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SWAT: The twin blasts that struck a counter-terrorism facility and killed several people in the Kabal town of Swat were caused by electrical short circuit at a munitions warehouse within the premises, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police have found in a preliminary investigation, ruling out a militant attack, as initially suggested. The number of deaths from the Monday incident has risen to 17 …

Six policemen were martyred on Wednesday in an attack by dacoits near the area of Jageer in Sindh’s Jacobabad district while on their way to rescue a hostage, police officials said. Jacobabad Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Dr Sumair Noor Channa confirmed the development to Dawn.com, adding that the slain police officials were from the Usta Muhammad police station located in …

Two Pakistan Army soldiers were martyred in the Tirah area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Khyber district during a gunfight with terrorists, the military’s media affairs wing said on Wednesday. The statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) identified the martyrs as 26-year-old Sepoy Waqas Ali Shah from Charsadda and 24-year-old Sepoy Basir Ali from Peshawar. “On 25 April 2023, an …

The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has predicted rains and thunderstorms across Pakistan from today (Wednesday) under the influence of a westerly weather system which is likely to spread to the central and southern parts of the country. In a statement issued today, the department warned that the westerly wave would persist till the first week of May.     Under …

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is currently addressing the federal cabinet in Islamabad today. The premier’s address comes hours after he held an important meeting with coalition partners to discuss the possibility of talks with the opposition PTI and the date of the Punjab polls set by the top court. The meeting was attended by JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman, Foreign Minister, …

ISLAMABAD: After a lull of several days, a new leaked conversation has stirred up a storm in the country’s political landscape, but this time the people involved aren’t key political players. The latest leaked audio purportedly features a conversation between two women, one of whom is said to be the mother-in-law of a top-ranking serving judge of the Supreme Court, …

LAHORE / TOBA TEK SINGH: While the ruling PML-N has demanded the resignation of Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial and a suo motu notice following the surfacing of an audio clip allegedly featuring an SC judge’s relative, the opposition PTI is of the view that such phone tapping is illegal and punishable by up to three years in …

Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir is in China on a four-day official visit aimed at enhancing bilateral military relations with the neighbouring country, according to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). “COAS is on a four-day official visit to China for enhancing bilateral military relations,” the military’s media wing said in a brief statement released on Sunday. During …

ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the heads of the ruling parties will be held tomorrow (Wednesday) to discuss the possibility of talks with the PTI, as well as to chalk out a “strategy to counter” the Supreme Court order pertaining to polls in Punjab. The huddle, summoned by Prime Minister Sheh­baz Sharif on April 26 — the same day as the …

The death toll from Monday’s twin blasts at the Kabal police station in Swat rose to 16 on Tuesday as the cause of the explosions was yet to be ascertained, officials said. Two explosions rocked the police station a day earlier, which occurred on the premises of the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) office. A report issued by the Office of Deputy Commissioner …