PESHAWAR: Three suspected terrorists belonging to the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban’s (TTP) Tipu Gul group were killed in a joint operation by the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) and the police in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Lakki Marwat district last night, police said on Saturday. Aamir Khan, the spokesperson for Lakki Marwat police, said in a statement today that the CTD, in collaboration with the local …
KARACHI: Rescue teams pulled more bodies from the rubble of a five-storey building collapse in Karachi overnight, taking the toll on Saturday to 16 as the recovery operation continued for a second day, The five-storey building on Fida Husain Shaikha Road in Lea Market had already been declared uninhabitable by authorities due to its dilapidated structure, which was further weakened …
ISLAMABAD: A renewed call to make public the proceedings of the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP), under the leadership of Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Yahya Afridi, has once again been rejected — reopening a debate previously settled by the commission during a meeting last year. In the Nov 25, 2024 meeting, senior puisne judge Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah …
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Friday unveiled the “KP Good Governance Roadmap” with a two-year-implementation plan to improve public service delivery and institutional efficiency through an in-built reward and accountability system. “There is always room for improvement and learning,” Chief Minister Ali Amin Khan Gandapur said during the launching ceremony at his official residence here. The event was attended …
ISLAMABAD: Around 350 Afghan students have arrived in Pakistan to pursue studies in top-tier universities across diverse disciplines under the Higher Education Commission’s Allama Muhammad Iqbal Scholarships for Afghan Students. The HEC held a reception to welcome the students at the commission’s Peshawar regional centre, according to a press release issued here. It said that this development marks a significant …
ISLAMABAD: PPP Chairman and former foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Friday said Pakistan had no objection to extraditing “individuals of concern ” to India as a confidence-building measure, as long as New Delhi showed willingness to cooperate in the process. Ties between Pakistan and India have remained tense, further strained after New Delhi, without presenting evidence, blamed Pakistan for …
RAWALPINDI: Thirty terrorists of an “Indian proxy” outfit were killed as they attempted to infiltrate through the Pak-Afghan border in Hassan Khel tehsil of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s North Waziristan district, the military’s media wing said on Friday. Pakistan has witnessed an uptick in terror activities, especially in KP and Balochistan, after the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) ended its ceasefire with the …
KARACHI: The Karachi Police on Friday said they had arrested the primary suspect allegedly involved in the gang-rape of a girl in Ittehad Town. In a statement issued today, Keamari Senior Superintendent of Police Captain (retired) Faizan Ali said that the Ittehad Town Police had registered the gang-rape case a day ago. He said the incident had occurred on July …
ISLAMABAD: The finance ministry on Friday issued notifications for a 10 per cent increase in the salaries of federal government employees, as well as granting Disparity Reduction Allowance (DRA) worth 30pc of basic pay, according to documents seen by Dawn.com. The pay hike was announced as part of the budget for the coming fiscal year, where the salaries of federal …
KARACHI: At least nine people died and seven were injured after a five-storey building collapsed in Karachi’s Lyari area on Friday, officials said. Head of Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Trauma Centre of Dr Ruth Pfau Civil Hospital Karachi, Dr Sabir Memon, told Dawn.com that eight bodies were brought to the centre while one person died during treatment. “Total nine deaths uptil …