Pakistan

Pakistani security forces successfully thwarted a major infiltration attempt along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, eliminating 30 Indian-sponsored terrorists in the Hassan Khel area of North Waziristan, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) confirmed on Thursday.

The Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) has finalized a comprehensive traffic and diversion plan to ensure the safety of participants and smooth vehicular movement during the 8th Muharram procession on Friday.

PESHAWAR - Chief Minister (CM) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Ali Amin Khan Gandapur visited CMH Peshawar to inquire after the security personnel injured in the recent suicide attack in North Waziristan.

Amid scorching temperatures and prolonged power outages, thermosensitive and expired medicines are reportedly being sold at local medical stores in Osta Muhammad, raising serious public health concerns.

• LG Minister Ghani chairs maiden session of steering committee for Greater Karachi Regional Plan 2047 • Says absence of master plan led to disorganised, haphazard urban growth • Mayor promises to include all relevant stakeholders in formation of new plan KARACHI: The maiden meeting of the steering committee tasked to develop the Greater Karachi Regional Plan 2047 was informed on Thursday that the new master plan of the country’s commercial capital would be ready within two years. Sindh Local Government Minister Saeed Ghani chaired the inaugural meeting of the high-powered body, which was also attended by Karachi Mayor Murtaza Wahab, director generals of the Sindh Building Control Authority, Karachi Development Authority, Malir Development Authority and Lyari Development Authority, Additional Chief Secretary-Local Government Waseem Shamshad, Senior Member Board of Revenue Baqaullah Unar, Planning & Development Secretary Sajjad Abbasi, Project Director Muhammad Arshad Khan, representatives of the project’s con...

QUETTA - The 7th Muharram procession ended peacefully in the provincial capital Quetta on Thursday.

PM Shehbaz reaches Azerbaijan to represent Pakistan at 17th SCO Summit.

LAHORE - Punjab Assembly Speaker Malik Muhammad Ahmad Khan on Thursday filed a formal disqualification reference with the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) against 26 opposition lawmakers accused of disrupting Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif’s speech during the last budget session.

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court issued its written verdict on Thursday, rejecting the bail petitions of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder in eight cases related to the May 9 violence.

ISLAMABAD - The British High Commission (BHC) yesterday organized a Climate Change Awareness and Mitigation training workshop at the Nawa-i-Waqt and The Nation offices in Islamabad.

A horrifying incident unfolded in Lahore’s Johar Town, where a pet lion attacked a family at a private farmhouse, leaving three people including two children seriously injured.

SC asks SCBA, PBC to provide email addresses, mobile numbers of all AORs, ASCs for their registration with CMS.

Minister for Railways Hanif Abbasi on Thursday urged the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to abandon its rigid approach and engage in meaningful dialogue with the government.

ISLAMABAD - Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Thursday met with prominent Ulema of all schools of thought, stressing their role in ensuring peace during Muharram.

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan and Russia have agreed to enhance road and rail connectivity between their countries through Central Asia, in a bid to boost regional trade and economic cooperation.

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday disposed of multiple petitions filed against a ban on vapes and electronic cigarettes, directing authorities not to take action against vape business owners until proper legislation is introduced.

• Justice Minallah admits judiciary at fault when appeals exceed reasonable timeframe • Regrets how petition by death row prisoner received first hearing seven years after it was filed • Criticises abysmal conditions in overcrowded prisons across the country ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed regret over the inordinate delays plaguing the country’s criminal justice system, warning that such inefficiencies are eroding public confidence in the judiciary and amount to a form of “unauthorised punishment”. In a detailed judgement, Justice Athar Minallah called for the urgent completion of appeal processes and said the abysmal conditions in overcrowded prisons across the country add to the unimaginable suffering of prisoners — especially those on death row. These conditions become “a form of unauthorised punishment not intended by the legislature”, he wrote. He emphasised that it was the constitutional duty of every organ of the state — the executive, the judiciary and the legislature — to take urg...

PESHAWAR - In line with the special directives of Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a delegation of provincial ministers and members provincial assembly paid a visit to Lady Reading Hospital (LRH), on Thursday to inquire after those injured in the recent Bajaur blast.

ISLAMABAD - The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Thursday accepted the appeals of four Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) supporters against their sentence awarded in Ramna police station attack, arson and siege case of May 9 and ordered to release them.

WASHINGTON: The US has imposed sanctions on six companies and multiple vessels said to be involved in the sale and transport of Iranian petroleum and petrochemical products — including a firm based in India and another in Pakistan — as part of its continuing campaign to intensify economic pressure on Tehran. The designations, announced by the State Department and the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), target a network of shipping and management firms accused of helping Iran covertly move oil and petrochemicals in violation of US sanctions. The latest measures come weeks after Israeli and US strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities and reflect Washington’s resolve to enforce the Trump administration’s “maximum pressure” policy. “The Treasury will continue to target Tehran’s revenue sources and intensify economic pressure to disrupt the regime’s access to the financial resources that fuel its destabilizing activities,” said US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in a statement. Among those sanctioned...