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KARACHI: A man was killed over so-called honour in Sharifabad on Tuesday evening, police said. Central SSP Zeeshan Shafiq Siddiqi told Dawn that Ahmed Afzal, 30, was stabbed to death inside an apartment at Al-Karam Square, Block-4. The police have arrested the suspect, Farrukh, and recovered the knife used in the incident. The SSP said that as per an initial probe, the held suspect killed Afzal for having alleged illicit relations with his wife. The suspect’s wife was also taken into custody for interrogation. The body was shifted to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for medico-legal formalities. Published in Dawn, July 16th, 2025

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday gave the federal government 30 days to constitute a commission to investigate misuse of blasphemy law. The order came during the hearing of a case seeking the formation of such a commission Justice Sardar Ejaz Ishaq Khan, while hearing the case, ordered that the commission should complete its work within four months. However, he allowed the commission to seek an extension from the court, if required. While concluding the hearing, Justice Sardar Ejaz Ishaq Khan said the court’s primary task was to determine whether there were sufficient grounds to form a commission. Satisfied with the arguments, he ordered the government to form the commission within 30 days and instructed that it must submit its findings within four months. Any request for an extension must be brought before the court. IHC judge concerned by ‘disappearance’ of woman believed to be a central figure in a number of related cases The judge also expressed concern over the disappearance of a woma...

De overheid betaalde vorig jaar 52 miljard euro aan AOW-uitkeringen. Meer dan de helft van dat bedrag komt uit belastinggeld, meldt het Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (CBS). En dat wordt een steeds groter probleem.

The product allows crypto holders to finance property deposits using Bitcoin as collateral, all without having to sell their stash.

ING-hoofdeconoom Marieke Blom is een vurig pleitbezorger van eurobonds. Nu de dollar aan glans verliest, is dit volgens haar hét moment voor de eurozone om meer ambitie te tonen. 

The development comes as interest in Ethereum reserves rises, with BitMine surpassing $500 million in holdings.

Американские чиновники заявляют, что они все еще изучают список пожеланий Украины относительно вооружений, которые она хотела бы получить от членов НАТО после того, как президент США Дональд Трамп объявил о договоренности с Европой о поставках Киеву оборонительных вооружений.

A new approach for testing multiple treatment combinations at once could help scientists develop drugs for cancer or genetic disorders.

Both the House and Senate Armed Services Committees have now approved their initial drafts of the annual defense authorization bill.

Даляньский политехнический университет в Китае исключил студентку, обвинив ее в "неподобающем контакте с иностранцем", что якобы "нанесло ущерб национальному достоинству".

Between April to December, the company, of which Einhorn is the sole employee, received funds from outside Serbia for 'services in foreign markets.' Einhorn, who emigrated to Serbia last year, is wanted for questioning in the Qatargate affair and is accused of harassing a state witness Shlomo Filber

A source close to the U.S. president told Haaretz that Trump expects a breakthrough in negotiations for a hostage deal and a cease-fire in Gaza to come from the Israeli side. The question is how he will respond if Israel continues to drag out the negotiations with Hamas

The Druze in Israel and Syria claim that the current escalation is a calculated move by the new regime in Damascus. Whether this is true or not, the incidents in Sweida illustrate the difficulty of dealing with a regime that persecutes minorities

Many of the reps. echoed President Donald Trump's recent attacks on universities, and questioned whether the presidents were doing enough to protect Jewish students.

Ночью 16 июля ВС РФ совершили массированную атаку на Винницу, в результате которой зафиксированы попадания по объектам гражданской инфраструктуры.

• Party now has the same number of seats as JUI-F, making it eligible for another reserved seat • ECP allows PML-N to count independent ‘notified’ later among its tally, rejects similar plea from PTI-P • ANP also denied relief, told allocation is calculated on basis of general seats, not by-election ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan has decided to allow the PML-N to retain a general assembly seat while rejecting a similar request by the PTI-Parliamentarians, saying it was not supported by the law. In its decision on a case about the allocation of reserved seats in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, announced on Tuesday, the commission provided relief to the ruling party that had sought a greater share in the KP Assembly reserved seats on the basis of the additional general seat handed to the PML-N, which was initially declared to be held by an independent candidate. The announcement followed a Peshawar High Court order, asking the ECP to redistribute reserved seats in the provincial assembly. With ...

В пустыне Сахара находится необычное белое геологическое образование, которое называется Trou au Natron и похоже на огромный человеческий череп.