Pakistan

ISLAMABAD - Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) has been enforcing daily traffic diversions from 7:00 a.

ISLAMABAD - Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) Police have arrested six members of an organized gang allegedly involved in armed robberies, shop robberies and motorcycle thefts, recovering 10 stolen motorcycles, mobile phones and cash worth millions of rupees during a major operation by Shahzad Town Police.

BAHAWALPUR - The Punjab Home Department has ordered the transfer and posting of senior jail official Syed Asad Kamran Wajid with immediate effect.

GUJRAT - The district police Gujrat recovered 82 lost and stolen mobile-phones during June 2026 through the E-Gadget tracking software and returned those to their rightful owners.

FAISALABAD - The Faisalabad Development Authority (FDA) collected Rs.

ZHOB - Three people were killed and four others injured after the roof of a house collapsed near the Nai Abadi area of Zhob district in Balochistan, tv channels reported on Wednesday.

SARGODHA - An Additional Sessions Judge Sargodha on Wednesday sentenced a child rapist to life imprisonment after convicting him in a case registered under FIR No.

VEHARI - The golden jubilee celebrations of district Vehari formally commenced with a prestigious seminar organised at the District Bar Association Vehari on Wednesday.

BAHAWALNAGAR - Three young men died after they tried to rescue a goat from a well here on, police and rescue workers said.

SARGODHA - The Green Electric Bus Service was formally launched in Khushab on Wednesday, marking a major step towards modern, environmentally friendly public transport in the district.

OKARA - District Police Officer (DPO) Okara Dr Assad Ejaz Malhi has said that Okara Police achieved a significant reduction in crime during the first six months of 2026 compared to the corresponding period last year, owing to an effective policing strategy, intelligence-based operations, strict legal action, and strong public cooperation.

ISLAMABAD: In a significant development signaling a marked departure from the established judicial hierarchy, the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) has formally notified separate interview committees to vet candidates for appointment as additional judges in four high courts, with not a single Supreme Court judge included in any of the panels. The notification, issued on Wednesday and obtained by Dawn, invokes Rule 10A of the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (Appointment of Judges) Rules, 2024, and bears the approval of the JCP chairperson — the chief justice of Pakistan. The committees have been tasked with interviewing candidates nominated until July 4, 2026, for the Lahore High Court (LHC), Islamabad High Court (IHC), Sindh High Court (SHC), and Balochistan High Court (BHC). Interestingly, the composition of the four committees, while varying slightly in their judicial members, uniformly draws its judicial strength from either the Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) or the respective high courts, conspicu...

ISLAMABAD: Telenor Pakistan has been formally amalgamated into Pak Telecom Mobile Limited (PTML) from Wednesday, as final statutory approval has been granted by the Islamabad High Court (IHC). Telenor Pakistan has ceased to exist as a separate legal entity, and the amalgamation marks the completion of one of the most significant transactions in the country’s telecommunications history. The merged telecom company is now a wholly owned subsidiary of PTCL and will operate as PTML. Data released by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) shows that by the end of May 2026, there were more than 206 million mobile subscribers, with Jazz remaining the largest telecom operator with 36.42pc of the total mobile subscriber base, followed by Zong with 26.62pc. The combined share of the merged entity now stands at 35.91pc. However, a senior executive of Ufone said that around 4m out of approximately 74m total subscribers of the merged telecom company could leave the network in the coming months. “This is because sub...

The National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) has issued a nationwide alert warning of heavy rainfall and potential flooding in several parts of Pakistan from July 1 to 4, 2026, as an active monsoon system combined with western weather disturbances is expected to intensify rainfall.

LAHORE: Police have registered a case against a contractor and the owners of a tuition centre, the roof of which collapsed on Tuesday, resulting in the death of 14 children. Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Operations Faisal Kamran also confirmed to Dawn that the owners and the contractor who constructed the house where the tuition centre was set up were nominated in the first information report (FIR). The FIR, a copy of which is available with Dawn, was registered on Tuesday under Sections 322 (manslaughter) and 337-H (punishment for hurt by rash or negligent act) of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC). It was registered at the Kahna police station on the complaint of a Lahore Metropolitan Corporation official, Kashif Aslam. The complainant told police that he reached the site of the incident at around 5:15pm, where children were buried under the rubble following the roof collapse at the private tuition centre. After rescue teams were subsequently called in, 14 children were found dead and six others with injuries, ...

Despite several high-profile attacks, Pakistan witnessed a decline in overall anti-state violence and related security incidents during June, according to the Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS). According to PICSS — an Islamabad-based think tank that monitors terrorism, anti-state violence and related security trends — 184 terrorists were killed in operations by Pakistani security forces, accounting for the largest share of the total 262 fatalities. On the other hand, 52 civilians and 26 security forces personnel lost their lives during the month. The breakdown of the injured showed that 63 civilians, 50 security forces personnel, 18 pro-government peace committee members and three terrorists were wounded. Compared with May, fatalities among Pakistani security forces declined by 62 per cent, while civilian deaths dropped by 27pc. Terrorist deaths also registered a 32pc decrease. Among the injured, PICSS recorded a 43pc decline in security forces casualties, a 57pc decrease among civi...

SWAT: A boat carrying tourists capsized at Saifullah Lake in Kalam, Upper Swat, leaving three people dead and seven others injured. According to Rescue 1122, the control room received information about the incident and immediately launched an emergency response. Rescue teams and ambulances were dispatched to the scene without delay. Initial reports said several people were missing after the accident. However, as rescue operations continued, it was confirmed that three people had died while seven others sustained injuries. Preliminary information indicates that the tourists aboard the boat belonged to Punjab province. Rescue 1122 teams reached the remote accident site, provided first aid to the injured, and shifted them along with the deceased to Kalam Hospital via ambulances for further treatment and necessary procedures. Woman swept away by flash flood In a separate incident, a woman lost her life after being swept away by a flash flood while accompanying her daughter to a seminary in Puran tehsil of Shangla...

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Wednesday said Pakistan and China were entering a new phase of economic cooperation under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) 2.

PESHAWAR: PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan on Wednesday said that his party was not holding talks with the government at the moment and that matters had not progressed beyond the offer of negotiations. Talking to reporters on the premises of the Peshawar High Court (PHC), Gohar said, “It is now the responsibility of those who hold authority to respond to PTI’s offer.” He added that the Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly, Mahmood Khan Achakzai, had shown magnanimity by shaking hands with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and offering talks with the government. “If anyone takes this offer as our weakness, they are mistaken,” he said. The PTI chairman said that the party would decide on the upcoming elections in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) within the next two days, adding that it had not made any decision to boycott the polls. He added that a notification circulating on social media regarding the PTI’s boycott of the elections was “fake”. Regarding differences within the party in Khyber Pakhtunk...

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