. PESHAWAR: The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police on Saturday said it had foiled a potentially major attack after arresting a woman suspected of planning a suicide bomb during a targeted raid in Dera Ismail Khan. Officials said the arrest was made in the Sheikh Yousaf Khema Basti locality following intelligence reports […]
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Police officers walk past the Supreme Court of Pakistan building in Islamabad, Pakistan April 6, 2022. REUTERS ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has declared that freezing a citizen’s Computerized National Identity Card (CNIC) to enforce a money decree is illegal, holding that such action exceeds the powers given to executing courts under the Civil Procedure Code
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PTI Central Secretary General Salman Akram Raja holds a press conference on Sunday. SCREEN GRAB LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is grappling with escalating internal disputes that appear to be rooted in a leadership crisis, with its secretary general emerging as the latest target of criticism from the party. Amid growing unrest, he has reportedly
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Lt Col Shahzada, 43, a resident of Mansehra, and Sepoy Karamat Shah, 28, of Peshawar were martyred in the attack. PHOTO: ISPR RAWALPINDI: An army officer and a soldier embraced martyrdom in a suicide attack in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Bannu district, the military’s media wing said on Saturday. According to Inter-Services Public Relations, a security force convoy
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. ISLAMABAD: Despite registering 31.9 million births at the union council level by 2025, these records are yet to be uploaded to the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA), according to the authority’s latest performance report. The report submitted to the Home Ministry recently notes that NADRA now has 227 million individuals on its central
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The government says it called on the Afghan Taliban to stop cross-border attacks, but no action was taken A Pakistani soldier keeps vigil at the border fence with Afghanistan. PHOTO: AFP/FILE ISLAMABAD: Pakistan carried out intelligence-based strikes against seven terrorist camps along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border following a series of recent suicide bombings, including an attack
Green-lights Rs500m project on Pakistan’s founding fathers to highlight nation’s ideological legacy globally The federal government on Saturday announced plans to produce two historical web series on the life and services of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah and philosopher-poet Allama Muhammad Iqbal to mark their 150th birth anniversary. The decision was taken at a high-level consultative
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Set minimum Zakat al-Fitr and Fidya at Rs300 per person, with the wealthy encouraged to pay according to their means A file photo of noted religious scholar and former chairman of the Ruet-i-Hilal Committee, Mufti Muneeb-ur-Rehman. Renowned religious scholar Mufti Muneeb-ur-Rehman announced the minimum amounts of Zakat al-Fitr (alms), Fidya (compensation for non-fasting) and Kaffara
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CM Murad warns that any attempt to separate Karachi from Sindh will undermine national unity and federal structure Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah addressed the Sindh Assembly session on Saturday while moving a resolution condemning calls for disintegration of Sindh or separation of Karachi. Photo: X The Sindh Assembly on Saturday passed a
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi addresses the Khyber Peace Jirga on Sunday. Photo: X ISLAMABAD: The District and Sessions Court in Islamabad on Saturday upheld the arrest warrants against Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi in a case linked to alleged misleading charges against state institutions. The court noted that the accused was absent and had
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