ISLAMABAD: The Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) on Tuesday ruled that its earlier direction cautioning against any law and order situation in a case relating to the alleged mobilisation of the ‘Imran Khan Release Force’ remains in force. A three-judge FCC bench, headed by Chief Justice Aminuddin Khan, made the observation after Advocate Ali Nawaz Kharral, counsel...
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July 29, 2026July 29, 2026World
Rescuers in Japan haul survivors from collapsed mall as earthquake toll rises to 13
Rescuers were frantically searching on Wednesday for survivors of a 7.1-magnitude earthquake that shook southern Japan, killing at least 13 people, knocking out power to thousands of homes and rupturing roads across the region. Eight people were pulled from the rubble of a partially collapsed shopping mall near the city of Kumamoto that was torn apart by an apparent...
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July 28, 2026July 28, 2026Pakistan
Five-member body formed to investigate HIV outbreak at another SESSI-run hospital in Karachi
KARACHI: Following the screening of 2,000 people near a Sindh Employees’ Social Security Institution (SESSI)-run hospital in Landhi, which has so far identified 10 HIV-positive cases, a committee has been formed to conduct a comprehensive inquiry to ascertain the exact number and nature of HIV cases within seven days, it emerged on Monday. According to a...
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July 28, 2026July 28, 2026World
Iran tops agenda as Netanyahu due to meet Trump
JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu left for Washington on Monday, where he said he would meet US President Donald Trump for their first face-to-face talks since the start of their conflict with Iran. It will be Netanyahu’s eighth meeting with Trump since Trump returned to office, and their first since February, right before Israel and the...
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July 27, 2026July 27, 2026Pakistan
President, PM, others return gifts to Toshakhana
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar and other federal cabinet members received dozens of gifts from foreign dignitaries this year, with the items being deposited in Toshakhana. The information ministry recently issued details of gifts received by the premier, deputy premier and other officials over the past...
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July 27, 2026July 27, 2026Pakistan
Five tankers torched on Quetta-Taftan Highway
QUETTA: A group of armed men blocked the Quetta-Taftan Highway in Chagai district and set fire to at least five oil tankers heading towards Taftan on Sunday. Police officials, while confirming the incident, said that over a dozen suspected terrorists blocked the N-40 highway at Nokcha, intercepted five oil tankers and completely burnt them. “The...
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July 27, 2026July 27, 2026World
FO condemns Indian minister’s remarks on Kashmir issue, warns against underestimating resolve to thwart ‘any adventurism’
The Foreign Office (FO) has condemned Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s “highly provocative and irresponsible comments” regarding the Kashmir dispute, saying that the neighbouring country must not underestimate Pakistan’s resolve to “thwart any Indian adventurism”. On Sunday, Singh had stated that there would be “no talks with Pakistan”. According to the Times of India, he went...
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July 27, 2026July 27, 2026World
FO condemns Indian minister’s remarks on Kashmir issue, warns against underestimating resolve to thwart ‘any adventurism’
The Foreign Office (FO) has condemned Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s “highly provocative and irresponsible comments” regarding the Kashmir dispute, saying that the neighbouring country must not underestimate Pakistan’s resolve to “thwart any Indian adventurism”. On Sunday, Singh had stated that there would be “no talks with Pakistan”. According to the Times of India, he went...
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July 26, 2026July 26, 2026World
US holds fire against Iran as reports of concerns over dwindling munitions emerge
Iran passed another night without US airstrikes between Saturday and Sunday, as Washington paused a war nearing its fifth month and reports emerged that concerns over dwindling munitions were restraining plans for further escalation. The lull has revived hopes of a return to negotiations after nearly two weeks of consecutive nightly US bombardments, although US...
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July 26, 2026July 26, 2026World
Russia, Ukraine step up attacks, take 16 lives
MOSCOW: At least 16 people were killed in Ukrainian and Russian strikes on Saturday, in a deadly fifth summer of war as both sides intensify attacks, with diplomacy at a deadlock. Ukrainian drones also targeted a Siberian oil refinery and the Urals city of Yekaterinburg, escalating strikes deep inside Russia — which it says are aimed...