Manguchar: Three bodies were recovered from the Badrang area of Manguchar. According to police sources, the authorities were informed that the bodies were lying near the Badrang-Quetta-Karachi highway and were subsequently transferred to a local hospital. The identification cards found in their pockets revealed their names as Khuda Bakhsh, a resident of Johan; Zahoor Ahmed, […]
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi met with Jane Marriott, the United Kingdom’s High Commissioner to Pakistan, in Islamabad on Thursday and formally handed over extradition documents for former prime minister’s aide Shahzad Akbar and YouTuber Adil Raja. The meeting took place days after the interior minister announced a nationwide crackdown on individuals accused of
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ISLAMABAD: Construction work has officially begun on the N-25 highway connecting Karachi, Quetta and Chaman. The development was reviewed during a high-level meeting of the National Highway Authority (NHA) held under the chairmanship of Federal Minister for Communications Abdul Aleem Khan. During the meeting, officials informed that construction activities have started on the 800-kilometre-long Pakistan
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RICHMOD: An Afghan national has been taken into custody in the US state of Virginia on charges of providing assistance to the terrorist group ISIS. According to the US Department of Homeland Security, the suspect, identified as Jan Shah Safi, was arrested yesterday by Immigration and Customs Enforcement authorities. Investigators allege that he supplied weapons
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QUETTA: The human rights organization Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP), which has been actively campaigning against enforced disappearances in Balochistan, has announced the temporary closure of its protest camp in Quetta due to financial difficulties. The protest camp, which had been running for several years outside the Quetta Press Club, served as a central
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ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Communications Abdul Aleem Khan said the completion of the Pakistan Expressway in Balochistan will be a “major breakthrough” for the province’s transport development. He made the remarks on Thursday during a high-level meeting of the National Highway Authority (NHA). The meeting assessed the 800-kilometre Pakistan Expressway and reviewed security and other
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QUETTA: Balochistan’s Fisheries Department has foiled an attempt at illegal trawling in its coastal waters. Officials said the operation took place near Ormara, within 12 nautical miles of the coast. Fisheries teams successfully stopped the illegal activity. Sources said there was a brief exchange of fire between the trawling mafia and the patrolling team. The
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has decided to partially open Afghan border crossings, which have been closed for 54 days, disrupting trade and stranding thousands of travellers. All major crossings — including Spin Boldak at Chaman, Ghulam Khan in North Waziristan, Angoor Adda in South Waziristan, Kharlachi in Kurram, and Torkham in Khyber — remain shut. Pakistan has
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QUETTA: Balochistan has recorded a sharp rise in registered HIV/AIDS patients over the past year. The number of patients stood at 2,851 in 2024. It increased to 3,303 by the end of 2025, showing an addition of 452 new cases in just 12 months. The same period also saw 452 deaths. According to the Sindh
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ISLAMABAD: State Bank Governor Jamil Ahmed has asserted that Pakistan’s external debt burden is declining, with the debt-to-GDP ratio dropping from 31% to 26% since 2022, countering narratives of increasing national liabilities. Addressing the media, Ahmed clarified that while external debt grew by an average of $6.4 billion annually between 2015 and 2022, it has not
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