At least 7 civilians killed during Sunday clash between police, JAAC protesters in AJK’s Rawalakot: official – Pakistan
MUZAFFARABAD: At least seven civilians were killed during Sunday’s clash between police and the newly proscribed Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) protesters in Azad Jammu and Kashmir’s (AJK) Rawalakot, an official told Dawn on Monday. Poonch Commissioner Sardar Waheed Khan confirmed the civilian death toll to Dawn a day after the clash in which four […]
FO warns UK diaspora against interference in Pakistan, AJK affairs amid unrest
Urges British government to educate, caution those ‘supporting proscribed organisations’ to refrain from such actions Police officers stand guard at the main entry gate of Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Islamabad. Photo: File The Foreign Office (FO) on Monday rejected what it termed “irresponsible and ill-informed insinuations” made by certain members of the diaspora in […]
China’s Xi lands in North Korea for rare visit, hails ‘invincible friendship’ with Pyongyang – World
China’s President Xi Jinping hailed an “invincible friendship” with Pyongyang as he arrived in North Korea on Monday, his first trip abroad this year after hosting back-to-back summits in Beijing. China, Washington’s chief geopolitical rival, has been North Korea’s main trading partner by far for decades and a key source of diplomatic and economic support […]
National Junior Championship opens in Peshawar with grand ceremony
PESHAWAR: The National Junior Championship kicked off on Sunday evening with a vibrant and colorful opening ceremony at the Peshawar Sports Complex, organized by the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Directorate of Sports. The event was formally inaugurated by Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Provincial Minister for Information Shafiullah Jan and Advisor on Sports and Youth Affairs Taj Muhammad Tarand. Provincial Special Assistant […]
Israel, Iran trade fire despite Trump’s call for restraint – World
Israel and Iran traded fire on Monday, seriously testing a fragile truce and threatening hopes for a deal to end the Middle East war. The new attacks, including a strike on an Iranian petrochemical complex, came hours after US President Donald Trump called on Israel to refrain from retaliating against Tehran’s missiles. AFP journalists in […]
Gold slips to Rs452,233 per tola amid decline in global markets
Gold prices fell further in both international and domestic markets on Monday, extending losses from the previous trading session amid weakness in the global bullion market. In the international bullion market, the price of gold declined by $30.94 per ounce to $4,297 on the first trading day of the week. Following the global trend, the domestic […]
Police officials refusing duty in AJK, GB face action – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The capital police have started taking action against its officials who refused to perform duties in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and Gilgit-Baltistan (GB). The officials are being subjected to major punishment, including dismissal from service, and a constable has been sacked. According to a document, available with Dawn, Constable Ahmad Ali presently posted […]
No progress by PA panel on Lahore Gymkhana lease scrutiny – Pakistan
LAHORE: A special committee of the Punjab Assembly tasked with examining the Lahore Gymkhana Club’s lease of state land is yet to submit its report, around 20 months after it was given two months to do so, and has not met since its first and only sitting. Special Committee No. 6 was set up in […]
Politics over tax reform – Newspaper
The government will market its new “small trader scheme” as an effort to bring retailers into the tax net and generate Rs50 billion annually. A cursory look would, however, reveal that it is less a tax reform initiative and more a negotiated settlement with one of Pakistan’s most under-taxed yet politically influential constituencies. The scheme […]
Sindh, Balochistan cry foul as Irsa keeps mum over deepening water crisis – Pakistan
HYDERABAD: Water crisis in Sindh and Balochistan continues to deepen with each passing day as the Indus River System Authority (Irsa) remains indifferent to their hue and cry constantly being raised over the last few weeks. The two smaller provinces have been expressing their strong reservations over “unfair” deduction in their share of the Indus […]