Provinces & Regions
Bar association officials visit CJP
President of the District Bar Association Karachi, Amir Warraich, and General Secretary Abdul Rehman Korai called on the Chief Justice (CJ) of Pakistan, Justice Yahya Afridi, at the Supreme Court...
Factory fire exposes lack of safety protocols
A fire broke out early Thursday morning at a five-storey factory dealing in second-hand clothes within the Landhi Export Processing Zone (KEPZ), causing the entire building to collapse and injuring...
Renovated Hub Canal to open on Aug 13: Mayor
Mayor Murtaza Wahab has said that the Hub Dam project will be inaugurated on August 13. He stated that China-cutting, land commercialisation, and arbitrary distribution of plots are stories from...
Experts sound alarm on Pakistan’s deepening water crisis
A growing environmental crisis threatens Pakistan's freshwater resources, experts warned at a recent event titled "Building Water-Sensitive Communities: Collaborative Solutions for Freshwater Sustainability." WWF's Freshwater Programme's Senior Director Dr Masood...
Major reforms in transport, education win cabinet’s nod
The Sindh cabinet on Thursday approved a string of key policy measures and development initiatives aimed at improving administrative efficiency, ensuring road safety, reforming education governance, and preserving the province's...
Gang-rape accused among four ‘killed in encounters’
The Crime Control Department (CCD) conducted four separate operations across Punjab, resulting in the deaths of four suspects, including the main accused in the high-profile Chung gang-rape case. Police said...
Punjab school vacations extended
The Punjab government has extended the school summer vacations in the province because of an ongoing heatwave and health concerns for students. Punjab Education Minister Rana Sikandar Hayat announced that...
Gogi Butt secures bail in murder case
The Lahore Sessions Court has granted interim pre-arrest bail to the main accused, Aqeel Rasheed alias Gogi Butt in the high-profile Ameer Balaj murder case, until August 16. The order...
Two ‘robbers’ killed in police encounter
Two suspects, involved in dozens of robberies and street crime cases across Khanewal and surrounding districts, were shot dead in an alleged police encounter in the riverine area of Sarai...
Terrorists attack Dir posts, forces retaliate
Terrorists launched coordinated attacks on four police and Frontier Corps (FC) checkposts in the Lal Qila area of Maidan, Lower Dir, late Wednesday night, using heavy weaponry. As a result,...
