ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday set aside the ban by the Capital Development Authority’s (CDA) blanket ban on the registration, transfer and mutation of properties in several areas of Islamabad, ruling that it had no legal authority to impose such restrictions. Justice Muhammad Asif issued the ruling while allowing a petition challenging…

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LAHORE: Police in a raid in Lahore’s Defence-C area recovered two foreign national women being forcefully kept in the locality. Chief Minister of Punjab had given the task to police for recovering the foreign women after receiving a kidnapping complaint from Holland on 15. Police within a span of two hours conducted a raid and…

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JAMSHORO: In a move to curb the menace of tree cutting and smuggling of timber in Kirthar National Park, the administration has come into action. After ADC Tariq Kaka’s letter to the chief secretary, Sindh’s Forest, Wildlife and police departments have been issued orders for strict action against timber thieves. A committee has been constituted…

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ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Thursday revealed that nearly 580 kilograms of human placentas were seized at an airport during an investigation into an alleged organ smuggling network involving Chinese nationals in Pakistan. The disclosure came during the hearing of the case before a district and sessions court in Islamabad, which extended the…

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LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) has issued important legal guidelines on criminal liability in cases involving blasphemous content shared in WhatsApp groups, ruling that group administrators and members cannot automatically be held responsible for posts made by other participants. Justice Tariq Saleem Sheikh made the observations while dismissing the post-arrest bail petition of Syed…

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ISLAMABAD: A blind woman defrauded by a bank manager has recovered Rs19.2 million following court intervention, with the Islamabad High Court (IHC) ordering the handover of two vehicles belonging to the manager to settle the remaining dues, According to reports, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) directed that the two vehicles of bank manager Rameez Javed…

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KARACHI: A three-year-old girl has tested positive for the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in Karachi, taking the total number of infected children in Orangi Town to 107. The girl is a resident of Orangi Town. According to her family, the infection was confirmed after she tested positive in three separate laboratory tests. The results showed…

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RAWALPINDI: Pakistani security forces successfully neutralized four incoming drones launched by the Afghan Taliban regime across the border in Balochistan, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Wednesday. In a statement, the military’s media wing said that on June 30, the Afghan Taliban regime launched four rudimentary drones across the border into Balochistan as part…

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KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Wednesday rejected the bail petition of a key member of the fearsome ‘White Corolla Gang’ Muhammad Ali Hajano and summoned criminal record of the accused. The accused has allegedly robbed a woman on gunpoint in Karachi’s Gulistan-e-Jauhar. Accused Hajano committed a robbery near Pahalwan Goth in October 2025…

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Quetta: The Balochistan Home Department has imposed Section 144 across Kech district (Turbat) for 30 days in view of the prevailing law and order situation. According to an official notification issued by the Home Department, all political gatherings, public meetings, and rallies have been banned during the period of the restrictions. The notification also prohibits…

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