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INTERNATIONAL
| Sharif expects $15b Saudi bailout package |
| ISLAMABAD - With an ‘amiable’ government in place, Saudi Arabia is expected to extend a bailout package of about $15 billion to Pakistan’s highly indebted energy sector by supplying crude and furnace oil on deferred payment to enable it to resolve the chronic circular debt issue, English daily Dawn reported on Thursday. |
| 11 security men killed by Taleban bomb |
| QUETTA - A large bomb planted in a rickshaw tore through a truck used by security forces in southwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least 13 people, police said. |
| Coordination committee of MQM dissolved |
| KARACHI - The Coordination Committee (Rabita Committee) of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Thursday was disbanded a day after the party founder and chief Altaf Hussain announced cleansing it of undesirable elements. |
| PTI ahead of PPP in popular vote |
| ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf polled more votes than the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) to emerge as as the second biggest party in the country after the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) which secured the highest number of votes and seats in the May 11 election. |
| Thunderstorms slow Oklahoma tornado cleanup |
| A band of thunderstorms battered the Oklahoma City area Thursday, slowing cleanup operations in the town where a tornado killed 24 people and destroyed thousands of homes this week. |
| UN: 22 deaths worldwide from coronavirus |
| The World Health Organization says there are now 22 deaths worldwide out of 44 lab-confirmed cases of the new coronavirus. |
| NKorea says willing to take China’s advice to start talks |
| An envoy of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un told a senior Chinese leader on Thursday that North Korea is willing to take China’s advice to start talks to resolve tension on the Korean peninsula, China’s state television reported. |
| Manila angered by ‘Da Vinci Code’ author |
| Philippine authorities Thursday reacted angrily over ‘Da Vinci Code’ author Dan Brown’s portrayal of Manila as “the gates of hell” in his latest novel. |
| Brave woman tried to reason with London attackers |
| A brave scout leader who may have prevented further violence has emerged as an unlikely hero in the apparent terror attack that left one man dead on the streets of London. |
| US kidnap case hero gets burgers for life |
| The man who famously put down his Big Mac to help rescue three women held captive for a decade in an Ohio house will never have to pay for another burger in his hometown. |
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