SUKKUR (Bureau Report): A family from the New Pind Islam Colony area of Sukkur staged a protest outside the Sukkur Press Club, alleging that their 16-year-old daughter, Afroz, had been abducted and forcibly married. The family demanded her immediate recovery and the arrest of those allegedly involved. The protest was led by Khair Muhammad Korkhani,…

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SUKKUR : The District Council Employees Labour Union (CBA) Sukkur staged a protest outside the Sukkur Press Club against the alleged failure to accept their legitimate demands and announced a four-phase protest movement if their issues were not resolved. The protesters demanded immediate acceptance of their demands, resolution of employees’ problems and an end to…

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SUKKUR (Bureau Report): An elderly woman, identified as Shamim Iqbal Ansari, a resident of Baban Shah Graveyard area of Old Sukkur, staged a protest outside the Sukkur Press Club against what she alleged was continued violence, mistreatment, harassment and injustice by her two sons and their wives. Speaking to the media during the protest, the…

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HYDERABAD: Hyderabad Police have arrested 12 suspects during separate operations against criminal elements, drug dealers and suppliers of harmful Mainpuri and Gutka across the district. The operations were carried out on the directives of DIG Hyderabad Range Tariq Razzaq Khan Dharejo and SSP Hyderabad Shahzaib Chachar. Police teams have intensified their actions against drug peddlers…

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Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States, Rizwan Saeed Sheikh, has said that Pakistan-US relations are currently in a significantly better position than in the past, but cautioned that there is no room for complacency and stressed the need to transform the improved atmosphere into a durable and results-oriented partnership. The Pakistani American Press Association (PAPA)…

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PESHAWAR: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief Hafiz Naeemur Rehman has announced simultaneous sit-ins outside key government offices in all four provinces on August 16 against the high petroleum levy, electricity costs and alleged corruption. Addressing a press conference in Peshawar, Rehman accused the government of using the Petroleum Development Levy (PDL) to conceal corruption and said petrol…

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Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar and Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand reviewed the regional situation and discussed the Pakistan-Saudi Arabia-Turkiye defence agreement during a telephone conversation held on Sunday, according to the Foreign Office (FO). According to the FO, Dar briefed his Canadian counterpart on the objectives of the defence agreement and Pakistan’s shared commitment…

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LARKANA: The anti-polio vaccination campaign is continuing across Larkana district under tight security arrangements by the police. On the directives of SSP Larkana Ahmed Chaudhry QPM, PSP, special security measures have been put in place to protect polio teams working across the district. Police personnel have been deployed alongside polio workers in different areas, including…

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Polling began Monday in the third phase of Azad Jammu and Kashmir’s 2026 legislative assembly elections, covering four constituencies in Poonch division’s Bagh and Haveli districts. Voting in the four constituencies will continue until 5pm. Following a change in schedule, polling in five constituencies of Poonch district and two of Sudhnoti has been postponed. A…

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KARACHI: A special investigative committee formed to probe the alleged murder of young businessman Mir Raza began its meeting on Monday, chaired by DIG Aamir Farooqi. SSP CIA Samiullah Soomro and SSP East Zubair Nazir also arrived as part of the latest development in the Mir Raza case, with both officers having previously been part…

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