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Six Terrorists Killed When Infiltration Buddled

Rawalpindi: Security forces have neutralized six terrorists in the Zhob district while trying to infiltrate Balochistan through the border along Afghanistan, the military’s media wing said on Thursday. According to a statement issued by Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), ” [the] The night of 22/23 January was the movement of a group of Khwarij, who tried […]

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Government demands answers after Cambridge paper leak

KARACHI: The Inter-Board Coordination Commission (IBCC) has taken strong exception to keeping the federal government in the dark over the investigation into the question paper leak, and has written a strongly worded letter to Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) asking it to share the results of the investigation by January 23 at the latest. In the

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CPNE rejects the PECA bill

KARACHI: The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) has rejected the Prevention of Electronic Crimes (Amendment Bill 2025) Bill, tabled by the federal government in the National Assembly, due to the absence of prior consultation with stakeholders. In a joint statement, the president, general secretary and other officials of the CPNE said the government should

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IT vital for development, says Aurangzeb

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb, while addressing a high-level panel discussion at the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Thursday, highlighted the vital role of information technology in Pakistan’s development and stability. Aurangzeb emphasized that Pakistan had made significant vertical progress in IT and was home to the third largest population of freelancers, which he

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The court in Paris sentences Pakistani man to 30 years for the attack on Charlie Hebdo in 2020

Listen to the article A Paris court on Thursday sentenced a Pakistani man to 30 years in prison for trying to murder two people outside Charlie Hebdo’s former office in 2020 with a meat cleaver. When he carried out the attack, 29-year-old Zaheer Mahmood mistakenly believed the satirical newspaper was still based in the building,

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Tarar claims the government was considering ‘middle ground’ on PTI’s demands

Listen to the article Information Minister Attaullah Tarar criticized the PTI’s decision to call off the talks, stating that the government was considering a “middle way” by proposing a committee instead of a judicial commission. “There is no need to set up a commission… we considered a middle ground to take things forward,” Tarar said

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Journalists reject PECA changes, call for repeal

Listen to the article Journalist organizations across Pakistan have strongly opposed recent amendments to the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA), expressing concern over the lack of consultation and its implications for press freedom. A Joint Action Committee, consisting of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS), Council of Pakistan Newspaper

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Government urges PTI to reconsider ending talks

Listen to the article The government has expressed disappointment over Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) decision to call off ongoing talks and urged the former ruling party to reconsider its position as the deadline for key talks nears. In a statement on Thursday, Irfan Siddiqui, a spokesman for the government’s negotiating committee, called the PTI’s move “unfortunate”

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