KOHAT: At least 16 people, including five police officials, were martyred and more than 50 injured after explosions targeted a mosque inside Kohat Police Lines during Friday prayers, officials said, prompting condemnation from the country’s top leadership. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Inspector General of Police (IGP) Zulfiqar Hamid told Geo News that an explosives-laden vehicle rammed into…

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LONDON: Lambeth Palace, the London residence and office of the Archbishop of Canterbury, has withdrawn the Hubert Walter Award presented to Pakistan Ulema Council (PUC) Chairman Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi over previous remarks about Osama bin Laden. Ashrafi, the religious scholar, was given an award last Friday, on the 25th anniversary of 9/11, by…

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Ten militants were killed and six security personnel were martyred in separate engagements in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa between Sept 15 and 17, the military’s media wing said on Thursday, as Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif paid tribute to the security forces and those who lost their lives. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), six militants were…

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Pakistan stands ready to go to “any extent” required to protect Saudi Arabia and the Haramain Sharifain, Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (DG ISPR) Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said on Friday, stressing that Islamabad’s support for the Kingdom was both diplomatic and physical. In an interview with Arab News, the military spokesperson said Pakistan…

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LONDON: Two masked men allegedly tried to force their way into Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) founder Altaf Hussain’s home in north London, causing damage to the property, the party’s coordination committee said. According to the MQM, the two men jumped over the front gate of Hussain’s residence in Mill Hill, near Edgware, and attempted to…

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KARACHI: A man accused of killing a woman and her three children in Karachi’s Surjani Town was killed in an alleged police encounter on Friday, a day after investigators said they had arrested him and obtained a confession to the crime. The suspect was killed when a police team took him to recover the alleged…

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PESHAWAR: At least 16 people, including five police personnel and 11 civilians, were martyred and more than 54 injured in a suicide blast at a mosque in the Police Lines in Kohat on Friday, while six terrorists were killed in the ensuing security operation, police. Rescue officials, however, put the death toll at 15 and…

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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, President Asif Ali Zardari and the chief ministers of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Punjab on Friday strongly condemned the blast at the old Police Lines in Kohat, expressing grief over the loss of life and injuries and directing authorities to ensure immediate medical treatment for the victims. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif…

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ISLAMABAD: The price of gold in Pakistan rose sharply on Friday, with the price of a tola increasing by Rs6,900 to Rs460,336, according to the All-Pakistan Gems and Jewellers Sarafa Association. The price of 10 grammes of 24-karat gold increased by Rs5,914 to Rs394,663. The latest increase comes a day after gold prices fell by…

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ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court has issued its detailed verdict in a case concerning the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) proposed September 27 protest and long march, observing that any activity that violates citizens’ fundamental rights would amount to a violation of the Constitution. A larger bench headed by IHC Chief Justice Sarfraz Dogar issued the detailed…

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