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North Waziristan teacher recovers from abduction linked to Aina Wazir’s cricket video

Abduction underscores growing friction between digital expressions, tribal traditions in North Waziristan Zafran Wazir after his recovery from TTP captivity. PHOTO: EXPRESS PESHAWAR: A school teacher in North Waziristan has been recovered safely after being abducted by gunmen, days after he shared a viral video of a young girl playing cricket that sparked both admiration […]

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Gandapur indicted in audio leak case as Islamabad court suspends orders

PTI leader appears before judge; the trial as a declared perpetrator dropped, the hearing set for April 6 Former Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur. Photo: File ISLAMABAD: A District and Sessions Court in Islamabad on Friday indicted former Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur and co-accused Asad Farooq Khan in the audio leak

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IHC seeks answers on Imaan Mazari, Hadi Ali Chattha appeals in controversial tweet case

Mazari and Chattha have contested the conviction on 24 January before the High Court Lawyer and human rights activist Imaan Mazari and her husband, lawyer Hadi Ali Chattha. PHOTO: EXPRESS ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Saturday issued a written order in the controversial tweets case, issuing notices of appeals filed against the convictions of

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Blocking CNIC to enforce court decree violates right to life, rules SC

Justice Muneeb Akhtar issues three-page judgment overturning SHC order, says identity card basic necessity ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has declared the Sindh High Court’s order to withhold a citizen’s national identity card illegal to enforce a court judgment, holding that depriving a citizen of a computerized national identity card (CNIC) is tantamount to depriving the

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PHC orders answers over ‘disappearances’ in Peshawar, Mardan

The Peshawar High Court on Saturday issued writ orders on petitions seeking recovery of missing persons from Peshawar and Mardan. PHC Justice SM Atiq Shah passed the orders on the writ applications. According to the court, five persons disappeared from the jurisdiction of Khazana police station in Peshawar. The missing persons were identified as Muhammad

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The unity government demanded

Fawad Chaudhry. PHOTO: FILE ISLAMABAD: The National Dialogue Committee (NDC), a platform led by former PTI leaders, on Friday proposed forming a national unity government comprising all political parties to pull the country out of the current political impasse. At a press conference, NDC members Fawad Chaudhry and Mahmood Molvi, along with former minister Muhammad

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Sharjeel makes hate speeches in the Governor House

The Sindh minister also criticized inappropriate references to government institutions during the event PPP leader Sharjeel Memon. PHOTO: PPI/FILE KARACHI: Sindh Senior Minister and Information Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon strongly condemned the hateful and linguistically biased speeches delivered at a recent ceremony at the Governor’s House, describing the choice of words and ideas as deeply

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