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Six open-world crime games to play while you wait for Grand Theft Auto VI
The National ·
Few video game franchises have been as influential as Grand Theft Auto . When Rockstar Games released GTA III in 2001, it helped redefine what an open-world game could be, enabling players to explore a sprawling city, steal vehicles, carry out criminal missions and generally cause havoc at their…
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa faces a critical shortage of 17,000 vacant police posts while the previous administration released only one billion rupees out of the allocated Rs6.5 billion for the force, officials disclosed on Saturday. The current provincial government has pledged Rs70 billion for the police…
With nearly 90 per cent of cultivated crops destroyed and livestock facing mounting threats from water and fodder shortages, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has declared Tharparkar a drought-hit district, ordering immediate relief measures to protect vulnerable communities and their…
Despite a fifth consecutive reduction in petrol and diesel prices, fares of private public transport operating on local routes in Rawalpindi and Islamabad remain unchanged, placing the burden of daily commuting costs on passengers travelling between the twin cities for work, education and labour.…
Feeling the heat, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has intensified its efforts to portray Punjab as a model of transparency and accountability, seeking to counter allegations of corruption levelled against the Maryam Nawaz-led government by a coalition partner. Moreover, an adjournment…
Differences within the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leadership have forced the Tehreek-e-Tahafuz-e-Aain-e-Pakistan (TTAP) to put on hold its plan to establish an independent organisational political arm, with the two sides offering conflicting accounts of whether PTI had endorsed the proposal.…
An audit of the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) for 2024-25 has exposed widespread irregularities, including payments to government employees, pensioners and ineligible beneficiaries, duplicate educational stipends and serious flaws in beneficiary records. The Auditor General of Pakistan's…
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade is looking to strengthen its partnership with the Fiji Rugby Union to expand Fiji’s international sporting opportunities. This was discussed by the FRU Executive Team and Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Ambassador Solo…