Category: Pakistan

KHYBER: At least two police personnel and a civilian were martyred Wednesday after terrorists targeted a checkpoint in Khyber district’s Charwazagai area, said the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police. Terrorists, according to District Police Officer (DPO) Saleem Abbas, launched a gun attack at a police checkpoint on the Pak-Afghan highway near the Landi Kotal Bazar. Those martyred in the attack, as per the police, included Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) Alamzeb, while the injured included one policemen and a civilian. Following the attack, the terrorists fled the scene. According to the police, the civilians martyred and injured…

Despite rebuttal by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Imran Khan has endorsed his earlier statement that he directed his party works to stage a peaceful protest outside the military’s General Headquarters (GHQ)in Rawalpindi before his arrest last year.  The incarcerated former prime minister had recently admitted to giving a call for a protest outside the GHQ before his arrest on May 9, 2023. The PTI leadership had refuted the media reports about Khan’s admission, claiming that the party founder “didn’t say what is being reported in the media”. “We [categorically] deny…

KARACHI: At least five people were killed and two others injured during an armed clash between two groups over an old enmity in Karachi’s Defence Housing Authority on Thursday night. According to the details, the armed clash took place between Fahad Bugti group and Ali Haider Bugti group in DHA’s Khayaban-e-Nishat. The deceased and the injured were relatives of slain Baloch leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti. DIG South Asad Raza said that the reason behind the clash was an “old enmity”. Three people from one group and two from the…

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has dismissed media reports regarding incarcerated party founder Imran Khan’s alleged “confessional remarks” of admitting calling for protest outside the General Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi before his May 9 arrest. “[Imran] Khan didn’t say what is being reported in the media […] we [categorically] deny this,” said senior party leader Asad Qaiser while speaking at a talk show on a private news channel. The former National Assembly speaker’s dismissal comes after the PTI founder, while speaking to journalists during a hearing of a case inside Adiala jail, acknowledged he…

Expressing reservations on the Supreme Court’s verdict on reserved seats, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said Sunday that the court’s decisions “should not be political but they should be given in line with the Constitution and the law”. “Judiciary is only responsible for the interpretation of law, not legislation,” the defence minister told Geo News while commenting on the top court’s verdict on the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) reserved seats case. Asif slammed the apex court’s July 12 verdict, once again, which declared the embattled former ruling party…

Different parts of Sindh on Friday night experienced heavy monsoon showers, causing waterlogging in low-lying areas.  As per the details, Hyderabad, Matiari, Tando Allahyar, Bhit Shah and other areas of the province received heavy showers tonight. Besides disrupting the smooth flow of traffic, electricity breakdown was also witnessed in many parts of the province soon after the start of the rain. In addition to this, the rainwater entered the houses located in the low-lying areas of the province. Roads were also submerged by rainwater disrupting the flow of traffic. With…

ISLAMABAD: As country braces for monsoon rain, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has issued an alert warning of urban flooding in Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and other parts of the country. NDMA’s Emergencies Operation Centre, in its warning issued on Wednesday, said that monsoon rains and thundershowers are likely to hit Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), Islamabad, KP and central and northeastern Punjab from July 17 to 21 with occasional gaps. The alert comes as the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) on Monday said that all four provinces including the AJK and Gilgit Baltistan (GB) regions…

As the residents of Karachi continue to suffer in the heat, a weather expert forecast on Tuesday that the city’s feels-like temperature would reach 43°C or might even surpass it on Tuesday and Wednesday. According to weather expert Jawad Memon, the maximum temperature in the port city is expected to rise up to 38 or 39°C during this time. Nevertheless, he said, thunderclouds may form in Karachi’s north, north-east, and north-west areas from today till July 18. Additionally, the weather analyst stated, “Moist winds coming from the Arabian Sea may…

A local journalist Malik Hassan Zaib was shot dead by two unknown assailants in the Nowshera district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on Sunday. The incident took place in the city area of Akbarpura, where the victim came under gun attack while he was on his way in a car along with his brother, District Police Officer (DPO) Azhar Khan said. His brother escaped the attack, the police officer said, adding that the journalist’s body had been shifted to a nearby hospital. The law enforcers, arriving on the spot, collected clues…

After their acquittal in iddat case, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan and his spouse Bushra Bibi have been “arrested in a new reference filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) related to Toshakhana gifts”, Geo News reported citing sources. The development came hours after a district and sessions court in Islamabad acquitted the former premier and his spouse in the iddat case — also known as the un-Islamic nikah case — which was the last hurdle in the couple’s release from jail. The court accepted the couple’s pleas seeking annulment of…