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Syed Mohammed Askari, a senior reporter for Daily Jang, has returned home a day after he went missing in Karachi, his colleague said on Monday. Askari had gone missing late on Saturday night after attending a wedding. His colleagues and media organisations had alleged that he was “abducted by policemen and plain-clothes men” for unspecified reasons. Fellow Daily Jang reporter, Saqib Sagheer, confirmed to Dawn.com on Monday, …

By late 2020, as it became apparent that the US was certainly withdrawing its forces from Afghanistan, talk around the table of Pakistan’s security establishment and political decision-makers related to the consequences of the withdrawal and its possible aftermath. For over two decades, Nato members and their partner nations had held down the fort of peace in Afghanistan, with up to 130,000 …

A day after a hotel collapse in Jhelum — triggered by a gas explosion — claimed seven lives, the Punjab police on Monday registered a first information report (FIR) against the hotel owner and another for running an “illegal” liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinder shop in the basement of the building. The three-storey private hotel located on the Grand Trunk Road …

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday instructed authorities to make foolproof arrangements for handling a flood-like situation in the Ravi, Chenab and Sutlej rivers. The directives come as many cities in Punjab are expected to receive spells of heavy rain today and tomorrow (July 11), while Chenab and Ravi rivers will be flooded due to an incessant downpour in India’s northern …

Syed Mohammed Askari, a senior reporter for Daily Jang, has gone missing in Karachi after he was picked up — allegedly by police and men in plain clothes — in the early ho of Sunday, a colleague said. Daily Jang News Editor Ali Kamran told Dawn.com that Askari was returning home along with another person after attending a marriage ceremony in the Mehmoodabad area, when …

ISLAMABAD: The capital police have booked a man on charge of harassing women in F-9 Park, police said. The case was registered at Margalla police station under PPCs 294 and 509 on behalf of the state and a policeman became the complainant. The case was registered in response to a video going viral on Instagram and Twitter in which a …

LAHORE: The caretaker Punjab government has decided to file appeals for the cancellation of bails of those being released on bail in the May 9 high profile cases. Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi presided over a high-level meeting at the CM Office here on Saturday to review progress being made in legal actions against miscreants involved in the May violence. He took a …

Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal on Sunday said a recent statement of his, in which he appeared to say that China advised Pakistan to not “conduct any experiment” during the 2018 elections, was taken “out of context”. His clarification follows media coverage of his statement made on Geo News’ programme ‘Jirga’ last night, during which he discussed the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).     Iqbal …

LAHORE / KASUR: As a rain spell continued to batter Lahore and its surroundings on Saturday, at least 11 people — including two in Kasur — were injured after their houses caved in due to the downpour which turned streets into rivers. In a related incident, a man died in a village in Okara after the roof of his collapsed. …

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday strongly condemned what he said was a social media campaign regarding an assassination attempt on Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir, and expressed the resolve to “crush all conspiracies” against Pakistan and state institutions. According to a statement released by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), the premier said similar thinking was done …