Pakistan

QUETTA - A court in Quetta has remanded a woman to the Serious Crime Investigation Wing for two days in connection with the double murder case in Sanjidi involving her daughter, Bano Bibi.

PARIS: France will recognise a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly in September, President Emmanuel Macron announced on Thursday. “True to its historic commitment to a just and lasting peace in the Middle East, I have decided that France will recognise the state of Palestine. I will make a formal announcement at the United Nations General Assembly in September,” the French head of state wrote on X and Instagram. Including France, Palestinian statehood is now recognised by 142 countries, though Israel and the United States strongly oppose recognition. France would be the most significant European power to recognise a Palestinian state. “The urgent priority today is to end the war in Gaza and rescue the civilian population,” Macron wrote. “We must finally build the state of Palestine, ensure its viability and enable it, by accepting its demilitarisation and fully recognising Israel, to contribute to the security of all in the Middle East.” PA welcomes intent Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Army Major Major Zeeyyad Salim Awal and Sepoy Nazam Hussain embraced martyrdom during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Mastung district of Balochistan.

PESHAWAR - Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister (CM) Ali Amin Gandapur has stated that the province will no longer tolerate the presence of so-called ‘Good Taliban’, and a decision has been made to eliminate them entirely from the region.

ISLAMABAD - Senate Chairman Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani met with a 90-member delegation of the Tribal Jirga led by Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Faisal Karim Kundi at the Parliament House on Thursday.

ISLAMABAD - The top election regulatory authority yesterday rejected the allegation regarding pre-marked ballot papers were handed to MPs by the polling staff during the Senate polls in KPK.

ISLAMABAD - The lower court of Islamabad on Thursday turned down a request to let the Advocate General record a statement on behalf of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister (CM) Ali Amin Gandapur in a case related to alleged liquor and illegal weapons recovery.

ISLAMABAD - The opposition alliance ‘Tehreek-e-Tahafuz-e-Ayeen-e-Pakistan (TTAP)’ has announced to convene a two-day Multi-party Conference (MPC) in Islamabad from July 31, to openly discuss Pakistan’s deepening constitutional and political crises.

ISLAMABAD - The Senate on Thursday passed a resolution urging the government to ensure an immediate and transparent investigation into the recent public execution of a man and a woman in broad daylight in Balochistan, in name of so-called honour, under a verdict by a jirga.

ISLAMABAD - An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Islamabad on Thursday cancelled arrest warrant issued for Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Omar Ayub Khan in connection with a PTI protest held in October last year.

ISLAMABAD - Ambassador of China to Pakistan, Jiang Zaidong, called on President Asif Ali Zardari at Aiwan-e-Sadr and discussed matters of bilateral importance.

ISLAMABAD - Chairman Senate Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani on Thursday administered the oath to eight newly elected members of the Upper House and obtained their signatures, marking their formal induction into the Senate.

ISLAMABAD - The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Thursday suspended a single bench’s order of directing the government to constitute a commission within 30 days to probe blasphemy cases.

NEWLY elected PTI senators Mirza Muhammad Afridi, Noor ul Haq Qadri and Faisal Javed take oath.—White Star • Resolution rejects justification for such crimes on cultural grounds • House passes Whistleblower Protection Commission Bill, okays 20pc reward for exposing corruption • Navy Ordinance amended with stricter penalties for misconduct • Eight new senators sworn in ISLAMABAD: Alarmed by a brutal act of vigilante justice in Balochistan, where a man and woman were executed in broad daylight under a jirga verdict in the name of “honour”, the Senate on Thursday called for an immediate and transparent investigation to bring all perpetrators — inclu­ding those who convened or sanctioned the jirga — to justice. In a resolution adopted almost unanimously, the Senate declared that so-called honour killings were not “honourable”, rather constituted murder under the law and must be prosecuted as such. The resolution, tabled by PPP parliamentary leader Senator Sherry Rehman, was supported by all parties across the ais...

Three terrorists also killed in Balochistan IBO; Two LEA men embraced martyrdom in K-P

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LAHORE: The Punjab Land Records Authority (PLRA) has officially announced a new schedule of service charges for the fiscal year 2025–26, effective immediately, under the authority granted by the PLRA Act 2017. The updated fee structure aims to enhance service delivery, ensure financial stability, and promote transparency in land-related services across the province. On July […]

France will recognise a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly in September, President Emmanuel Macron announced on Thursday. “True to its historic commitment to a just and lasting peace in the Middle East, I have decided that France will recognise the State of Palestine. I will make a formal announcement at the United Nations […]