News Desk

Entertainment

Jemima Goldsmith, 52, is reportedly engaged to financier Cameron O’Reilly after dating for just over a year. Sources say they split time between Switzerland and West London.

NATIONAL

The Pakistan Embassy was a major attraction at Washington’s Passport DC embassy tour, offering food, music, crafts and rickshaw rides. The wider event brought together cultural presentations from embassies across the diplomatic enclave.

World

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will visit Rome and the Vatican this week, according to an Italian government source. The trip comes after President Donald Trump’s public criticism of Pope Leo XIV and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.

CITY

A man allegedly shot dead a woman, her daughter and a child in Lahore's Mozang area before killing himself, police said. Investigators are examining whether the attack was linked to a rejected marriage proposal.

CITY

Rising temperatures and repeated outages in Lahore have triggered complaints from residents and businesses over increasing electricity bills. Officials say a gap between demand and supply, along with losses and theft in some areas, is driving load-shedding.

CITY

Police in Faisalabad have registered eight sexual assault cases involving five women and three minors in separate incidents. Officials said raids are under way to arrest the suspects named in the cases.

CITY

Khanewal police have registered separate cases against complainants and witnesses in three previously reported rape matters after a review found alleged contradictions in statements and court testimony.

Business

Federal Minister for Board of Investment Qaiser Ahmed Sheikh met overseas Pakistanis in Manchester and Birmingham and urged them to explore investment opportunities in Pakistan. He highlighted key sectors and said remittances remained vital to the economy.

Business

Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb chaired a meeting with bank chiefs and CISOs, urging stronger cyber preparedness as Pakistan’s financial sector digitises. He also led a separate session on promoting REITs and capital market development.

CITY

A judicial magistrate in Karachi granted bail to a young man arrested after a snap-checking altercation in Defence. Police have also opened a departmental inquiry into SI Shehzan Shakeel over the incident.

CITY

Ferozabad police have booked a hotel owner and his employees over the alleged assault of a food delivery rider and two others in Karachi. The complainant also alleged that gunshots were fired during the incident.

Technology

Pakistan’s limited fibre network is continuing to constrain the effective rollout of 5G services, despite licence auctions and trial deployments. Experts say faster fibre expansion and coordinated policy support are essential for high-speed connectivity.