<p>KARACHI: Three suspects have been<a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2015224/jpmc-doctor-shot-dead-as-robbers-take-away-rs25m-in-clifton"> </a>arrested in connection with the murder of a young doctor who was shot dead during a robbery near Teen Talwar in Karachi’s Clifton area, according to a press release issued by South Zone police on Wednesday.</p> <p>Dr Akash Kumar, a doctor at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), was <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2015224/jpmc-doctor-shot-

<p>ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday directed the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to maintain close coordination with provinces to avert any emergency situation during the ongoing monsoon rains, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said.</p> <p>In a statement, the PMO said the prime minister issued the directives during a meeting with NDMA Chairman Lieutenant General Inam Haider Malik.</p> <p>The prime minister directed that coordination with provincial governmen

<p>State Minister for Interior Tallal Chaudhry on Wednesday said authorities were stepping up security around the Saindak copper and gold mine in Balochistan after supply routes were disrupted in the region by terrorists, and the mine’s operator denied a report that the project could be forced to shut down.</p> <p>The development comes as kinetic operations in the province are being carried out under <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2015629/3-more-terrorists-killed-as-operation-shaban-contin

<p>Azad Jammu and Kashmir Home Secretary Chaudhry Guftar Hussain said on Wednesday that the <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2005462">proscribed</a> Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) had carried out coordinated campaigns using “baseless claims and propaganda” to incite people against the state.</p> <p>Hussain, addressing the media, stated that the banned organisation had resorted to using women and children as “human shields” after its leaders showed indifference towards the party an

<p>LAHORE: The Lahore district administration sealed a private water park in Batapur on Monday after a nine-year-old girl allegedly got stuck in a drainage pipe and died due to the alleged negligence of park officials, it emerged on Wednesday.</p> <p>Batapur police arrested three officials of Sozo Water Park after registering a criminal case against them.</p> <p>The incident occurred on Monday, when the park administration allegedly began draining a swimming pool without first evacuating the chi

<p>ISLAMABAD: The Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) on Wednesday ruled that earlier Supreme Court (SC) and Islamabad High Court (IHC) decisions that led to the demolition of Monal Restaurant and other commercial establishments within Margalla Hills National Park (MHNP) constituted an exceptional transgression of judicial power, resulting in a “grave miscarriage of justice”.</p> <p>The SC had ordered the closure of Monal and the adjacent La Montana restaurant on August 21, 2024, and they wer

<p>LAHORE: A sessions court on Wednesday issued a notice to the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) on a petition seeking the registration of a case against Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman for allegedly making a controversial statement about security personnel.</p> <p>Fazl made the statement during a <a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="link--external" href="https://x.com/juipakofficial/status/2076219565726372255">recent party rally</a>

Security forces foiled on Thursday an attempted suicide attack targeting a military post in the Kari Kot area of Lower South Waziristans Wana, killing four terrorists, sources said. According to security sources, the terrorists tried to attack the...

<p><strong>• No untoward incident reported in Poonch, Sudhnoti<br>• Thousands gather at Rawalakot’s Eidgah Ground ahead of march<br>• JAAC says it wrote to army chief after concerns failed to reach him through official channels<br>• AJK home secretary says coordinated campaigns carried out on social media to incite people</strong></p> <p>MUZAFFARABAD: The proscribed Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) on Wednesday deferred for one week its planned long march on Muzaffarabad after back-

<p>KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah on Wednesday said the amount allocated to provinces under the National Finance Commission (NFC) Award had declined this year because the provinces contributed a portion of their share to support the federal government.</p> <p>“Despite reduced financial resources, every effort had been made to ensure that provincial development projects and grants remained unaffected,” he said while addressing a ceremony organised by the Korangi Association