The district administration cites severe financial constraints as the markets are wound down RAWALPINDI Due to severe financial and economic crisis, the district administration has decided not to set up subsidized Ramazan bazaars in Rawalpindi Division this year. Ramazan and Friday bazaars were first launched during the era of former President General Ziaul Haq in […]
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UN agency calls killing of children ‘unconscionable’ as authorities arrest five suspects linked to Daesh Paramilitary soldiers guard the site after a deadly explosion at an imambargah on the outskirts of Islamabad February 6, 2026. PHOTO: REUTERS The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has condemned the deadly attack on an imambargah in Islamabad. “UNICEF strongly
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Containers, prison vans, police forces deployed on main routes across Pindi division RAWALPINDI: When the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Rawalpindi division announced a complete strike and demonstrations to be held in the evening, the police moved in to enforce Section 144. Deputy Commissioner Hassan Waqar Cheema immediately moved to ban rallies, sloganeering, aerial firing under Section
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RAWALPINDI: Customs officials recovered gold and silver worth over Rs 880 million from two passengers who arrived from Dubai at Islamabad International Airport on Saturday. The suspects were intercepted using scanning machines installed in the international arrivals lounge. According to airport sources, a private airline’s flight No. 785 arrived in Islamabad from Dubai at 9
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Describing the aftermath of the attack, Kazim said uninjured worshipers went to the aid of the injured People cry next to the coffins of their relatives during funeral prayers a day after a suicide bombing at an imambargah in Islamabad. Photo: AFP ISLAMABAD: A worshiper at the Imambargah in Islamabad, where dozens of people died
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ISLAMABAD: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) plans to redesign all currency notes with modern security features and is also considering introducing plastic currency notes on a trial basis, Governor Jameel Ahmad of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has said. Ahmad told a parliamentary committee that the SBP board has finalized designs for all
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Three others also arrested from KP; Naqvi points finger at India; Says terrorist networks operate from Afghanistan People attend funeral prayers for the victims of Friday’s suicide blast at an Imambargah in Islamabad. Photo: REUTERS ISLAMABAD: As the death toll from the suicide bombing at the Islamabad imambargah rose to 35, the government announced a
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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 finally broken its silence and responded to PTI’s memorandum in which the party urged the apex court to intervene to ensure that jailed PTI founder Imran Khan is allowed to meet his family
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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif addresses the Federal Cabinet on February 4, 2026. SCREENGRAB ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has approved 24 key diplomatic appointments and transfers in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, including the appointment of Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Tahir Hussain Andrabi as Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations and the appointment of a
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. Shaikh Waqas Akram said that the first phase of the civil disobedience movement is underway and it is targeting Pakistanis living abroad. PHOTO: WIKIMEDIA COMMONS ISLAMABAD: A sharp war of words erupted on Saturday between the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) after a press conference by the federal information
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