roster can only be done in…
