PESHAWAR: At least 16 people, including five police personnel and 11 civilians, were martyred and more than 54 injured in a suicide blast at a mosque in the Police Lines in Kohat on Friday, while six terrorists were killed in the ensuing security operation, police. Rescue officials, however, put the death toll at 15 and…

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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, President Asif Ali Zardari and the chief ministers of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Punjab on Friday strongly condemned the blast at the old Police Lines in Kohat, expressing grief over the loss of life and injuries and directing authorities to ensure immediate medical treatment for the victims. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif…

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ISLAMABAD: The price of gold in Pakistan rose sharply on Friday, with the price of a tola increasing by Rs6,900 to Rs460,336, according to the All-Pakistan Gems and Jewellers Sarafa Association. The price of 10 grammes of 24-karat gold increased by Rs5,914 to Rs394,663. The latest increase comes a day after gold prices fell by…

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ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court has issued its detailed verdict in a case concerning the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) proposed September 27 protest and long march, observing that any activity that violates citizens’ fundamental rights would amount to a violation of the Constitution. A larger bench headed by IHC Chief Justice Sarfraz Dogar issued the detailed…

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The government has decided to strengthen laws governing social media in Pakistan amid growing concerns over child exploitation and obscene content online.  The Ministry of Interior has prepared proposals concerning age limits for social media use and measures to curb obscenity allegedly promoted under the guise of family vlogging. The ministry will consult all relevant…

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ISLAMABAD: The federal government has announced a raft of austerity and fuel-conservation measures and ordered their immediate implementation, including a 50 per cent cut in fuel allocations for most government vehicles, a three-month ban on foreign travel by officials, restrictions on procurement and tighter business hours, as Pakistan grapples with surging petroleum prices amid the…

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Pakistan has issued a stark warning that any attack on an empty oil tanker stranded in the Red Sea near Saudi Arabia’s east-west pipeline would be treated as an “act of war”, as the government in Islamabad weighs its options for the vessel amid rapidly dwindling diesel reserves, Bloomberg reported.  Speaking to a private news…

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Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Wednesday said he believed the situation had reached a point where the Makkah agreement had to be implemented, following an attempted drone attack near the holy city. “Makkah Agreement applies to us, and we will fulfil our duty,” Asif said while speaking on Geo News programme ‘Aaj Shahzeb Khanzada Kay…

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ISLAMABAD: Security forces have killed three terrorists during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) carried out in the Badrang area of Balochistan’s Awaran district, security sources said on Thursday. According to the security sources, the latest IBO was conducted as part of the ongoing series of intelligence-based operations under Rad-ul-Fitna-3, a sustained counterterrorism campaign aimed at eliminating…

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Pakistan narrowed the gender gap and climbed five places in the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2026 from 148th to 143rd out of 145 economies, suggesting that significant gender inequalities persist despite improvement, The News reported. According to an announcement by Mishal Pakistan, a partner institute of the World Economic Forum (WEF), Pakistan…

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