LAHORE/ PESHAWAR: Monsoon spells are currently active across various parts of Pakistan, bringing heavy rainfall that has caused widespread loss of life and property due to collapsing roofs, walls, and flash floods in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Various incidents have resulted in 23 deaths and dozens of injuries, alongside damage to numerous homes. According to […]
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and President Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday praised the security forces after they killed 10 India-backed militants and arrested two female suicide bombers along with a facilitator during counterterrorism operations in Balochistan. The operation, carried out in the Surab and Mastung districts of Balochistan, targeted militants the military identifies as members of Fitna al-Hindustan and Fitna al-Khawarij. In a statement, Prime Minister Sharif commended the officers and
RAWALPINDI: Pakistani security forces have killed 10 militants and arrested two female suicide bombers along with a facilitator during a series of intelligence-based operations in Balochistan, the military’s media wing said on Wednesday. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), joint intelligence-based and area sanitization operations were conducted in Surab and Mastung over the past
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PESHAWAR: The arrest of a self-styled cleric facilitating Fitna al-Khawarij has intensified scrutiny of unregistered religious seminaries in Pakistan, after the facilitator revealed that militant commanders relied on fabricated religious rulings and exploited religious institutions to justify acts of terrorism. The arrested facilitator, Mufti Zafaryab, confessed that he worked with militant figures after completing his religious education and issued
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QUETTA: Pakistan’s southwestern city of Quetta is facing a worsening water crisis as groundwater levels continue to decline, leaving thousands of residents without regular access to clean water and forcing many to depend on expensive private water tankers. Water supply by the Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) has either stopped completely or become highly irregular in several parts
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PESHAWAR: Four militants linked to Fitna al-Khawarij were killed, while three members of a security forces’ bomb disposal squad were killed during an intelligence-based operation in Mohmand district on Wednesday, officials said. According to officials, security forces launched the operation in the Mamad Gat area, within the jurisdiction of Lakare Police Station in Safi tehsil, after receiving intelligence about the presence of militants. During the
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PESHAWAR: A self-styled cleric linked to Fitna al-Khawarij has made a series of confessional claims following his arrest, saying that militant commanders used fabricated religious rulings and unregistered seminaries to justify acts of terrorism. The arrested facilitator, identified as Mufti Zafaryab, claimed he completed the eight-year Dars-e-Nizami programme at Jamia Nizam-ul-Uloom in Bannu before pursuing
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PESHAWAR: At least 14 people were killed and 19 others injured in rain-related incidents triggered by heavy downpours and flash floods across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province since July 19, the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) said on Tuesday. According to the PDMA, the fatalities included six men, six children and two women, while the injured comprised 11 men, four women and
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PARIS: France has become the first European Union country to ban social media access for children under the age of 15 after parliament overwhelmingly approved landmark legislation aimed at protecting minors from the harmful effects of online platforms. According to Reuters, both chambers of the French parliament—the Senate and the National Assembly—passed the bill by
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KARACHI: Pakistan has sought greater US support to strengthen its foreign exchange reserves and improve access to international capital markets, according to an official statement issued after Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb met US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in Washington on Tuesday. The meeting took place amid reports by Reuters that Pakistan had requested a $10
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