Pakistan

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court of Pakistan Tuesday issued a consolidated compendium of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to ensure greater efficiency, transparency, and uniformity in judicial and administrative functions.

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, Tuesday, expressed his deep grief over the tragic explosion at a fireworks factory in Liuyang, Hunan, China that claimed precious lives and left others injured.

Islamabad - Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar has reiterated Pakistan’s commitment to dialogue, diplomacy, and peaceful coexistence in South Asia.

LAHORE - The Punjab government led by Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has decided to introduce artificial intelligence (AI)-based monitoring of sanitation services across the province, launching a “smart cleanliness” drive under the Suthra Punjab Programme.

RAHIM YAR KHAN - Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Pakistan Ameer Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman has said that his party is planning to launch a nationwide protest movement against inflation and lawlessness immediately after Eid-ul-Adha, with active participation from the legal fraternity.

ISLAMABAD/MAKKAH - The Hajj 2026 operation under the government scheme is progressing rapidly, with 35,135 pilgrims having arrived in Saudi Arabia so far.

CHARSADDA/Islamabad - Leading religious scholar and former Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) MPA Maulana Muhammad Idrees Tarangzai was martyred in a targeted attack on Tuesday in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Charsadda, police sources said.

Top military leadership underscores national commemoration of Marka-e-Haq serves as clear message to Indian hubristic political mindset Pakistani nation stands united, resilient, and fully prepared CCC rejects Taliban propaganda, reaffirms Pakistan’s defensive actions against terrorist hideouts Field.

Islamabad - Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed that screening of all patients should be ensured in all government hospitals to completely eliminate deadly diseases like hepatitis and AIDS.

Peshawar - Special Assistant to the Chief Minister (SACM) of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Information and Public Relations, Shafi Jan, accompanied by Secretary Information Matiullah Khan, visited the Command and Control Centre of the Safe City Project at Malik Saad Shaheed Police Lines, Peshawar.

Peshawar - Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sohail Afridi, on Tuesday chaired the 35th meeting of the Board of Governors of the Education Testing and Evaluation Agency (ETEA) at the Chief Minister’s House in Peshawar.

Army’s top leadership asserted on Tuesday that peace and stability in the region were intrinsically linked to collective restraint, responsibility and respect for sovereignty, a statement issued by the military’s media affairs wing after the 275th Corps Commanders’ Conference said. Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir presided over the meeting at the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi, the Inter-Service Public Relations (ISPR) said. The military leadership’s observation comes against the backdrop of a conflict between the US and Iran. It began with US-Israeli strikes on Iran in late February and later broadened into a regional crisis, involving disruption of traffic in shipping lanes attacks on Gulf countries. The conflict is paused for now, following a fragile ceasefire that continues to be tested. The Corps Commanders’ Conference, while deliberating on the broader regional security environment, “noted that emerging geopolitical developments carry significant implications ...

Players would ​boycott the French Open if their prize money at the claycourt Grand Slam is not increased, women’s world number ‌one Aryna Sabalenka said on Tuesday, with Coco Gauff also voicing support for the drastic step. The threat deepens a dispute between players and Roland Garros organisers over prize money distribution, even though this year’s tournament offers a 9.5 per cent increase to 61.7 million euros ($72.19 million). Several top players released a statement on Monday saying they were set to receive prize money ​that would likely still be less than 15pc of tournament revenue, well short of the 22pc they demanded to match the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) ​and Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) combined 1000 events. When asked how far players might push their demands, Sabalenka told reporters at the ⁠Italian Open: “I think at some point we will boycott it (the tournament), yeah. I feel like that’s going to be the only way to ​fight for our rights. “Let’s see how far we can get, if it’s g...

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar, on Tuesday, reiterated Pakistan’s commitment to further advancing the iron-clad all-weather strategic partnership with China across all sectors.

A special ceremony is scheduled to take place on May 7, 2026, at Peshawar Cricket Stadium to commemorate the first anniversary of Operation Bunyan-un-Marsoos.

The Hajj 2026 operation under the Government Scheme is progressing rapidly, with 35,135 pilgrims having arrived in Saudi Arabia so far.

LAHORE: A woman and her three children were murdered in their house in Multan, police said on Tuesday, adding that the crime scene was staged as a suicide. City Police Officer (CPO) Multan Sadiq Ali Dogar confirmed to the media that the woman and her children were murdered, and it was staged as a suicide. “Certainly, this is not a suicide; this leans more towards murder,” he said. “It was a staged suicide.” The CPO added that evidence was still being collected and that all aspects of the case are under investigation. Initially, Rescue 1122 and police received a call on their helplines reporting that a woman had allegedly hanged herself along with her children in an informal settlement near Mumtazabad Phatak in Multan. However, investigators expressed doubts about the nature of the deaths. A senior police officer, on condition of anonymity, told Dawn that initial findings suggested that the case appeared to be a suspected homicide staged as suicide. He added that evidence collected from the scene indicated tha...

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