QUETTA: A female doctor was seriously injured in an acid attack inside the Surgical Ward of Civil Hospital Quetta on Saturday, hospital officials and police said. The attack occurred when an unidentified man allegedly threw acid on Dr. Mah Noor inside the ward before fleeing the scene. Another person was also injured in the incident. […]
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MUZAFFARABAD: Azad Kashmir police arrested more than 72 leaders and members of the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) on Saturday, a day after the government declared the group a proscribed organisation and placed it under the First Schedule of the region’s anti-terrorism law. The Azad Kashmir Home Department, in a notification issued a day earlier,
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ISLAMABAD: Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said on Thursday that a demand by the Action Committee to abolish the 12 Azad Kashmir Assembly seats elected from Pakistan amounted to an attempt to sabotage the electoral process. In a statement posted on X, Asif said AJK elections are scheduled for July 27 and the committee is demanding
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MUZAFFARABAD: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJ&K) Home Department has officially banned the Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JK-JAAC), along with its regional variants, the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) and Awami Action Committee (AAC). According to an official notification dated June 5, 2026, the government has established reasonable grounds showing that the organization
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LAHORE: Tremors from an earthquake were felt in Lahore and its surrounding areas. According to the Seismological Center, the earthquake recorded a magnitude of 4.9 with a depth of 18 kilometers. The center further stated that the epicenter of the quake was located in the border region between Kashmir and India. Concurrently, social media users
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DERA BUGTI: In Dera Bugti, unidentified armed men opened fire outside a court due to an alleged old enmity, killing tribal leader Vadera Sobazi Rahija Bugti and injuring Miran Karmazi Rahija Bugti. In a separate incident on the same day, attackers shot and killed a man named Sanaullah in the Loop area before fleeing the
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ISLAMABAD: The federal government has launched a simplified tax scheme aimed at bringing small shopkeepers into the national tax net. Minister of State Bilal Azhar Kiyani announced that the new initiative features a convenient, one-page application form open to both registered tax filers and non-filers. The scheme applies directly to businesses with annual sales of
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PANJGUR: Security forces carried out an intelligence-based operation in Panjgur district of Balochistan on June 3–4, 2026, targeting militants of the Indian proxy network “Fitna al Hindustan”. The Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement that troops engaged multiple militant positions during the operation. They added that intense exchanges of fire took place. The
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MOSCOW: The Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) has expressed concern over the security situation in Afghanistan, warning that the presence of terrorist groups poses a threat to peace and stability across the wider region. CSTO Secretary General Talantbek Masadykov said insecurity in Afghanistan and the activities of international terrorist organizations continue to increase. He warned
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ISLAMABAD: Political campaigning reached its peak on Friday as Pakistan’s northern region of Gilgit-Baltistan prepared to vote in legislative assembly elections on June 7. Senior leaders of the country’s major political parties spent the final day of campaigning trading criticism and seeking support across the mountainous region. Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, leader of the
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