. PESHAWAR: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Information, Science and Technology Minister Shafi Jan has strongly condemned the alleged detention of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Secretary General Salman Akram Raja and other party leaders by Islamabad police when they were reportedly stopped from attending the funeral of local PTI leader Ejaz Satti. In a statement issued here, Shafi Jan described…
Officials fear proposed law could increase political control over police postings and operations A photo of KP Police personnel. PHOTO: FILE PESHAWAR: Police officials have expressed serious reservations over the proposed Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Police Bill 2026, fearing that the new legislation could increase political interference in police affairs and undermine the operational and administrative autonomy of…
RAWALPINDI: A decade-long dispute between the Education Department and the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) over 1 acre and 18 kanals of roadside land at Committee Chowk on Murree Road in the centre of the city has finally reached its conclusion, with the FIA vacating and sealing the “Schools Colleges Education Complex” after a major…
Police crack fourfold murder mystery in Surjani Town; arrest family relative over killings of woman, her three childre KARACHI: A routine afternoon at a Surjani Town home turned into a scene of unimaginable horror when, according to police, a woman’s resistance to an attempted sexual assault set off a chain of macabre violence that ended…
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said Pakistan has achieved a 64 per cent reduction in illegal migration towards Europe and reaffirmed the government’s commitment to further strengthening measures against human smuggling and unlawful migration. He made these remarks during separate meetings with Director General of the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) Susanne Raab…
The 5th European Union Film Festival (EUFF) in Pakistan has once again proven that cinema transcends geographical, linguistic, and cultural boundaries. Drawing large, enthusiastic crowds, the festival has wrapped up its vibrant two-day leg in Sialkot on September 16 and 17, following a successful and high-profile opening in the capital. Presented by the European Union…
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Board of Investment Qaiser Ahmed Sheikh held a meeting with US Charge d’Affaires Natalie Baker at the Board of Investment on Thursday to discuss Pakistan-US relations, economic cooperation, trade and investment opportunities, business-to-business linkages and avenues for further strengthening commercial engagement between the two countries. Sheikh emphasised that his primary responsibility…
Reiterates unconditional commitment to Saudi Arabia, says Pakistan stands with Kingdom ‘diplomatically and physically’ Director General Inter-Services Public Relations Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry. Photo: File Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry on Thursday reiterated Pakistan’s “unconditional” commitment to Saudi Arabia, saying the country would “go to any extent” required…
. Pakistan did some plain talking at the UN Security Council when it said that it has every right to defend itself under international law. Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the UN, categorically referred to terrorism emanating from across its western frontier and said that the advent of Taliban had made the Southwest…
Six soldiers are martyred after an IED hits a security forces convoy during operations in K-P Security forces pictured during a patrol. — FILE PHOTO Security forces killed 10 terrorists belonging to the Indian-sponsored Fitna Al-Khawarij in multiple engagements in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa between Sept 15 and 17, while six soldiers embraced martyrdom, the military’s media wing…