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WASHUK: A passenger bus overturned and fell into a ditch in Balochistan’s Washuk district, killing at least 28 people including women and children, rescue officials said on Wednesday morning. Meanwhile, about 22 people sustained injuries in the accident and they have been moved to Basima Civil Hospital for treatment, according to Levies and rescue officials. The […]
PESHAWAR: A meeting was held here on Saturday with Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sardar Ali Amin Khan Gandapur in the chair regarding the issues being faced by the elected local bodies in the province. Besides provincial minister for Local Government, Arshad Ayub Khan, Secretary Local Government and administrative secretaries of the concerned departments, the meeting […]
RAWALPINDI: On 28 April 24, Security Forces conducted an intelligence based operation in Dera Ismail Khan District on reported presence of terrorists. During conduct of the operation, intense fire exchange took place between own troops and terrorists, and resultantly two terrorists; Terrorist Faheem Nawaz @Gandapuri and Terrorist Mohsin Nawaz, were successfully neutralised and sent to […]
RAWALPINDI: General Syed Asim Munir NI (M), Chief of Army Staff (COAS) met His Excellency Ebrahim Raisi, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The discussion primarily focused on matters of mutual interest, notably regional peace, stability, and border security. Both sides concurred on the necessity to bolster bilateral cooperation while jointly striving for regional […]
RAWALPINDI: Pakistani security forces killed 7 terrorists in Waziristan. ISPR informed the media that a group of seven terrorists, trying to infiltrate Pakistan-Afghanistan border, was detected by security forces in general area Spinkai, Ghulam Khan of North Waziristan District. The infiltrators were surrounded, effectively engaged and after an intense fire exchange, all seven territories were […]
RAWALPINDI: General Syed Asim Munir, NI (M), Chief of Army Staff (COAS) presided over 264th Corps Commanders’ Conference (CCC) held at GHQ. Forum paid rich tribute to the supreme sacrifices of Shuhadas including officers and men of the Armed Forces, Law Enforcement Agencies and the citizens who have laid their lives for peace and stability […]
ISLAMABAD: A Saudi delegation, led by Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, landed in Pakistan on Monday for a two-day visit. The delegation arrived at Rawalpindi’s Nur Khan Airbase and was received by Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar. The delegation also comprises Saudi Minister of Water and Agriculture Abdul Rahman Abdul Mohsen Al-Fadley, Minister […]
KARACHI: Internet services were disrupted in Pakistan on Tuesday with users reporting outages and sluggish internet speeds from various parts of the country. Outage tracking website Downdetector.com reported disruptions in internet services across various regions of the country with Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd (PTCL), Nayatel, and Transworld Home reportedly affected. Users primarily experienced service disruptions […]
RAWALPINDI: Security forces have killed 4 terrorists in different operation in different parts of the country. During an intelligence based operation in North Wazirsitan security forces effectively engaged the terrorists’ location as a result of which two terrorists were killed. Weapons, ammunition & explosives were also recovered from them. In another intellidence based operation in […]
ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Attaullah Tarar on Saturday announced that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif ordered immediate action to be taken against five officials for negligence of duty based on the findings of an inquiry report on the Besham suicide attach which took the lives of six people, including five Chinese nationals. The development comes a week […]