Category: Pakistan
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Pakistan calls for release of prisoners after exchanging list with India
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and India on Wednesday exchanged lists of civilian prisoners and fishermen held in each other’s custody under the bilateral Agreement on Consular Access, with Islamabad renewing its call for the release of Pakistani prisoners who have completed their sentences. The exchange, carried out through diplomatic channels, is a biannual obligation under the agreement…
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Petition filed in IHC against NHA’s 50pc penalty on non-M-Tag, low-balance vehicles
ISLAMABAD: A petition has been filed in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) challenging the National Highway Authority’s (NHA) decision to impose a 50 per cent additional toll penalty on vehicles without an M-Tag and those with insufficient M-Tag balance. The petition, filed by advocate Muhammad Jalal Haider against the NHA, seeks to have the penalty…
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Two children killed, three injured as rain, lightning wreak havoc in KP
PESHAWAR: At least two children were killed, and three others injured after lightning struck Khyber district as heavy rain, thunderstorms and flash floods caused widespread damage across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Tuesday. According to the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA), casualties were reported from Khyber district, where the lightning strike proved fatal for two children and…
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Pakistan Customs says June revenue hits record Rs467 billion
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Customs collected a record Rs467 billion in import-related taxes in June, exceeding its monthly duty target by 10 per cent, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) said on Wednesday. According to an FBR statement, total import tax collection rose 33 per cent from Rs350.3 billion in June last year. “Customs duty collection reached…
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Banned JAAC central leader Shaukat Nawaz Mir arrested: Muzaffarabad DC
DHIRKOT: Central leader of the banned Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC), Shaukat Nawaz Mir, was arrested along with an associate in Dhirkot, Muzaffarabad Deputy Commissioner Munir Qureshi said on Tuesday. The DC said Mir was arrested by police and security personnel from the Hail Sarang area. It is noteworthy to mention here that…
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MQM-P holds consultation on budget strategy, urban Sindh development
The Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) held a consultative meeting on Tuesday under the chairmanship of Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui to discuss the party’s proposals for the recently passed Federal Budget 2026-27 and its political strategy, according to a party spokesperson. The meeting was attended by former Sindh governor Kamran Tessori, senior party leaders Dr Farooq Sattar…
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Pakistan downs four Afghan Taliban drones along Balochistan border
The Pakistani military has downed four drones launched by the Afghan Taliban along the Balochistan border, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Wednesday. In a statement, the military’s media wing said that the Taliban regime had launched the “rudimentary” drones as part of their patronisation and support of terrorist outfits operating from inside their…
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Climate minister casts Indus Waters Treaty dispute as global test of ‘water justice’
Minister for Climate Change Musadik Malik delivered an impassioned address this week, framing the unravelling of the Indus Waters Treaty as a defining test case for water rights of downstream nations worldwide. Malik opened with the story of Iqbal Solangi, a Pakistani farmer whose family had worked the land for seven or eight generations before…
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Pakistan rejects India’s preposterous statement on strikes against Afghan terror infrastructure
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday rejected India’s statement on Islamabad’s military strikes against terrorist infrastructure in Afghanistan, calling it “baseless and preposterous”. “Pakistan rejects the baseless statement on its legitimate, targeted and proportionate actions against terrorist infrastructure in Afghanistan,” Foreign Office Spokesperson Tahir Andrabi, in a statement issued on X. “This preposterous statement has been made…
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Iran invites NA speaker Ayaz Sadiq to attend condolence ceremony for Khamenei
ISLAMABAD: Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has invited National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq to attend a condolence ceremony being held in Tehran for the late Iranian Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, according to the National Assembly Secretariat. In a letter addressed to Ayaz Sadiq, Ghalibaf invited him to participate in the ceremony, which is…
