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Sixteen soldiers were martyred on Saturday when terrorists attacked a checkpost in Makeen in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s South Waziristan district, the military’s media wing said in a statement.

PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan on Saturday said that the government is forming a negotiation committee after intervention by National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, adding that dialogue is “the only way forward” for the government and the opposition.

Six students were injured on Saturday when a wooden suspension bridge in Samahni tehsil of Azad Jammu and Kashmir’s (AJK) Bhimber District collapsed as they were trying to cross it, a police official said.

Syria’s new rulers have appointed a foreign minister, the official Syrian news agency (Sana) said on Saturday, as they seek to build international relations two weeks after ex-president Bashar al-Assad was ousted.

One soldier was martyred while four terrorists were killed as security forces engaged a group of terrorists trying to infiltrate through the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Khyber district, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Saturday.

The Foreign Office (FO) on Saturday said that the alleged threat perception from Pakistan’s missile capabilities and delivery means raised by a United States official was “unfounded, devoid of rationality and sense of history”.

A French court sentenced eight people to prison terms ranging from one to 16 years for their roles in a hate campaign that culminated in the murder of a teacher who had shown blasphemous caricatures of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) in class, local media reported.

LAHORE: Underscoring the strategic importance of the Indian Ocean as a geopolitical hotspot driven by strategic competition, emerging technologies, and regional power dynamics, diplomats, former military officials and academics urged the national leadership to adopt a proactive and multifaceted strategy in the region to protect country’s interests.

DERA MURAD JAMALI / QUETTA: Pir Sibghatullah Shah Ras­hdi, commonly known as Pir Pagara, and the chief of Pakistan Muslim Lea­gue Functional (PML-F), on Friday exp­ressed his sadness over the miserable living conditions of the people of Balochistan.

ISLAMABAD: The Competition Commis­sion of Pakistan (CCP) has imposed penalties of Rs75 million each on two manufacturers of frozen desserts for misleading consumers by falsely advertising their products as “ice cream”.

LAHORE: A fact-finding committee has recommended departmental action against a former head of Lahore Dolphin Squad and his 10 junior subordinates in a scam involving alleged misappropriation of over Rs80 million under the heads of repairs and maintenance of the squad’s motorbikes, cars, besides fuel and lubricants.

ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq has given the government and opposition one week to nominate candidates to fill the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairman’s post, which has been lying vacant since the government came into power following the February 2024 elections.

ISLAMABAD: Dr Qibla Ayaz, an ad hoc member of the Shariat Appellate Bench of the Supreme Court, has drawn the attention of Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Yahya Afridi to the dire state of affairs at the National Fer­til­i­ser Corporation Inst­­i­­tute of Engineering and Technology (NFC IET) in Multan and the Inter­n­ational Islamic Uni­v­e­rsity Islamabad (IIUI), warning that both institutions were on the verge of collapse.

• High commissioner pledges more employment for skilled Pakistanis
• Minister claims religious minorities enjoy full constitutional rights

QUETTA: Balochistan Governor Shiekh Jaffar Khan Mandokhail has urged the youth to play a role in the country’s progress and development.

QUETTA: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has notified the victory of PPP candidate Mir Alim Hassan Zehri as Balochistan MPA from PB-21 (Hub-Lasbela) in general elections, after a legal battle in courts where he challenged the victory of Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) leader Sardar Muhammad Saleh Bhootani and demanded vote recount at 39 polling stations.

Originally published on Nov 20, 2023.

ON Oct 23, 2023, the Supreme Court delivered a landmark ruling. In a short order, detailed reasons for which have not yet been published, the SC held provisions of the Army Act, 1952, which brought civilians under its ambit and provided for their trial by courts martial, were ultra vires the Constitution and of no legal effect.

In addition, the SC held instead of military courts, regular criminal courts of competent jurisdiction shall conduct... Читать дальше...

Military courts have sentenced 25 civilians to prison terms ranging from two to 10 years for their involvement in violent attacks on military installations during nationwide riots on May 9, 2023, according to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Saturday.

LAHORE: The Paki­stan Cricket Board (PCB) on Friday announced Balo­­chistan’s port city Gwadar as host for the player draft ceremony of the 10th edition of the HBL Pakistan Super League.

ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq has given the government and opposition one week to nominate candidates to fill the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairman’s post, which has been lying vacant since the government came into power following the February 2024 elections.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI)‘s leadership, including Imran Khan, his spouse and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister, were booked on a murder charge after an official of Rangers succumbed to his injury sustained during last month’s violent protest staged by the party.

JERUSALEM: A leading Israeli newspaper, citing unnamed soldiers serving in Gaza, described indiscriminate killings of Palestinian civilians in the territory’s Netzarim Corridor, prompting a firm rejection on Friday from the Israeli military.

WASHINGTON: The US adopted a cautious tone on Pakistan’s ballistic missile programme on Thursday, a day after a top White House official claimed the country could acquire capabilities to “strike targets in the United States”.

PAKISTAN and the United States have been engaged in discussions over Washington’s renewed concerns regarding Islamabad’s development of long-range missiles for at least two years.

LAHORE: Despite taxpayer support for a fiscal contract where citizens agree to pay taxes in exchange for services, a global poll suggests that only a third see the deal working in practice.