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Lahore Police recover foreign women forcefully kept in Defence area
LAHORE: Police in a raid in Lahore’s Defence-C area recovered two foreign national women being forcefully kept in the locality. Chief Minister of Punjab had given the task to police for recovering the foreign women after receiving a kidnapping complaint from Holland on 15. Police within a span of two hours conducted a raid and…
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Govt moves to curb tree cutting in Kirthar National Park
JAMSHORO: In a move to curb the menace of tree cutting and smuggling of timber in Kirthar National Park, the administration has come into action. After ADC Tariq Kaka’s letter to the chief secretary, Sindh’s Forest, Wildlife and police departments have been issued orders for strict action against timber thieves. A committee has been constituted…
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580kg of human placentas aimed for anti-ageing injections seized at airport: FIA
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Thursday revealed that nearly 580 kilograms of human placentas were seized at an airport during an investigation into an alleged organ smuggling network involving Chinese nationals in Pakistan. The disclosure came during the hearing of the case before a district and sessions court in Islamabad, which extended the…
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Blasphemy case: WhatsApp group admins, members not liable for posts shared by others, rules LHC
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) has issued important legal guidelines on criminal liability in cases involving blasphemous content shared in WhatsApp groups, ruling that group administrators and members cannot automatically be held responsible for posts made by other participants. Justice Tariq Saleem Sheikh made the observations while dismissing the post-arrest bail petition of Syed…
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Where do US, Iran talks stand after Doha negotiations: What we know
DOHA: Iran and the United States concluded a round of indirect talks in Doha, mediators said Thursday, as efforts continued to advance negotiations and lower tensions following recent exchanges of fire. In June, Washington and Tehran agreed a memorandum of understanding, brokered by Qatar and Pakistan, which included a 60-day ceasefire pausing the war that…
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At least 10 killed as Russian missile, drone strikes hit residential areas in Kyiv
KYIV: At least 10 people were killed and more than 50 others wounded on Thursday after Russian forces launched a wave of drone and missile strikes targeting residential buildings in the Ukrainian capital, officials said. The overnight bombardment, described as the worst attack on the country since mid-June, prompted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to cut…
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Israeli Knesset advances bill to ban call to prayer on loudspeakers
WEB DESK: Israel’s parliament has advanced a bill that seeks to ban the Muslim call to prayer (Azaan) over loudspeakers, a move that has drawn condemnation from Palestinian officials, who say it infringes on the right to freedom of worship. the 120-member Knesset approved the proposed legislation in its preliminary reading on Wednesday by 50…
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Iran warns US, Israel against ‘any aggression’ as Tehran prepares for Khamenei’s funeral
DUBAI: Iran has issued a stern warning to the United States and Israel against any aggression as it prepares for the state funeral of slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, with Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf calling for massive public participation to demonstrate national resolve. Commander of Iran’s central Khatam al-Anbiya Headquarters, Major General…
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Starmer apologises for historical forced adoptions in Britain
LONDON: British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer on Thursday issued a formal apology on behalf of the British state to women who were forced to give up their babies for adoption and to those separated from their mothers at birth under a system that targeted unmarried women in the decades following the Second World War.…
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China launches new marine observation satellite to boost ocean monitoring
WEB DESK: China on Thursday successfully launched a new ocean-monitoring satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the country’s northwest, state media reported, marking a significant upgrade to its maritime surveillance capabilities. The Haiyang-2E (HY-2E) satellite was carried into space aboard a Long March-4B rocket, lifting off at 7:46 am. Space authorities confirmed that…
