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Supreme Court issues clarification order

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court in a decision on a criminal review petition No.2/2024 stated that no one can claim to be Muslim until he/she has unconditional faith in ‘Khatam-e-Nabuwwat’ of Prophet Muhammad Peace Be Upon Him (PBUH). It said that the court has clearly stated in the verdict that both the groups, which called themselves […]

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CTD nabs ‘Osama’s security aide’ from Gujrat

LAHORE: The Counterterrorism Department (CTD) Punjab on Friday claimed to have foiled several terror plots by arresting an alleged militant and senior Al-Qaeda leader in an intelligence-based operation in Gujrat. According to the CTD spokesperson, in a significant breakthrough in the fight against terrorism, the CTD, in collaboration with various intelligence agencies, apprehended Dr Aminul […]

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Small mouth making big claims, banning PTI is not child’s play: PTI leadership

ISLAMABAD: Leaders of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) have strongly condemned the proposal to ban their party, stating that such a move is not a child’s play. The statement was made during a press conference by opposition leader Omar Ayub, PTI Chairman Gohar Ali Khan, and Shibli Faraz in Islamabad on Monday. Khan addressed the media, saying, […]

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Failure to make tough decisions will throw us back at IMF feet: PM Shehbaz

ISLAMABAD: Expressing concerns over the burden of debt that has pawned the future of the nation’s generations, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said that knocking on the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) door again after three years would be an utter disgrace for Pakistan. “To free ourselves from this cycle of debt, the federal and provincial governments, […]

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Excessive borrowing strains Pakistan’s economic growth: WealthPK

ISLAMABAD, July 06 (INP) — The government borrowed an unprecedented amount despite a high interest rate of 22% in the financial year 2023-24, which exceeded the budget estimates by a fair margin, and significantly increased the debt servicing costs. Talking to WealthPK, Dr Tahir Mehmood, the State Bank of Pakistan’s Memorial Chairperson, stressed a significant […]

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Pak-US counter terrorism joint exercise concluded

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan-United States Infantry Rifle Company Exchange Exercise-2024 is a bilateral joint exercise in Counter Terrorism domain to exchange tactical skills at combating menace of terrorism at sub unit level. Two weeks long exercise commenced on 29 Jun 2024 at National Counter Terrorism Centre, Pabbi with participation of Infantry companies from both sides. The exercise […]

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High value terrorist killed in Bajaur, ISPR

Rawalpindi: On 3 July 2024, security forces conducted an intelligence based operation in Bajaur District, on reported presence of a high profile terrorist. During the conduct of operation, after intense fire exchange, Terrorist Commander Irfan Ullah @Adnan was sent to hell. He was actively involved in numerous terrorist activities against security forces as well as […]

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Pakistan out of T20 World Cup

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan have been knocked out of the World Cup T20 2024, even without playing their last Group A match on Sunday as the US became the second team to make it to Super Eight from the pool. The all-important match on Friday between the US and Ireland was washed out following an agonising wait-and-hope […]

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11 terrorists killed in Lakki Marwat IBO

RAWALPINDI: Security forces have killed at least 11 terrorists in an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in the Lakki Marwat district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province (K-P), according to a statement from the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). The overnight operation, which took place on 10-11 June, was launched in response to an improvised explosive device (IED) blast that killed […]