The Punjab government has approved the restoration and release of loan funds for river management and flood protection projects, paving the way for the resumption of key schemes aimed at reducing flood risks across the province. the decision removes financial obstacles that had delayed several flood protection projects and is expected to accelerate work on…

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Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, accompanied by Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry, visited the Islamabad Safe City Headquarters on Friday and chaired a special meeting to review progress on the Safe City Expansion Project, directing officials to complete the ambitious initiative by September 30. During the briefing, officials informed the minister that overall work…

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A meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Law and Justice was held under the chair of Senator Farooq H. Naek in Islamabad on Friday.  The meeting held a detailed review of NAB’s performance, powers, corruption cases, and the accountability system. NAB Chairman Lt General (r) Nazir Ahmed Butt appeared before the committee and answered…

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Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said the system has failed, calling for free and fair elections in Azad Kashmir and urging the government to resolve political issues through dialogue. Bilawal urged the government and political forces to avoid confrontation, saying the country needed unity and consensus instead of political infighting. “This…

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LAHORE: Two women arrested by Lahore’s Township police in connection with an alleged fraud case died while in police custody under mysterious circumstances, prompting allegations of custodial torture from their families and calls for a thorough investigation. The deceased, identified as Anmol and Amina, were relatives and had been taken into custody on August 4.…

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KARACHI: The exhumation process for the body of young businessman Mir Raza, whose death in Karachi’s Gulistan-e-Johar area has remained shrouded in mystery, ran into another controversy on Friday after the deceased’s family rejected changes made to the medical board overseeing the process for the third time. The family refused to allow the exhumation to…

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 Jamaat-i-Islami chief Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman announced Thursday that his party would hold sit-ins at 510 points nationwide against the petroleum levy, with key inter-district roads set to be blocked from 4pm on Friday (today) as part of what he called a peaceful protest against fuel prices and inflation. Speaking at a rally organised by the party’s…

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ISLAMABAD: An AirBlue flight, PA 703, carrying the bodies of foreign mountaineers killed in an avalanche on Broad Peak arrived at Islamabad Airport on Friday, with the bodies now being offloaded from the aircraft. The bodies have now been shifted from Islamabad Airport to Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) Hospital, where they will be…

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RIYADH/KARACHI/ANKARA: Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan will sign a joint defence agreement in Mecca on Friday, sources with knowledge of the matter said, amid regional turmoil with Gulf states coming under fire from Iran after it was attacked by the US and Israel. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif along with a strong delegation is already…

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ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court Justice Musarrat Hilali retired from her position on Friday, with a full court reference held under the chair Chief Justice Yahya Afridi . Nine judges attended the reference at the Supreme Court’s principal seat, while four judges joined from Karachi and three from Lahore via video link. At the reference, a message…

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