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Police seek to arrest Parvez Elahi in late-night raid

LAHORE: Anti-corruption and police officials raided the residence of PTI President Chaudhry Parvez Elahi in Lahore to arrest him late on Friday night. The raiding team used an armoured vehicle to break open the main gate of the former Punjab chief minister’s Gulberg residence and arrested 12 people, mostly his employees, from the house. Female...

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Pakistan and the world at risk as climate change continue to accelerate

Climate change is causing a range of environmental and social impacts, including water scarcity, crop failures, and increased frequency and intensity of natural disasters such as floods and droughts. Pakistan is particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change due to its geographical location, high population density, and dependence on agriculture. One of the most...

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NAB approver retracts statement against Shehbaz Sharif in Ashiana case

LAHORE: A former Lahore Development Authority (LDA) chief engineer, who previously became an approver of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in a reference to the Ashiana-i-Iqbal Housing Scheme against Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and others, retracted his prior statement on Tuesday. “My prior statement was made under duress,” Israr Saeed responded to PM Shahbaz’s counsel’s...

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Pink isn’t just a colour, it’s a bus!

KARACHI: The theme was pink and the slogan ‘women empowerment’ as the Sindh Mass Transit Authority succeeded in making all the women in the city smile by inaugurating a safe, convenient, affordable and comfortable Pink People’s Bus Service at Frere Hall here on Wednesday. Initially eight buses have been introduced that will operate on a...

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Parvez Elahi claims his residence in Gujrat raided by police

Former Punjab chief minister Parvez Elahi has claimed that his residence in Gujrat was raided by police in the early hours of Wednesday morning. “Police raided our house in Gujrat, the Zahoor Elahi Palace, at 4:30am today. They harassed our employees, including women, and then fled when a number of people gathered,” he said on Geo...

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At least 30 martyred, over 90 injured in Peshawar mosque suicide blast

PESHAWAR: A powerful suicide blast inside a mosque in Peshawar’s Police Lines area on Monday martyred 30 people while more than 90 others were injured, said security and health officials. Imam Masjid Police Line Qari Sahibzada Nurul Amin was also martyred. According to security officials, the suicide attacker was in the front row during the...