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Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, on Tuesday, in a phone call with his Bahraini counterpart, reiterated Pakistan’s call for de-escalation and dialogue for stability in the Middle East amid escalating tensions in the region. Iran, Pakistan’s western neighbour, has been embroiled in a war with the United States and Israel since the latter’s February 28 strikes that assassinated its supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. In retaliation for the strikes, Iran resorted to targeting neighbouring countries, which house US bases, including Bahrain. According to a statement by the Foreign Office (FO), Dar spoke with Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Dr Abdullatif Bin Rashid Al Zayani last night, and the two “exchanged views on the developments in the Middle East and the wider region, conveying grave concern over recent attacks, including in Bahrain”. FO added that during the call, Dar “reaffirmed Pakistan’s solidarity with Bahrain and its people”. He also underscored the...

Times for today’s Iftar (Ramazan 20) and tomorrow’s Sehri (Ramazan 21) for the federal and provincial capitals are listed below: Islamabad Fiqh-i-Hanafia Iftar (today) — 6:12pm Sehri (tomorrow) — 5:00am Fiqh-i-Jafria Iftar (today) — 6:22pm Sehri (tomorrow) — 4:50am Karachi Fiqh-i-Hanafia Iftar (today) — 6:40pm Sehri (tomorrow) — 5:27am Fiqh-i-Jafria Iftar (today) — 6:52pm Sehri (tomorrow) — 5:23am Lahore Fiqh-i-Hanafia Iftar (today) — 6:07pm Sehri (tomorrow) — 4:58am Fiqh-i-Jafria Iftar (today) — 6:17pm Sehri (tomorrow) — 4:48am Peshawar Fiqh-i-Hanafia Iftar (today) — 6:18pm Sehri (tomorrow) — 5:06am Fiqh-i-Jafria Iftar (today) — 6:28pm Sehri (tomorrow) — 4:56am Quetta Fiqh-i-Hanafia Iftar (today) — 6:38pm Sehri (tomorrow) — 5:29am Fiqh-i-Jafria Iftar (today) — 6:56pm Sehri (tomorrow) — 5:28am from Dawn - Home https://ift.tt/ATbuvwB

VANCOUVER – The duration of the Vancouver Canucks ’ rebuild, the length of time it takes the organization to start winning again, will be determined partly by how quickly and solidly they establish new standards and a better culture than they’ve had for most of the last decade. Sure, talent is paramount. The Canucks have to continue to accumulate talented prospects and develop them into National Hockey League players. But talent wasn’t this team’s biggest problem in recent years. They need better culture and that, at least, can be worked on every day. You shouldn’t need to wait years for that. In this respect, the degree to which the league’s worst team has dug in and battled in recent games is a small step in the right direction. On Monday, they lost 2-0 to an aggressive, heavy Ottawa Senators team that scuffled through the first half of the season but is 9-1-2 since Jan. 25. Brady Tkachuk scored into an empty-net and the Senators’ other goal, by Ridly Greig in the second period,...

Asia depends on oil and gas from the Middle East, sourcing 60 per cent of its crude from the region, making it highly vulnerable if the Iran war causes a prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz supply ​route. How much Middle Eastern oil does Asia import? The Middle East is the world’s largest oil-producing and exporting ‌region, shipping one in four barrels of crude exports daily, mostly through the Strait of Hormuz. A pie chart depicting the share of Asia’s crude oil imports in 2025 via percentage. Middle East occupies 59pc of Asia’s crude oil imports — Reuters Asia imported 14.74 million barrels per day (bpd) of Middle Eastern crude in 2025, nearly 60pc of the record 25m barrels per day in total purchases for the region, according to data ​from shipping analytics firm Kpler. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Iraq are the region’s top suppliers to ​Asia. A bar graph depicting the top crude oil suppliers to Asia. Saudi Arabia supplies a large amount of crude oil,...

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday announced a reward of Rs1.5 million for each player of the national hockey team following the team’s performance in the FIH Hockey World Cup qualifier, state-run Radio Pakistan reported. The announcement comes a day after the team secured a place in the upcoming hockey World Cup, marking their return to the tournament after an eight-year absence. It will be hosted jointly by Belgium and the Netherlands in August this year. Quoting a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), Radio Pakistan said the team’s performance represented a “significant step towards promoting hockey in Pakistan”. The premier also “acknowledged the team’s hard work and dedication to the sport,” the statement added. As per the statement, the prime minister maintained that the participation of the team in the World Cup qualifiers — held in Egypt — had “generated excitement and enthusiasm among hockey fans”. The premier stressed the monetary reward was a “clear ...

Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of late Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei who has been appointed as the new head of the Islamic republic, is a discreet figure who offers continuity of his father’s leadership. The 56-year-old had no official post during his father’s rule, but was speculated to be acting behind the scenes to pull strings at the heart of power in Iran. He is regarded as close to conservatives, notably because of his ties with the powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which swiftly pledged allegiance to the new leader. A woman holds a picture of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, after his son Mojtaba Khamenei was introduced as Iran’s new supreme leader, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, March 9, 2026. —Reuters The Islamic republic’s third supreme leader also received endorsements from President Masoud Pezeshkian, the armed forces and the judiciary within hours of his appointment. Because of his discretion at offici...