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Nine killed, 23 injured as monsoon rains batter KP
PESHAWAR: At least nine people were killed and 23 others injured in rain-related incidents across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa over the past 48 hours as the first spell of monsoon rains, accompanied by strong winds and flash floods, caused widespread…
Police term Lahore tuition centre roof collapse ‘criminal negligence’
LAHORE: Punjab police have termed the deadly roof collapse at a tuition centre in Lahore's Kahna area a case of "criminal negligence" and launched an investigation into the incident that claimed the lives of 14 children.
Police said the…
PM Shehbaz to attend Ayatollah Khamenei’s funeral in Tehran
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will depart for Tehran on Friday to attend the funeral prayers of Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Foreign Office spokesperson Tahir Hussain Andrabi said on Thursday.…
Provinces pledge coordinated prison reforms under Islamabad Declaration
ISLAMABAD: Chief ministers from all four provinces on Wednesday pledged comprehensive prison reforms, stressing that protecting inmates' rights, improving prison conditions and prioritising rehabilitation were essential to…
CM Maryam launches electric bus service in six more Punjab districts
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz on Thursday launched an eco-friendly electric bus service in six more districts, unveiling a phased plan to expand the provincial fleet to 5,000 vehicles to provide modern public…
Five policemen arrested after 14 under-trial prisoners escape near Sihala
RAWALPINDI: Rawalpindi police have registered a criminal case over the escape of 14 under-trial prisoners from a police transit van near Sihala and arrested five police personnel over alleged negligence as authorities…
PM forms JIT to investigate One Constitution Avenue case
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has constituted a high-powered Joint Investigation Team (JIT) to investigate the controversial One Constitution Avenue case following the recommendations of a special committee formed to…
Pakistan calls for binding global water treaty to protect shared rivers
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Climate Change Musadik Malik on Tuesday called for a new international legal framework to protect transboundary water resources, saying disputes over shared rivers have become issues of justice,…
MOI orders to arrest undocumented Afghan nationals from July 10
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Interior has directed authorities across the country to arrest any Afghan national residing in Pakistan without a valid visa from July 10, as part of an intensified nationwide drive against illegal…
Pakistan summons Afghan chargé d’affaires over Karachi attack
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has summoned the Afghan chargé d’affaires to lodge a strong protest over the recent terrorist attack on a Pakistan Rangers (Sindh) camp in Karachi, the Foreign Office said on Monday.
In a statement, Foreign…