Police have arrested a suspect in connection with the killing of a woman and her three children in Karachi’s Surjani Town, with investigators saying eyewitness accounts and mobile data helped identify him. West DIG Irfan Baloch said in a press conference on Thursday that police arrested the suspect with the help of eyewitnesses and technical…

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ISLAMABAD: The legal proceedings against human rights lawyer and activist Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and her husband and lawyer Hadi Ali Chattha, have stretched for more than a year, beginning with a National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) complaint in August 2025 and culminating, so far, in the Supreme Court’s decision on Thursday to grant them…

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MULTAN: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif on Thursday inaugurated an electric bus service in Multan with an initial fleet of 60 buses, saying the service would be extended to all routes of the city and that another 100 buses would be provided in the coming days. Speaking at the inaugural ceremony, Maryam said the…

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MULTAN: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif on Thursday defended her use of the provincial government’s aircraft during a recent trip to London, saying she had paid Rs27.5 million from her own pocket for parking and other charges related to the aircraft. Speaking at the inaugural ceremony of electric buses in Multan, she said: “There…

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KARACHI: The Sindh government on Tuesday imposed a complete ban on the issuance of new arms licences across the province with immediate effect. In a statement, Sindh Home Minister Zia-ul-Hassan Lanjar’s spokesperson said, “No licensing authority will be allowed to issue a new arms licence.” The spokesperson further said that the ban on arms licences…

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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday reiterated Pakistan’s full support for Saudi Arabia’s defence, saying Islamabad stood “shoulder to shoulder” with Riyadh following an attempted drone attack on Makkah. “I condemn in the strongest possible terms the dastardly and heinous attempted drone attack against the Holy Site of Makkah Al-Mukarramah,” he wrote in a post…

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ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought legal assistance from the Attorney General for Pakistan on the Federal Constitutional Court’s (FCC) jurisdiction to summon records and fix Imran Khan’s hospital transfer case for hearing. A three-member bench headed by Justice Shahid Waheed and comprising Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan and Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim heard petitions concerning…

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KP CM Sohail Afridi claims attempt made to ‘kill’ him in Wazirabad Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi claimed on Wednesday that an armed assailant was sent to target him after he travelled from Sialkot to Wazirabad during his Punjab street movement, alleging that his security team caught the “suspect” and recovered a pistol from…

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KARACHI: The foul odour along Karachi’s coastline has been linked to decaying phytoplankton, with changes in sea temperatures causing large numbers of marine plants to die and wash ashore. In a statement, World Wide Fund for Nature-Pakistan’s (WWF-P) technical adviser Moazzam Khan said the odour along the coastal belt is due to the rotting of…

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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday directed the authorities concerned to implement all short-term remedial and fire safety measures aligned with international standards at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) within the next three months. The prime minister, chairing a meeting on the action plan for improvement of Pims hospital, instructed the implementation of…

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