KARACHI: The Sindh government on Tuesday imposed a complete ban on the issuance of new arms licences across the province with immediate effect. In a statement, Sindh Home Minister Zia-ul-Hassan Lanjar’s spokesperson said, “No licensing authority will be allowed to issue a new arms licence.” The spokesperson further said that the ban on arms licences…

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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday reiterated Pakistan’s full support for Saudi Arabia’s defence, saying Islamabad stood “shoulder to shoulder” with Riyadh following an attempted drone attack on Makkah. “I condemn in the strongest possible terms the dastardly and heinous attempted drone attack against the Holy Site of Makkah Al-Mukarramah,” he wrote in a post…

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ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought legal assistance from the Attorney General for Pakistan on the Federal Constitutional Court’s (FCC) jurisdiction to summon records and fix Imran Khan’s hospital transfer case for hearing. A three-member bench headed by Justice Shahid Waheed and comprising Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan and Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim heard petitions concerning…

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KP CM Sohail Afridi claims attempt made to ‘kill’ him in Wazirabad Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi claimed on Wednesday that an armed assailant was sent to target him after he travelled from Sialkot to Wazirabad during his Punjab street movement, alleging that his security team caught the “suspect” and recovered a pistol from…

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KARACHI: The foul odour along Karachi’s coastline has been linked to decaying phytoplankton, with changes in sea temperatures causing large numbers of marine plants to die and wash ashore. In a statement, World Wide Fund for Nature-Pakistan’s (WWF-P) technical adviser Moazzam Khan said the odour along the coastal belt is due to the rotting of…

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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday directed the authorities concerned to implement all short-term remedial and fire safety measures aligned with international standards at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) within the next three months. The prime minister, chairing a meeting on the action plan for improvement of Pims hospital, instructed the implementation of…

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The federal government has decided to introduce a new electricity management system that will allow power authorities to switch individual transformers on and off, Federal Minister for Power Awais Leghari said on Wednesday. Speaking to journalists at Parliament House, Leghari said the proposed system would eliminate the need to shut down entire feeders in areas…

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Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif has nominated Dr Muhammad Najeeb Naqi for the office of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), Punjab Senior Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb said on Wednesday. “PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif nominated Dr Naqi for the AJK president slot,” she said in a post on X. Marriyum said that Dr Naqi has…

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ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry on Wednesday said that authorities had uncovered a weapons-trafficking network allegedly supplying arms from Afghanistan to members linked to the banned Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) in Azad Jammu and Kashmir. Speaking at a press conference in Islamabad, Chaudhry said that the network was traced during an…

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PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Tuesday passed a resolution condemning an incident involving Chief Minister Sohail Afridi in Lahore, where he was seen in a Punjab police vehicle following a confrontation over the detention of PTI workers. Afridi later accused the Punjab government of abducting him and leaving him by the roadside. Speaking after…

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