RAWALPINDI: The Rawalpindi Ring Road project worth Rs47 billion will be ready in the first week of July as asphalt work on the 38-km-long road has been completed. Talking to Dawn, Deputy Project Director Ashfaq Sulheri said the construction work on Ring Road was almost complete and “we will inform the Punjab government about the completion…

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SARGODHA: Angry mob vandalised the shop where eight-year-old Muntaha Zahra was killed on June 22. The youngsters destroyed the entire structure of the shop, Hanif Kiryana Store and in various videos circulating on social media, they are seen throwing the merchandise out on the road. They attempted to set the shop on fire too. Police have reportedly…

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• Dozens of families displaced as homes, roads and farmland suffer extensive damage• PMD issues Glof alert, while NEOC warns of landslide risk in mountainous and upper regions GILGIT: Cloudburst-induced floods wrea­ked havoc in Thore Valley of Diamer district on Saturday, while rapidly melting glaciers continued to raise water levels in rivers and streams across…

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The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Saturday suspended with “immediate effect” Geo News’ licence for 15 days over airing a special transmission that the body said was “liable to hurt the religious sentiments of viewers”. In an order addressed to the chief executive officer of Independent Media Corporation (IMC) on June 28, Pemra said…

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ISLAMABAD: A majority of Pakistani people support bringing social media influencers into the country’s tax net but believe the government should adopt a balanced approach that protects small digital creators and encourages the growth of the digital economy, according to findings from a survey conducted by the Press Network of Pakistan. The findings of the nationwide online…

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Medical Association (PMA), on National HIV Testing Day, has called for an urgent, coordinated nationwide effort to expand confidential HIV testing, eliminate social and institutional stigma, and fix healthcare infrastructure. The representative body of medical fraternity, PMA has highlighted a dramatic escalation in the crisis: over 84,000 cases are registered nationwide, but experts…

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RAWALPINDI: The military’s media affairs wing said on Sat­u­r­­day that eight terrorists were kil­­led in two “high-tempo” intellig­ence operations in Baloch­is­t­a­n’s Kharan and Mastung districts. Meanwhile, security forces kil­­­­­led at least seven terrorists in an operation in Khyber Pakhtun­kh­wa’s Bannu, security sources said. In a statement, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that the “intelligence-driven” operations…

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• Rs56m arms licence receipts ‘not deposited’ in treasury• 399-page report exposes procedural violations across several ministries ISLAMABAD: A 399-page Auditor Gen­eral of Pakistan report has identified serious financial irregularities, non-reco­veries and procedural violations across several federal ministries and departments, with the Mi­­nistry of Interior and Narcotics Control recording the highest number of audit observations.…

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Minister for Maritime Affairs Junaid Anwar Chaudhry on Sunday said the Karachi Port Trust (KPT) has achieved the highest annual cargo handling volume in its 138-year history. Pakistani ports, including the KPT, have emerged as a safe trading hub in recent months due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz amid the US-Iran war. Global shipping…

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Pakistani Rangers in Sindh foiled an attack on one of their camps in Karachi after militants linked to a banned group attempted to breach the facility, officials said on Sunday. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations, the assault was carried out by militants from the banned group Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, an Indian proxy. The attackers reportedly detonated…

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