QUETTA: Police have been placed on high alert across Balochistan following an attack on a police station and Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) offices in Kharan by armed men who entered the city late on Saturday night. Sources said the attackers stormed the city police station, ransacked official records and set the building on fire. They also...
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Abu Dhabi World Jiu-Jitsu Championship: Pakistan Wins 2 Gold Medal to Create History
Pakistani athletes have delivered an outstanding performance at the Abu Dhabi World Jiu-Jitsu Championship, securing 2 Gold and 1 Bronze medal for the country. Participating for the first time in the Masters category at the championship held in Abu Dhabi, Pakistan scripted history by winning 2 Gold medals in its very first attempt. The maiden...
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Activists held in Lahore for holding pro-Kashmir demonstration
LAHORE: Activists of the Haqooq-i-Khalq Party were arrested on Friday while holding a peaceful demonstration outside the press club to show solidarity with the Joint Action Committee of AJK. However, a party spokesperson says that all the detainees have been released on the condition that there will be no demonstration on Saturday (today). Activist Farooq...
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At least 32 killed after coal mine explosion near Quetta; search under way for 2 miners
QUETTA: Rescue teams recovered 32 bodies overnight from two coal mines in the Sorange coalfield near Quetta after a methane gas explosion, while the search for two more miners was under way on Friday The explosion occurred on Thursday at a private coal mine in the Sorange coalfield, about 30 kilometres northeast of Quetta. The methane gas...
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CTD arrests two ‘RAW agents’ with IEDs in Okara
SAHIWAL: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) claimed to have arrested two suspected agents of Indian intelligence agency, Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), near the Western Bypass, Okara, late on Wednesday night. According to CTD sources, Under Officer Fida Hussain, along with his team, was on mobile duty when he received information about the presence of...
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9 cops martyred, 28 injured as police checkpost comes under attack in KP’s Hangu
PESHAWAR: Nine cops, including a deputy superintendent of police (DSP), were martyred and 28 others were injured after terrorists attacked the Khazina Banda checkpost in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Hangu district late on Wednesday. A statement issued by KP Inspector General (IG) Zulfiqar Hameed said that the checkpost was attacked by Fitna al Khawarij, a term the state uses...
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9 cops martyred, 28 injured as police checkpost comes under attack in KP’s Hangu
PESHAWAR: Nine cops, including a deputy superintendent of police (DSP), were martyred and 28 others were injured after terrorists attacked the Khazina Banda checkpost in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Hangu district late on Wednesday. A statement issued by KP Inspector General (IG) Zulfiqar Hameed said that the checkpost was attacked by Fitna al Khawarij, a term the state uses...
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AJK police accuse JAAC of working under an ‘agenda’, say sophisticated weapons seized from arrested suspects
Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Police on Wednesday accused the proscribed Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) of working under an “agenda”, saying that sophisticated weapons had been seized from arrested suspects. Addressing a press conference, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Khawar Ali Shaukat alleged that the incidents in Rawalakot had demonstrated that the organisation’s narrative of peaceful...
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Trump, Zelensky discuss Patriot deal, revival of talks with Russia
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday discussed efforts to revive peace talks with Russia and a deal to allow Ukraine to make US-made Patriot missile interceptors. Zelensky held a private meeting with Trump in the Oval Office, in the absence of reporters. The visit offered Zelensky an opportunity to...
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FCC says earlier order in Imran’s release case remains in force
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...