Pakistan

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Overspeeding, signal violations to carry heavy fines, license suspension risk

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Jamshoro police file case after petition submitted against SSP, SHO

Green Belt Girls College in Mehmoodabad poses grave risk to hundreds of students

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Parliamentary Affairs Minister Tariq Fazal Chaudhry on Friday night announced that the final round of negotiations with the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) had begun and an agreement was slated to be signed soon, in a bid to end ongoing unrest in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK). Talks between the JAAC, the AJK government and federal ministers over elite privileges and reserved seats for refugees broke down last week. Rival groups have since staged protests, trading blame for violence that marred what began as a largely peaceful movement in AJK. Fierce clashes between protesters and law enforcers have left at least 10 people dead and scores critically injured in the territory. A fresh round of talks between a high-level government delegation and a civil society alliance was held yesterday, followed by another one today. Chaudhry, who is in Muzaffarabad as part of the federal government’s delegation, took to X and stated that matters between the two sides had been settled. “[The] final agreement is expected to...

Chairman of the Prime Minister’s Youth Programme (PMYP), Rana Mashhood Ahmad Khan, said that in the “Maarka-e-Haq”, Pakistan Armed forces not only dealt a decisive blow to the enemy, but also proved our superiority in technology and combat skills over India.

The Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) has formally approved the participation of a 53-member Pakistani contingent in the 3rd Asian Youth Games, scheduled to be held in Bahrain from October 22 to 31.

Inflated purchases, fake records and shell companies emerge in damning report

Lawyers say social media fuels rise in runaway marriages, separations

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JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman expresses solidarity with media community

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Policymakers, industry leaders and academics chart way forward on National AI Policy

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The depression over northeast Arabian Sea has intensified into a cyclonic storm “Shakhti” and now lay centered at around 360km south of Karachi, according to a notification issued by the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) on Friday. “It is likely to move west-northwestwards initially and likely to further intensify into severe cyclonic storm during next 24 hours. Thereafter it is likely to move west-southwestwards and reach over central north Arabian Sea,” it added. Under its influence, wind-thunderstorm and rain of light to moderate intensity is expected in Tharparker, Umerkot, Badin, Thatta, Sujawal, Tando Muhammad Khan, Hyderabad, Matiari, and Jamshoro districts, as well as at isolated places in Karachi division, as per PMD’s notification. Hot and dry weather is likely to prevail elsewhere in the province. The notification stated that sea conditions are likely to remain “rough to very rough” with “squally winds of 40 to 50 gusting 55 km/hour near Sindh coast”. It also advised fishermen not to venture...