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Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz praised Pakistan’s armed forces for “defeating a much stronger enemy on all fronts,” declaring, “We won the battle of May 10 by 6-0.

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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif visited Pasrur Cantonment in Sialkot today to commend the exceptional bravery and professionalism of the troops during Operation Bunyanum Marsoos, part of The Marqa-e-Haq.

The Pakistan-Türkiye Parliamentary Friendship Group (PFG) held a meeting with Dr.

Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has commenced budget meetings to finalise the development proposals and their allocations in the province for the next financial year and has also launched an austerity drive to conserve funds for development initiatives. The provincial government is finalising proposals for the upcoming budget for the next financial year. The federal government will unveil the budget for the fiscal year 2025-26 on June 2. In two separate meetings at the CM House of the Finance and Planning & Development departments today, the chief minister finalised the Annual Development Programme (ADP), stressing that rehabilitation of flood-damaged infrastructure must be prioritised in the upcoming budget. He also emphasised the need to reduce non-development expenditures while increasing allocations for development projects. He further instructed that canal and watercourse lining projects be included in the new development schemes, and highlighted the importance of agricultural growth by calling ...

A rally led by Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Member of Provincial Assembly Ali Madad Jatak was targeted in a grenade attack on Munir Ahmed Mengal Road in Quetta, injuring two individuals, police reported.

A special court in Islamabad on Tuesday instructed the Adiala Jail authorities to allow PTI founder Imran Khan to hold a telephone conversation with his sons abroad and also be allowed a medical checkup by his personal physician. Last month, Special Judge Central Shahrukh Arjum­and approved two petitions filed on behalf of Imran related to the requests. The court had sought a response from Adiala authorities to provide the facilities. Today, the judge heard a request by the prison authorities against the court order and dismissed it A report to the judge from the jail superintendent on Monday had called for the court’s orders on January 10 and February 3 to be reviewed and set aside due to “being inconsistent and contrary to the basic rights and principle of recognition of the inherent dignity and equal inalienable rights of inmates”, arguing that extending the two facilities to Imran would be against the spirit of the Constitution, as well as Pakistan Prison Rules. A court order issued today, available with ...

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced resumption of Pakistan Super League Season 10 from May 17.

Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi visited Holy Family Hospital in Rawalpindi to inquire about Tauqeer Abbas, who was injured in an Indian drone attack near the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.

The anti-terrorism courts (ATCs) in Lahore have stepped up the hearing of cases related to the May 9, 2023, riots after directives from the Supreme Court to wind them up within four months. The cases pertain to the arrest of workers belonging to the PTI for their alleged role in attacks on army installations during the riots that followed ex-premier Imran Khan’s arrest on May 9, 2023. The Lahore High Court registrar issued the new amended schedule of the trials of the May 9 cases being conducted at Kot Lakhpat Jail. The hearing of May 9 riot cases will now be heard in jail four days a week — Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday. The jail trials were earlier being held three days a week but have been extended to speed up their disposal. The ATCs are hearing the jail trials of 14 cases including the Jinnah House attack. In December 2024, the Pakistan Army announced that the remainng 60 PTI activists have been convicted by the Field General Court Martial (FGCM) for their involvement in the May 9 violent pr...

After an 18-year delay, the long-anticipated Safe City Project has finally commenced in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

A bomb exploded outside the residence of MNA and Special Assistant to the Prime Minister, Mubarak Zeb, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bajaur district, late Tuesday night.

Federal Minister for Railways Muhammad Hanif Abbasi Wednesday, met with the Ambassador of Kazakhstan, Yerzhan Kistafen, and discussed enhancing mutual cooperation between the two countries in the railway sector.

As a sign of improving relations, India and Pakistan exchanged one detained personnel each at the Wagah-Attari border post.

The federal government has set the exchange rate at Rs290 per dollar for the upcoming fiscal year’s budget, slightly stronger than the current year’s rate of Rs295.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday visited the frontline areas of Operation Bunyan-un-Marsoos, part of the ongoing Maarka-e-Haq (Battle for Truth), to express solidarity with Pakistan’s armed forces.