Death toll from Kurram clashes rises to 46 – Pakistan
KURRAM: The death toll from tribal clashes has reached 46, with five more fatalities reported on Friday. The local elders and authorities continued with efforts to stop the violence that erupted over a land dispute on Sept 20 and has injured 91 people from both warring tribes. Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur had announced a […]
Swat protesters oppose military operations – Pakistan
SWAT: Scores of people on Friday took out a rally in Mingora here against terrorism and opposed military operations. They insisted that terrorist activities in the region were “state-sponsored and artificial” and warned that if the state didn’t eliminate terrorism, the residents of Swat would take “matters into their own hands to defend their homeland.” […]
Auj vocalist Abdul Rehman Sajid parts ways with band – Pakistan
Updated 28 Sep, 2024 Newsrooms must work on rebuilding readers’ trust. Journalists should build bridges, not divisions, through compassionate, sincere storytelling. 28 Sep, 2024 THE scourge of phony encounters is amongst the major obstacles standing in the way of professional policing in… 28 Sep, 2024 PAKISTAN has been plagued with the ulcer of missing persons […]
Stocks lose 366 points on economic concerns – Business
KARACHI: The bears tightened their grip on the stock market amid concerns about the impact of the stringent conditions attached to the IMF bailout. As a result, the benchmark index came under renewed selling pressure, closing the weekend session in the negative territory on Friday. Ahsan Mehanti of Arif Habib Corporation attributed the downturn to […]
IMF board stresses sustained programme implementation, widening tax base – Business
The executive board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has stressed the “sustained implementation” of the new $7 billion bailout package, as well as broadening the tax base. The IMF’s Executive Board said this in a statement issued on Saturday, following its approval of the 37-month Extended Fund Facility (EFF) for Pakistan, under which it […]
Polarisation erodes legitimacy of ‘factual journalism’ – World
The spectacular decline of the journalism profession is met with alarming indifference. The worst part is that we are getting used to it. WE are no longer surprised to read the grim tally of journalists killed in the line of duty, nor to learn — through an investigation by the Forbidden Stories collective — that […]
Tally rises to 23 as another polio case surfaces in KP – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: A new polio case has been found in Kohat, bringing to 23 the tally of polio cases found to date this year in the country despite repeated countrywide campaigns against the crippling disease. Of the 23 cases, 15 have been found in Balochistan, 4 in Sindh, 2 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), and one each […]
Israel plans ‘swift’ ground operation in Lebanon – World
• Head of Hezbollah’s drone unit, five Syrian troops killed• Israeli air strikes spark exodus of 118,000 people• Lebanon facing its deadliest period in years, UN warns TEL AVIV: As Israel and Hezbollah traded fire after the United States and its allies failed to secure a halt, an Israeli official said on Friday that any […]
SC to take up defection clause ruling challenge on 30th – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: A five-judge Supreme Court larger bench will take up on Sept 30 a petition filed by the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) seeking a review of the May 17, 2022 judgement on the defection clause under Article 63A of the Constitution. Headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa, the bench consists […]
PTI gears up for protest in ‘garrisoned’ city today – Pakistan
• Punjab govt bans gatherings in Rawalpindi, neighbouring districts• 4,000 police personnel deployed, Rangers called to help maintain law & order• Party leaders vow to gather at Liaquat Bagh ‘despite all hurdles’ LAHORE / RAWALPINDI: In an attempt to thwart PTI’s protest on Saturday (today), the provincial government has banned all public gatherings and stationed […]