Provinces & Regions
Political parties in Balochistan announce Sept 8 strike over Quetta blast
Balochistan's major political parties have given a province-wide shutter-down and wheel-jam strike call on September 8 in protest against the recent suicide attack targeting Balochistan National Party- Mengal (BNP-M) rally...
SHO among three policemen martyred in Karak attack
At least three policemen, including a Station House Officer (SHO), were killed when unidentified gunmen opened fire on a police patrol vehicle in the Banda Daud Shah area of Karak...
Punjab launches ‘clinics on boat’ as floodwaters submerge villages
The Punjab government has launched “clinics on boats” to provide medical care in flood-affected areas, as large swathes of South Punjab remain inundated following severe flooding in the Sutlej, Ravi,...
Gandapur slams critics over Senate ticket row
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur has lashed out at detractors within the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), accusing them of spreading "shameless" criticism over the distribution of Senate election tickets...
Surge in polio vaccine refusals raises alarm
Federal Health Minister Syed Mustafa Kamal has expressed grave concern over the rising number of polio vaccination refusals in the metropolis, revealing that nearly 27,000 parents have declined to vaccinate...
Sindh launches HPV vaccination drive
Health experts have raised alarm that nearly 5,000 women in Pakistan are diagnosed with cervical cancer annually, with more than 3,000 losing their lives to the disease. Globally, cervical cancer...
Fiancee killed, mother injured in axe attack
A young woman was killed and her mother injured in an axe attack allegedly carried out by her fiance during a domestic dispute in the Hangoora Goth area off the...
IS-K claims Quetta bombing as toll tops 17
The Khorasan chapter of the ultra-extremist Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for Tuesday's suicide bombing at a political rally in a provincial capital that officials said killed 17 people...
School van driver jailed for 14 years for abusing child
An Additional District and Sessions Judge (Central), Mirza Tauseef Ahmed, has sentenced school van driver Owais Khan to 14 years imprisonment for sexually harassing a seven-year-old girl during pick-and-drop duty....
Ample wheat in Sindh, but prices may rise: official
Chief Minister's Special Assistant on Food, Abdul Jabbar Khan, has assured that there is no wheat flour crisis in the province, as government warehouses currently hold 1.3 million bags of...
