<p>LAHORE: A sessions court on Monday acquitted a man accused of desecrating the Holy Quran, ruling that the prosecution had completely failed to establish any direct connection between the accused and the alleged act of blasphemy.</p> <p>Police had registered First Information Report (FIR) No. 701 on April 27, 2024, under Sections 295-A and 295-B of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC).</p> <p>The complainant claimed that he was standing near Shadman Chowk when he saw a man near an auto-rickshaw who h

<p>Rainfall, windstorms and thunderstorms are expected across most of the country, except Sindh, over the coming days, raising concerns about <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2013152">urban flooding</a> in Punjab and <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2012369">Khyber Pakhtunkhwa</a>, the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) said in a press release on Monday.</p> <p>Moist currents from the Arabian Sea are penetrating the upper parts of the country, while moist currents from the Bay of Benga

<p>FOR more than sixty-five years, the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) has stood as one of the world’s renowned, most enduring and successful transboundary water-course division arrangements between two nation states.</p> <p>Beyond its legal and international significance, it has also been the cornerstone of Pakistan’s water resources development.</p> <figure class='media w-full sm:w-1/2 media--right media--embed media--uneven' data-original-src='https://www.dawn.com/news/2012355'>

<img src="https://static.arynews.tv/zip-archives/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Pakistan-Army-issues-warning-over-India-backed-terror-groups.jpg" /><br />Corps Commanders: India-backed proxies will face decisive response

<p>Mourners and leaders from around the world, including Pakistan, gathered at Tehran’s Grand Mosalla to pay tribute to Iran’s former Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, who was <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/1976870">assassinated</a> in a US-Israeli strike on Iran in February 2026.</p> <p>The <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2011971/iran-prepares-for-late-supreme-leaders-funeral"><u>funeral ceremonies</u></a> will pass through a series of locations — from the seat of power in Tehran to th

<p>The Foreign Office (FO) said on Thursday that Qatari and Pakistani mediators had concluded separate meetings with negotiators from the United States and Iran in Doha.</p> <p>In a statement on X, it said that “positive progress” was made on issues related to the <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2008730">Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)</a> between the two sides, building on the talks held in <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2009504">Switzerland </a>earlier this month.</p> <p

<p>KARACHI: Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Wednesday launched the province’s first Google Gemini for Education Corner at NED University and 20,000 Google Career Certificate scholarships for students along with the Google Gemini Artificial Intelligence (AI) training programme for cabinet members and senior officials.</p> <p>The programmes were launched in collaboration with Google and Tech Valley Pakistan.</p> <p>The launching ceremony was attended by provincial ministers, advisers, Chie

<p>ISLAMABAD: In a significant development signaling a marked departure from the established judicial hierarchy, the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) has formally notified separate interview committees to vet candidates for appointment as additional judges in four high courts, with not a single Supreme Court judge included in any of the panels.</p> <p>The notification, issued on Wednesday and obtained by <em>Dawn</em>, invokes Rule 10A of the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (Appointment of

<p>Despite several high-profile attacks, Pakistan witnessed a decline in overall anti-state violence and related security incidents during June, according to the Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS).</p> <p>According to PICSS — an Islamabad-based think tank that monitors terrorism, anti-state violence and related security trends — 184 terrorists were killed in operations by Pakistani security forces, accounting for the largest share of the total 262 fatalities.</p> <p

<p>TWO senior officials, one each from Pakistan and India, have laid their arguments before an international readership. Dr. P.K. Saxena, former Indian Commissioner for Indus Waters, <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="link--external" href="https://indianembassyberlin.gov.in/pdf/Article_English_14052026.pdf">published </a>a two-part indictment of the Indus Waters Treaty in May 2026, now circulating through Indian embassies worldwide. Syed Mehar Ali Shah, Pakistan’s ser