Pakistan

NEW DELHI: A disastrous event was narrowly escaped when Air India Flight AI 315, arriving from Hong Kong, ignited upon landing at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport. The fire exploded in the aircraft’s Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) as passengers started to land at the gate. According to an official statement from Air India, the fire […]

NEW YORK: A daily work assignment turned into a viral transformative event for a merchant marine lottery winner from Brooklyn, New York, who won a $1 million prize from a Maryland Lottery scratch-off ticket. The merchant marine, who was based at the Port of Baltimore, made a short break at a 7-Eleven on Key Highway […]

ISLAMABAD: The National Emergency Operations Center (NEOC) of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Wednesday issued multiple impact-based weather alerts in response to intensifying monsoon conditions and the arrival of a fresh westerly wave across the country. Moist monsoon currents from the Arabian Sea are currently penetrating Sindh and the upper regions of Pakistan, […]

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ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Tuesday announced that it would challenge the convictions of its senior leaders – including Dr. Yasmin Rashid, Mian Mahmoodur Rasheed, and Senator Ejaz Chaudhry – who were sentenced in connection with the May 9 riots. An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Lahore had sentenced the PTI leaders to 10 years […]

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has maintained that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Senate elections were conducted impartially in accordance with the Constitution and law. In a statement issued here, a ECP spokesperson said that no objections were raised by the polling agents of any of the candidates during the polling process for the […]

A man allegedly shot dead his daughter and nephew in Quetta on Tuesday in the name of ‘honour’, just days after the Degari case, in which a couple was gunned down in broad daylight, drawing widespread condemnation, according to the police. Shalkot Sub-Divisional Police Officer Athar Rashid told Dawn.com, “The daughter and the nephew died in the firing, while the suspect managed to escape after the incident.” The bodies were taken to the hospital for medicolegal formalities, after which they were handed over to the heirs. Rashid added that a team from Kechi Baig police station was conducting raids to arrest the suspect. “The suspect will be arrested soon, while further investigation into the incident is underway,” he said. The incident comes two days after the police arrested at least 14 suspects for their involvement in the killing of a man and a woman in Quetta’s Degari area, who were shot dead on the orders of a tribal jirga ahead of Eidul Azha for so-called ‘honour’. The arrests were made after a video of ...

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PTI condemns orders as mockery of justice

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PMD chief says another wet spell to follow current rains

Seeks PM's audience via JUI-F chief

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Raja says party leadership struck K-P accord; Imran yet to approve deal