Month: September 2026

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Excise, Taxation and Narcotics Control Department seized 240 kilograms of hashish in an operation in Swabi, foiling an attempt to transport a large consignment of narcotics, the department said. The operation was conducted under the provincial government’s zero-tolerance policy against narcotics, and following directives from Provincial Minister for Excise, Taxation and Narcotics Control Syed Fakhar Jehan, the department said. According to the Excise Department, the operation was launched on a tip-off received by Excise and Taxation Officer Counter Narcotics Operations Majid Khan. Special teams were deployed under…

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Lindsay Clancy will return to court on Tuesday for a key hearing, as prosecutors weigh whether to retry the Massachusetts ​woman on murder charges for killing her three young children in 2023 and her lawyers push for the case’s dismissal. Judge William ‌Sullivan in Plymouth, Massachusetts, scheduled the hearing after declaring a mistrial on September 4, which occurred after a single juror prevented the 12-member jury from reaching a unanimous verdict on whether to convict Clancy or find her not guilty by reason of insanity. Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy…

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the “hands of a foreign actor” were ​involved in an incident in which five men were arrested on suspected explosives and terrorism offences near a British airbase used ‌by US forces to strike Iran. British police declared a major incident at the RAF Fairford base in western England following the arrests early on Sunday, and the government held a national emergency meeting. However, the police released the five on bail on Monday, but said the investigation was not over and they were examining…

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Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb held a kick-off meeting with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission on Tuesday. “Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb, held a kick-off meeting with the IMF mission, led by Iva Petrova,” read a statement released by the Ministry of Finance.  “The IMF mission is in Islamabad for the fourth review of Pakistan’s Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangement and the third review of the Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF),” it added. Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Jameel Ahmad, Chairman of the…

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The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication on Tuesday confirmed a new polio case, fifth of Pakistan this year, from Bannu district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The affected child is a 17-month-old girl from Khandar Khankhel Union Council in Tehsil Domel of Bannu district. Out of the five total cases reported this year, four have emerged from Bannu Division, with three detected in Bannu district alone. Although overall transmission of the poliovirus across the country has declined since 2025, the virus’s presence and circulation in southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa remain a persistent…

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Three generations of an Armenian-Christian family were driving home in Baghdad in April 2003 ‌when US Marines in a firefight with Iraqi forces fired on their cars, killing three men. Almost a decade later, two women who survived the attack sat down in their Glendale, California, living room with one of the Marines who pulled the trigger. That ​encounter serves as the climax of “Atonement,” writer-director Reed Van Dyk’s feature debut, which had its North ​American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival this month and opens in theatres on…

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The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced the match officials for Pakistan’s upcoming 12 international matches against Sri Lanka and England, scheduled from October 9 to November 21. Pakistan will host Sri Lanka for a three-match T20I series and a two-Test World Test Championship series. Between the two series, Pakistan, England and Sri Lanka will feature in a seven-match ODI tri-series in Rawalpindi and Lahore from October 18 to 31. Former New Zealand Test cricketer and ICC Elite Panel match referee Jeffrey Crowe will lead the playing control team for…

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Star cricketer Mohammad Rizwan has written a second letter to the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA), seeking the return of his mobile phone without further delay, sources said on Tuesday. According to the sources, Rizwan said he had not been formally informed in writing about the inquiry against him, nor had the agency contacted him for any further proceedings. Rizwan said the NCCIA took his mobile phone on August 31 and assured him it would be returned, but he had yet to receive it. He said he had provided…

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Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has warned that no country in the region would be able to sell oil if Iran were prevented from doing so, as tensions with Washington over the Strait of Hormuz continue. “The US and other countries should know … that in a region where we cannot sell oil, no one will sell oil,” Ghalibaf said on Tuesday, according to state-run IRNA. He also warned that no infrastructure in the region would be safe if Iran’s security was not guaranteed, adding that Tehran would respond…

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