<p>Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry on Wednesday said four civilians, 27 policemen and 11 security personnel had been martyred, while 54 terrorists had been killed in terrorist attacks and subsequent operations in Balochistan since July 5.</p> <hr /> <p><strong>Highlights:</strong></p> <ul> <li>4 citizens die in armed attack in Hanna Urak on outskirts of Quetta on July 4/5</li> <li>9 policemen martyred, 15 terrorists killed in July

<p>KARACHI: A missing six-year old boy was found raped and murdered near Karachi’s Lea Market on Wednesday, with the police claiming to have arrested a 20-year old suspect who happened to be a neighbour of the victim.</p> <p>Napier police said that the body of the boy was found at Punjab Gali near Spencer’s Eye Hospital, and moved to Karachi’s Civil Hospital for legal formalities.</p> <p>Police surgeon Dr Summaiya Syed said that the body was “decomposed” and there were “multiple bone

<p>THE powers of the tax machinery are growing more strident but the recovery of actual revenue is getting harder and harder. The new <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2013725/artificial-intelligence-to-drive-new-tax-model-says-aurangzeb">production monitoring system</a> rolled out by the FBR in the last fiscal might provide some technology-led direction to how these coercive powers can be down-blended with enhanced surveillance to yield something more intrusive but less punitive. But it cannot

<p>PESHAWAR: As lawmakers from across the aisle in the KP Assembly joined hands to defend the controversial law granting extended powers and privileges to members, Chief Minister Sohail Afridi on Wednesday ordered a review of its provisions following media outcry.</p> <p>It was reported yesterday that the KP government had recently <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2013628">approved</a> the enactment of the KP Provincial Assembly (Powers, Immunities and Privileges) Act, 2026, which was <a href=

<p>The United States and Iran traded strikes on Thursday for the second day running as Washington and Tehran battled over the strategic Strait of Hormuz.</p> <p>The latest round of attacks, which the US said was carried out in response to <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2013627">Tuesday’s assault on three cargo ships transiting the strait</a>, came hours after US President Donald Trump <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2013772">said </a>he believed an <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/200

The United States and Iran traded strikes on Thursday for the second day running as Washington and Tehran battled over the strategic Strait of Hormuz. The latest round of attacks, which the US said was carried out in response to Tuesdays assault on...

<p>KARACHI: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said on Tuesday that human intervention between the tax administration and taxpayers would be reduced to a minimum under a new AI-led engagement model.</p> <p>Addressing a banking summit in Karachi, the minister said parliament had introduced a new tax administration operating model and approved a new structure in which notices would be issued through AI-led systems.</p> <p>The minister discussed several segments of the economy and expressed opti

<p>LAHORE: A judicial magistrate on Wednesday granted police custody of four suspects, including the relative of a senior political figure, for another five days in the alleged abduction and rape case involving two foreign women.</p> <p>The suspects were produced before the magistrate at the Cantonment Courts following the expiry of the five-day physical <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2012674/lahore-police-get-custody-of-4-suspects-arrested-for-alleged-abduction-sexual-assault-of-two-foreign

RAWALPINDI: A K2 Airways Boeing 737-400 cargo aircraft en route from Sharjah to Karachi disappeared from radar over the Arabian Sea, about 300 kilometres west of Karachi, on Tuesday. According to r...

<p>PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Tuesday enacted a law expanding provincial assembly members’ powers and immunities, including the issuance of lifetime official passports to them and their spouses.</p> <p>The KP Assembly <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/1996445">passed</a> the KP Provincial Assembly (Powers, Immunities and Privileges) Act, 2026, on April 30. On the same day, it also passed two other laws: the KP Province Speaker and Deputy Speaker (Powers, Immunities and Pri