The death toll from a massive fire at Gul Plaza shopping mall on MA Jinnah Road in Karachi has risen to 26, while the number of missing people has reached 83, officials said on Tuesday. The blaze, which broke out late Saturday night, has destroyed most parts of the building. Rescue teams are still removing […]
Last week’s arrival of Noor Ahmed Noor in New Delhi – the first Afghan chargé d’affaires appointed under the Taliban government – marked a quiet but consequential moment in regional diplomacy, signalling a subtle recalibration in India’s engagement with Kabul at a time of shifting geopolitical alignments. Soon after landing, Noor Ahmed Noor met senior […]
MWM chief Allama Raja Nasir Abbas is expected to be officially notified as the Senate opposition leader Tuesday (today), PTI Senator Ali Zafar said on Monday. The position has remained vacant for the past five months. Speaking to the media in the Parliament House, Senator Zafar said he had submitted a letter to Senate Chairman […]
Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly (NA) Mahmood Khan Achakzai offered unconditional support to the government for initiatives aimed at strengthening democracy, parliament and the Constitution in his maiden speech in the role on Monday while also calling for visits to PTI founder Imran Khan to be allowed. The Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party […]
An explosion tore through a Chinese-run restaurant in a hotel in a heavily guarded part of Afghanistan’s capital on Monday, killing a Chinese national and six Afghans and injuring several others including a child, officials said. The restaurant was in the commercial Shahr-e-Naw neighbourhood of Kabul that includes office buildings, shopping complexes and embassies, police […]
The upper house of parliament witnessed a heated debate on Monday over the devastating fire at Gul Plaza, with senators describing it as an incident of criminal negligence and demanding accountability from the Sindh government. During the session, chaired by Senate Chairman Yousuf Raza Gilani, the Karachi tragedy, which claimed more than two dozen lives […]
A dignified ceremony was held at Government College University (GCU) Faisalabad under the Prime Minister’s Laptop Scheme, during which laptops were distributed among 1,934 students to promote digital learning and empower youth through technology. Federal Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination Senator Rana Sanaullah Khan attended the regional-level ceremony as the chief guest. Addressing the gathering, he […]
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has arrested six individuals, including four PASCO employees and one private broker, on charges of pilfering wheat and adulterating sacks with soil, officials said on Monday. The operation was conducted at the PASCO warehouse in Tandlianwala, and the FIA has secured a five-day physical remand of the accused from the […]
An important jirga comprising elders and notables of Khyber tribal district was held at the Chief Minister’s House in Peshawar under the chairmanship of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Muhammad Sohail Afridi. The meeting reviewed the overall law and order situation in Khyber district and discussed in detail the problems being faced by families displaced from the […]
Police have constituted a five-member Joint Investigation Team (JIT) to probe a firing incident earlier this month that left a petrol pump employee dead and three security guards injured. Jhang District Police Officer (DPO) Bilal Iftikhar Kiyani said the JITheaded by a Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), has been directed to complete its investigation within […]