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Search at Gul Plaza enters fifth day, 60 bodies have been found so far

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Authorities begin clearing debris as families wait for news of missing loved ones Rescue workers search through the debris using excavators after a massive fire at a mall in Karachi. Photo: AFP KARACHI: The search operation at the fire-ravaged Gul Plaza building in Karachi entered its fifth day on Thursday. Rescue teams have conducted searches […]

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Imaan Mazari, husband spent second night in IHC Bar office fearing arrest

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Lawyers reject large police presence and demand fair trial in cases against activist couples Human rights lawyer and social activist Imaan Mazari and her husband Hadi Ali Chattha. Photo file ISLAMABAD: Rights activist and lawyer Imaan Mazari and her husband, Hadi Ali Chattha, spent a second consecutive night at the office of Islamabad High Court

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Immunization drive in KP achieves over 90% coverage in high-risk urban areas

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PESHAWAR: More than 108,000 under-immunized children have been vaccinated across Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa through effective planning and coordinated implementation of the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) and its district teams with over 90% coverage in high-risk urban areas and significantly reduced immunity gap, an official said on Thursday. KP EPI director Dr. Mehtab Khan said the immunization

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President Approves Confirmation, Extension of Additional Judges in Three High Courts

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President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday approved the confirmation and extension of tenure of additional judges of the High Courts of Sindh, Lahore and Peshawar in accordance with the recommendations of the Judicial Commission of Pakistan and on the advice of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. For the Sindh High Court, the President approved the confirmation

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PTA says IHC X rejected most requests to suspend Imran Khan’s account

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The regulator says it has approached the platform three times since 2022; court marks lack of access to lawyer for jailed PTI founder ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority told the Islamabad High Court on Thursday that it had approached X on three occasions over the past three-and-a-half years to ask for the suspension of jailed

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Ban on aerial firing, fireworks ahead of Shab-e-Barat

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RAWALPINDI: Ahead of Shab-e-Barat, the District Magistrate has imposed a ban across Rawalpindi on aerial firing, fireworks, fireworks, sparklers, riding motorcycles on roads and riding motorcycles without silencers to create loud noise in streets, neighborhoods and markets. All SHOs across the district have been ordered to register cases, make arrests and seize motorcycles in case

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KU draws a line in the sand to protect its turf

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Karachi University has taken decisive measures to protect its campus land and prevent future encroachments, reaffirming its commitment to protecting one of the city’s greatest educational spaces. The move comes after the cancellation of a controversial No Objection Certificate (NOC) for an illegally constructed petrol pump on the university premises. In a meeting with Vice-Chancellor

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‘New Delhi intent on weaponizing water’

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ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Water Resources has told the National Assembly that India’s continued silence on the Indus Waters Treaty is increasingly attracting international attention. In a written reply submitted to the lower house, the ministry said India unilaterally suspended the 1960 river-sharing treaty in April 2025 following a militant attack in held Kashmir. According

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Authorities’ failure in spotlight as murders of at least 98 journalists go unsolved since 1992: report

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IBA-CEJ hosts screening of documentary pointing out legal loopholes in journalist Zakir Hussain Dahar’s murder IBA faculty member and senior journalist Shahzeb Ahmed speaks at the screening of a documentary highlighting the legal loopholes in the murder of journalist Zakir Hussain Dahar, during an event at CEJ-IBA on Wednesday. Photo: Express On January 1, 2014,

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