Islamabad: Eminent producer and former director of current affairs PTV Athar Waqar Azeem passed away in Karachi.

Athar Waqar Azim died of cardiac arrest in Karachi. He was also the director of current affairs and general manager of Karachi Center on PTV.

Athar Waqar Azim was also an excellent singer. His professional career spans over fifty years.

Federal Minister for Information, Broadcasting, National Heritage and Culture Attaullah Tarar on Sunday expressed deep grief and sorrow over the death of former PTV News Director Current Affairs Athar Waqar Azeem.

In a condolence message, the minister in his heartfelt sympathy and condolences to the family of the deceased said, he was deeply saddened to hear the news of Athar Waqar Azeem’s death. Athar Waqar Azeem’s services to Pakistan Television will always be remembered, he maintained.

Beirut (Reuters): A gunman from Jordan killed three Israeli civilians at the Allenby Bridge border crossing in the occupied West Bank before security forces shot him dead on Sunday, Israeli authorities said.

It was the first attack of its kind along the border with Jordan since Oct. 7, when Palestinian Islamist group Hamas carried out an assault on southern Israel, sparking the war in Gaza that has escalated throughout the region.

The attack took place in a commercial cargo area under Israeli control where Jordanian trucks offload cargo entering the West Bank, officials said. The crossing, also known as the King Hussein Bridge, lies about midway between Amman and Jerusalem just north of the Dead Sea.

The assailant was a 39-year-old truck driver who came from the influential Huwaitat tribe in southern Jordan, according to family members.

"A terrorist approached the area of the Allenby Bridge from Jordan in a truck, exited the truck, and opened fire at the Israeli security forces operating at the bridge," the Israeli military said.

Karachi: Former president and PTI leader Dr Arif Alvi on Tuesday apologised for his post on X, regarding an old video of PTI’ convoy leading to Islamabad.

He said that he shared an old video that was recorded on some other occasion.

"After a fact check, I have deleted two posts, as they were images from a previous occasion. I apologise for the error,” he said on X.

Social Media is too big to be bagged or shutdown. Only error corrections can tame this Leviathan."

It merits mention that the former president falsely retweeted a video and said it was of the PTI’s convoy which was heading to Islamabad.

Alvi deleted the video after many a netizen pointed that the video was not of the mentioned event.