GUJRAT: The principal of a government college in Kharian tehsil of Gujrat district has been issued a formal warning after a flag featuring Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz’s image was hoisted alongside Pakistan’s national flag atop the college building. Deputy Director of Colleges Gujrat, Shoaib Butt, confirmed that the principal […]
ISLAMABAD: At least 50 terrorists belonging to Fitna al-Khawarij — a term used for outlawed groups like the TTP — were killed in Mohmand district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during an attempted border incursion, security sources said on Thursday. According to officials, the Afghanistan-based militants tried to take advantage of the […]
PESHAWAR: Newly elected Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sohail Afridi, has filed a petition for protective bail in the Peshawar High Court (PHC), with the hearing scheduled to be taken up shortly. According to court officials, a two-member bench comprising Justice Ijaz Anwar and Justice Naeem Anwar will hear the […]
WEB DESK: The Punjab government is preparing to impose a fresh ban on the rightwing Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) after clashes during its attempted march on Islamabad left 48 policemen injured and dozens of vehicles torched. The TLP had announced plans to stage a sit-in outside the US Embassy in Islamabad […]
WEB DESK: Security forces killed 34 India-sponsored foreign terrorists during multiple intelligence-based operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa between October 13 and 15, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Thursday. According to the ISPR, 18 terrorists were killed in Spenwam, North Waziristan, while another eight were neutralised in Bannu. The operations […]
ISLAMABAD: In a landmark development, Nayyab Ali, a prominent human rights defender and policy expert, has been shortlisted by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for the position of Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders — the first transgender woman in UN history to reach this […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s security forces killed more than 35 members of Fitna al-Khawarij in separate intelligence-based operations in Mohmand and North Waziristan, while the armed forces carried out fresh precision strikes inside Afghanistan in response to unprovoked aggression from the Afghan Taliban, security sources said on Wednesday. The eliminated terrorists — […]
KARACHI: Gold prices in Pakistan soared to another all-time high on Wednesday, tracking gains in the international market as investors rushed to the safe-haven asset on renewed US-China trade tensions and growing expectations of US Federal Reserve rate cuts. According to the All-Pakistan Gems and Jewellers Sarafa Association (APGJSA), the […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) on Tuesday announced the successful completion of repair work on a faulty repeater in its undersea cable system, restoring internet speed and connectivity across the country. The maintenance operation, which began on the morning of October 14, was carried out by the International […]
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan’s military on Wednesday strongly rejected what it described as “fabricated, delusional and provocative propaganda” emanating from the Indian military leadership in the run-up to state elections in Bihar and West Bengal. In a statement, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) expressed grave concern that even five months after Maarka-e-Haq, […]
