Pakistan

DERA ISMAIL KHAN / LAKKI MARWAT: Six security personnel, including a DSP, were martyred and 12 militants killed in separate incidents in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan on Friday night and Saturday. In one incident, eight militants were killed in a gun battle with security forces during an intelligence-based operation conducted in the Kot Sultan area of Kulachi tehsil, Dera Ismail …

Two terrorists were killed in an exchange of fire between security forces and militants in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s North Waziristan district, the military’s media affairs wing said on Sunday. A press release from the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that a fire exchange took place between terrorists and security forces last night. “Own troops effectively engaged the terrorists’ location as a …

The Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) on Sunday censured the Sindh government over an increase in street crime in Karachi. Karachi has been facing an increase in street crime in recent months. Data presented before a high-level security meeting last week showed more than 250 Karachiites were shot dead and 1,052 others were wounded by street criminals between 2022 and March 28, 2024. …

Information Minister Attaullah Tarar on Sunday rebutted former prime minister Imran Khan’s allegations against the senior military leadership in connection with the Toshakhana case, saying they were “false, fabricated and baseless”. The former premier had alleged that the senior military leadership “implicated” him and his wife Bushra Bibi in the Toshakhana reference “in an attempt to stifle my spirits”. Imran and his spouse were sentenced to …

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly session has been summoned on April 15 at 5pm, according to a press release issued by the assembly secretariat. The third session of the 16th National Assembly was summoned by Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq on Friday.     President Asif Ali Zardari is also likely to address a joint session of both houses on April 16. …

GUJAR KHAN: Six suspects have been taken into custody by the Jhe­l­um police in connection with a desecration case registered at the Kala Gujran police station a few days ago. The case was registered on the complaint of a local resident, who claimed to have been handed over torched copies of the Holy Quran in the Mahmoo­dabad area. The case …

ISLAMABAD: Privatisation Minister Abdul Aleem Khan has resolved to execute road infrastructure projects in a transparent manner. Chairing the maiden meeting after assuming charge of the communication ministry on Friday, Mr Aleem laid down three principles to be strictly followed while realising public development schemes, including enhancing revenue potential, quality construction and maintaining transparency. “I joined politics with the sole …

QUETTA: Civil Lines Police have registered a case against provincial president of PTI and other party leaders for taking out a rally on Friday without permission of the Quetta deputy commissioner. The case was registered on the complaint of SHO of Civil Lines Police Station. Other party leaders who were booked along with Provincial President Dawood Shah Kakar includes Noor …

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bar Council — the premier regulatory body of lawyers — on Friday demanded a judicial commission comprising sitting Supreme Court judges to look into complaints about the alleged meddling of intelligence agencies in judicial affairs. In its 242nd meeting held here at the SC building, the PBC stated that the formation of a judicial commission was necessary for an …

LAHORE: Facebook briefly deleted a women-only group in Pakistan with more than 300,000 members who used it to freely discuss taboo topics, its founder Kanwal Ahmed told AFP on Friday. Soul Sisters Pakistan, created in 2013, acts as a support group for women who share information about sex, divorce, and domestic violence — issues often deemed inappropriate to discuss publicly in …