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LAHORE / QUETTA / PESHAWAR: Lightning strikes and rain-related incidents left 24 people dead and injured several others in Punjab, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as downpour continued to lash the three provinces for a second day on Saturday. Heavy rains damaged highways, roads and houses, disrupting traffic and forcing people to move to safe places. In Punjab, 17 people, including children, died …

THATTA / QUETTA: Eidul Fitr festivities in village Qasim Jokhio, near Thatta, turned into mourning on Thursday as 17 villagers, including 12 from one family, were laid to rest after their death in a road accident a day earlier. The victims were hea­ded to the Shah Noorani shrine in Khuzdar on Wednesday, the first day of Eidul Fitr, when the truck they …

RAWALPINDI: Cloudy weather with chances of rain, windstorm, thunderstorm and hailstorm are expected in the twin cities and their surrounding areas on Saturday. According to the meteorological department, a strong westerly wave was affecting western parts of the country which may grip most areas on April 13 and persist in the upper region till April 15. However, the Met Office …

WASHINGTON / ISLAM­ABAD: With the government set to enter into a fresh loan agreement with the Inter­national Monetary Fund (IMF), Minister for Finance Mohammad Aurangzeb on Friday called on Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and briefed him about his upcoming visit to the United States. The finance minister discussed with the prime minister his scheduled meetings with the IMF, World Bank …

ISLAMABAD: Justice Yahya Afridi has recused himself from a case pertaining to alleged meddling by the country’s security apparatus into judicial affairs, arguing that inaction on the part of the chief justice or judges of the Islamabad High Court should not lead the Supreme Court to impose the exercise of its jurisdiction under Article 184(3) of the Constitution. “This may …

Two Pakistan Army soldiers were martyred on Saturday in an intelligence-based operation (IBO), conducted in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Buner district, based on the reported presence of suspected terrorists, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement. According to ISPR, Lance Havildar Mudassar Mehmood and Lance Naik Haseeb Javed embraced martyrdom. During the operation, a “high-value target” identified as Saleem Rabbani …

Nine people from Punjab were killed near Noshki, Balochistan in the early hours of Saturday, when gunmen forced them off a bus they were travelling in and shot them, officials said. Another attack on a separate vehicle killed two people. “About 10-12 gunmen blockaded the Quetta-Taftan Highway N-40 in the vicinity of Sultan Charhai near Noshki and abducted nine passengers from a …

BAHAWALNAGAR / LAHORE: The Punjab government and Pakistan Army on Friday pledged transparent investigations into a “face-off” between police and army personnel following the arrest of a serving officer, which took the social media by storm over the Eid holidays. Four personnel of Madressah police, including the station house officer, have been booked and arrested on charges of keeping a …

ISLAMABAD: The district and sessions judge (DSJ) on Tuesday adjourned hearing on the appeals against the conviction of former prime minister Imran Khan and his spouse Bushra Bibi in a case related to contracting Nikkah during the latter’s Iddat period. The counsel for the complainant Khawar Fareed Manika remained absent. Judge Shahrukh Arjumand resumed hearing on the appeals. Barrister Chaudhry …

LAHORE: The Pakistan Railways (PR) on Tuesday announced 25 per cent reduction in fares of all passenger trains for first, second and third day of Eid. The PR has also issued a new timetable of all trains, changing departure and arrival of some express trains beside allowing them to observe stoppages at certain railways stations in a bid to facilitate …