QUETTA: The protest sit-in at Hanna Urak ended after successful negotiations between the Balochistan government and the demonstrators, leading to the reopening of the blocked road for traffic. Speaking to the protesters, Balochistan Health Minister Bakht Muhammad Kakar and Adviser to the Interior Babar Yousafzai reaffirmed the provincial government’s commitment to protecting the lives and […]
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ISLAMABAD: Fourteen prisoners managed to escape from a police transit van while being transferred from Kahuta to Rawalpindi. Following the incident, law enforcement agencies initiated a massive search operation in the area, successfully rearresting four of the escapees, while ten others remain at large. According to police sources, the breakout occurred near the Chakiya Post,
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ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has predicted a new wave of monsoon rains across the country. It has warned of heavy downpours, urban flooding, and potential landslides in various regions during the first week of July. According to the PMD, rain is expected across most parts of Azad Kashmir—including Muzaffarabad, Rawalakot, Poonch, Bagh, and
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ISLAMABAD: Driven by a downward shift in the international market, domestic gold prices in Pakistan experienced a notable decline on Monday. In the global bullion market, the price of gold fell by $23 per ounce, bringing the new international rate down to $4,065 per ounce. In line with this global trend, the local sarafa (bullion)
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Hyderabad: A government school from Hyderabad has been named among the best schools in the world. The prestigious World’s Best School Prizes are hosted annually by the global education platform T4 Education to honor schools that show exceptional commitment to academic excellence, student wellbeing, and community transformation. Regarded as one of the most reputable international
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MUZAFFARABAD: The Supreme Court of Azad Kashmir on Monday suspended a High Court ruling directing the Election Commission to register Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) AJK as a political party and referred the case to a full bench. Notices were issued to all parties in the case. The next hearing was scheduled for July 2. The AJK High
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LAHORE: The duration of Pakistan’s Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) programme has been extended from four years to five years in Punjab under a major overhaul of dental education. The University of Health Sciences (UHS) has introduced the integrated BDS Curriculum 2K25 for the 2025-26 academic session. The revised curriculum will be implemented in all
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KARACHI: Pakistan’s stock market opened the new trading week on a positive note on Monday, with the benchmark index gaining more than 400 points in early trade. At 9:50 a.m. local time, the benchmark KSE-100 Index was trading at 180,006.95, up 435.69 points, or 0.24%. Buying interest was seen in cement, commercial banking, oil and gas
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has decided to intensify action against Afghan nationals residing in the country without valid visas, with arrests set to begin on July 10, the Interior Ministry said. The ministry issued formal directives to the chief secretaries of all four provinces, as well as Gilgit-Baltistan, Azad Kashmir, and the chief commissioner of Islamabad. The
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday expressed condolences to Saudi Arabia after an Aramco-operated helicopter crashed in Ras Tanura, killing all 14 people on board. The helicopter went down on Sunday morning in the eastern Saudi city of Ras Tanura, according to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA). All 14 passengers were Saudi nationals, and
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