Category: Pakistan
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Suspected suicide bomber killed in Peshawar CTD operation
PESHAWAR: A suspected suicide bomber was killed during an operation carried out by the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) in the Garhi Sherdad area of Peshawar’s Warsak Road on Thursday. According to the CTD, the suspected suicide bomber was killed during the exchange of fire, while a security official was martyred and another injured. The two injured…
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Atta Tarar confirms Pakistan carried out strikes on 10 Afghan sites after drone incursion
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday condemned what it described as a deliberate drone incursion from Afghan territory and said it had carried out precision strikes on 10 locations in Afghanistan used to launch and store the drones. In a statement posted on X, Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said the drone incursion on September 23 was a…
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Rana Sanaullah says talks with PTI hinge on postponement of long march
Prime Minister’s Adviser on Political Affairs Rana Sanaullah has said the government cannot hold formal negotiations with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) until the party postpones its planned long march to Islamabad, while maintaining that backchannel contacts with the opposition party remain ongoing. Speaking to ARY News on Wednesday, Sanaullah said Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had contacted…
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Dr Najeeb Naqi elected Azad Jammu and Kashmir president
MUZAFFARABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidate Dr Najeeb Naqi was elected president of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on Thursday after securing 32 votes in the presidential election held at the AJK Legislative Assembly in Muzaffarabad. Voting began at 11am, with members of the assembly casting their ballots to elect the new president. The assembly…
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Talal Chaudhry says no Islamabad roads closed, warns KP police law could undermine command structure
Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry on Thursday said no road in Islamabad had been closed as of noon despite reports of restrictions ahead of a planned protest, while warning that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government’s proposed Police Act could undermine the police command structure and morale amid the province’s ongoing terrorism threat. “You…
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LHC turns down request for immediate suspension of Imran’s sisters’ detention orders
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday turned down plea seeking immediate suspension of the preventive detention notifications issued against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan’s sisters Dr Uzma Khan and Noreen Niazi. LHC Judge Justice Abher Gul Khan heard a petition challenging the detention of Dr Uzma and Noreen, who were taken into…
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Two polio officials go missing in DI Khan, police register abduction case
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Two officials associated with a polio vaccination team went missing while returning from duty in Dera Ismail Khan, with police suspecting they may have been abducted. The incident took place in Kot Daulat area of Kulachi tehsil, where polio team officer Mubashir Hassan and vaccination supervisor Jumma Khan went missing after completing…
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Mir Raza case: commission grills health secretary, SSP over medical board and investigation
KARACHI: The judicial commission probing the murder of Mir Raza on Thursday grilled Sindh Health Secretary Tahir Sangi and SSP Samiullah Soomro over the replacement of a medical board and alleged shortcomings in the investigation into the death of young businessman. The judicial commission head Justice Omar Sial questioned the officials over their decisions and…
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Eight terrorists killed in intelligence-based operation in North Waziristan
Security forces killed eight terrorists in an intelligence-based operation in North Waziristan, security sources said, adding that their hideouts were destroyed and a large cache of weapons and ammunition recovered. According to the Radio Pakistan, the operation was launched after intelligence indicated the presence of militants in the area. During the operation, security forces destroyed…
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Sohail Afridi, three other PTI leaders named in Radio Pakistan attack case
PESHAWAR: Police on Thursday submitted an investigation report before an anti-terrorism court (ATC) in the May 9 Radio Pakistan attack case, naming Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi, former provincial ministers Taimur Saleem Jhagra and Kamran Bangash, and PTI Peshawar president Irfan Saleem among the accused. The report was submitted before ATC Judge Wali Mohammad…
