SWAT: Seven tourists drowned and eight remain missing after a flash flood swept away 18 family members in Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, on Friday. Rescue teams pulled three survivors from the river. The sudden surge hit while the family was having breakfast near the riverside. Adnan, a tourist from Daska, said the water trapped four women, […]
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RAWALPINDI: Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir addressed the probationary officers of the 52nd Common Training Programme (CTP) at the Army Auditorium. These officers from the Civil Services Academy had recently visited Pakistan Army formations in peace-time and operational areas across Kashmir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Balochistan. They interacted with personnel from all three services and gained
QUETTA: Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Abdul Majeed, in-charge of the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) Nasirabad Range, has been arrested by the Anti-Corruption Establishment Balochistan, on charges of embezzling government weapons and ammunition worth millions of rupees. According to details, on the directives of Director General Anti-Corruption Abdul Wahid Kakar, the Anti-Corruption team carried out a operation against
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TAL AVIV: A British newspaper has claimed that the Gaza war is expected to end within two weeks. According to the report, following a U.S. attack on Iran, U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had a phone conversation. Both leaders reportedly agreed on a ceasefire in Gaza. The report further states
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QINGDAO: India on Thursday refused to sign a joint statement at a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting in China. The reason: the document mentioned terrorist activities in Pakistan’s Balochistan. According to The Times of India, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh represented India at the SCO Defence Ministers’ meeting in Qingdao. Ministers from 10 member states attended,
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By: Abdullah Khan What is unfolding in Balochistan is not merely a so-called separatist movement of the terrorists—it is the deliberate distortion of Baloch society’s values. For years, terrorist outfits like the BLA have used women as suicide bombers in their violent campaigns. As a Baloch and as someone who understands the cultural fabric of
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ISLAMABAD: U.S. President Donald Trump again claimed that American intervention helped avert war between nuclear rivals Pakistan and India, while praising Pakistan’s Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir as “an inspiring personality”, on Wednesday. US President Trump told world leaders that he met with Pakistani Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir — a truly remarkable figure, adding
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QUETTA: The Balochistan Assembly on Wednesday approved the provincial Rs1.28 trillion budget for the fiscal year 2025–26 with a majority vote. No member opposed the passage of the budget during the session. The house, during the budget session, presented a total of 94 demands for grants related to the upcoming fiscal year. Of these, 53
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ISLAMABAD: Barrick Gold Corporation and Japan’s Komatsu have signed a $440 million deal to supply mining equipment for the Reko Diq project in Pakistan’s mineral-rich Balochistan province. Komatsu also plans to set up a local subsidiary to support the operations, the company announced on Wednesday. Reko Diq is among the world’s largest untapped copper and
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By: Babar Yousafzai As someone who has closely watched the evolving dynamics of Balochistan, I feel compelled to speak — not just as a concerned Pakistani, but as someone who believes in truth, clarity, and justice. The recent martyrdom of Mir Ataur Rehman Mengal is not just another tragic incident in the long list of
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