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A temporary bailey bridge installed over the Uchar nullah stream near the Karakoram Highway in Upper Kohistan’s Dasu area was swept away by flash floods triggered by torrential rainfall on Friday, disconnecting Gilgit-Baltistan from the rest of the country. The bridge was located near the residential camps of the 4,500 megawatt Dasu Hydropower Project. Minister for Climate Change Sherry Rehman …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday underscored the trade relationship with the European Union as he hoped that the GSP Plus scheme, a special trade and investment policy set to expire next year, would continue beyond 2023. The premier made these remarks during a meeting with the newly-arrived envoy of the European Union to Pakistan, Dr Riina Kionka, at …

LAHORE: Former hockey star Olympian Manzoorul Hasan Senior has hit out at the Punjab government’s decision of removing the AstroTurf of the National Hockey Stadium for the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI) public rally and described it as a great loss of hockey. It is said to be the biggest hockey stadium in Asia and has hosted several momentous tournaments such as …

Farah Khan, a close friend of PTI chairman Imran Khan’s wife Bushra Bibi, has sent a legal notice as a “final reminder” to PML-N’s Attaullah Tarar, asking him to refrain from defaming her. In the legal notice dated August 10, Farah’s lawyer Azhar Siddique said Tarar had refuted all contentions raised without “corroborating any of the defenses taken by him …

Karachi police on Thursday arrested four men for allegedly stealing idols, maces, and prayer paraphernalia from a Hindu temple located in the city’s Lyari area. According to City Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Asif Ahmed Bhugio, the suspects were local criminals who stole valuables from the temple last month and sold them off to junk dealers. He said that nearly …

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Wednesday summoned former National Assembly deputy speaker Qasim Khan Suri among four other PTI leaders to appear in person before the agency on Thursday in a case pertaining to the Election Commission of Pak­­istan (ECP) order in prohibited funding case. In a summon issued to the PTI leaders, a copy of which is available with Dawn.com, …

Islamabad police confirmed on Thursday that they had raided a house where PTI leader Shahbaz Gill’s driver, Izhar, was staying and arrested his wife along with another individual on charges of rioting, assaulting a police party and theft. Izhar has also been nominated in the first information report (FIR), a copy of which is available with Dawn.com. The development comes two …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Min­ister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday asked the auth­o­rities concerned for an early submission of report on po­wer projects that were suspended during the past four years. Presiding over a meeting held to review measures aimed at promoting solar energy in the country, the prime minister lashed out at PTI chairman Imran Khan for suspension of power projects and …

Mourners are taking out processions across the country today (Tuesday) to observe Yaum-i-Ashura amid tight security arrangements and with cellular services suspended in several areas. Yaum-i-Ashura is observed every year on Muharram 10 with solemnity to pay homage to Imam Hussain and other martyrs of Karbala. Karachi The main procession in Karachi, which was taken out from Nishtar Park at …

PTI leader Shahbaz Gill has been “abducted” in Islamabad, according to party vice president Fawad Chaudhry and others. Chaudhry, in a tweet, stated that Gill was picked up from Banigala Chowk by unidentified personnel in cars with missing number plates. PTI Chairman Imran Khan called the incident as one of abduction, rather than an arrest. “Can such shameful acts take …