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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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday held talks with Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman in Mecca during an official visit that Pakistan says is aimed at strengthening bilateral ties and enhancing coordination on regional issues amid rising tensions in the Middle East. According to the Prime Minister’s Office, the Saudi…

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ISLAMABAD: Gold prices in Pakistan continued their upward trajectory on Friday, with the price of one tola climbing by another Rs5,100 to extend a three-day rally driven by gains in the international bullion market. According to the All Pakistan Sarafa Gems and Jewellers’ Association, the price of 24-karat gold rose to Rs454,336 per tola after…

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It states that the pact is intended to strengthen collective deterrence against any act of aggression and stipulates that an armed attack against any one of the three states shall be regarded as an attack against all three. The agreement also provides for expanding cooperation across all areas of defence and reflects the three nations’…

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Security forces killed ten militants belonging to the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) also called Fitna-ul-Khawarij, during separate counterterror operations in northwestern Pakistan this week, the military’s media wing said on Friday. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said the first incident occurred in South Waziristan district on Thursday, when TTP militants attempted to attack a security forces…

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