<p>DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi on Sunday said that more than 1,300 kilogrammes of explosives were used in the recent <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2018066">attack</a> on a Tank checkpost that resulted in the martyrdom of 15 people, including 14 security personnel.</p> <p>The governor made the remarks while speaking to journalists at the Regional Police Office in Dera Ismail Khan after attending a security briefing on the law and order situation in the re

<p>• Small exporters, manufacturers hit as inflows through <em>hundi</em>, <em>hawala</em> shrink sharply<br>• Crypto investments divert billions of dollars from local market</p> <p>KARACHI: The country’s unaccounted foreign exchange inflows through the <em>hundi</em> and <em>hawala</em> network have declined sharply as the prolonged Gulf war disrupted Dubai’s informal trading business, hurting small exporters and domestic manufacturers.</p> <p>Sources in the financial sector said that h

<p>PESHAWAR: Prof. Gul Rahim Khan has been awarded the prestigious Oriental Numismatic Society (ONS) Ashoka Prize 2025 in London for the best paper published in the journal of the Oriental Numismatic Society (JONS) during 2025.</p> <p>This distinguished international recognition celebrates his outstanding scholarly contribution through the research paper titled “Attribution of Coins to the Queens of the Utpala Dynasty of Medieval Kashmir (JONS 260).”</p> <p>Speaking to <em>Dawn</em> regardin

<p>ISLAMABAD: While ventilators are considered the last resort to keep the patient alive and continue efforts for his recovery, the shortage of ventilators has emerged as a major hindrance in saving lives across the federal capital.</p> <p>A ventilator is a medical device which helps a patient breathe by pumping air in and sucking it out of their lungs. It also monitors most of the body functions and keeps the patient alive. It is mostly used in intensive care units (ICUs).</p> <p>Officials of b

<p>LAHORE: While a vast area of Punjab, covering nearly 400 square kilometres, has come under water following ongoing torrential rains and the overflow of several drains carrying water far beyond their designed capacity, the Chenab and Ravi rivers are expected to reach <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2017935">medium</a> to high flood levels over the next 24 hours.</p> <p>The warning at a time when the flooding has already caused widespread damage to standing crops, livestock and infrastructur

<p>MIRPUR: Responding to PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif’s <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2018204/sharifs-pre-poll-promises-to-ajk-dont-sit-well-with-ppp#:~:text=In%20an%20apparent%20swipe%20at%20the%20PPP%20chairman%2C%20Mr%20Sharif%20said%20Kashmir%20should%20not%20be%20mistaken%20for%20Kashmore%2C%20nor%20Mirpur%20for%20Mirpurkhas.">recent jibe</a>, PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Sunday said that whether it’s Kashmir or Kashmore, Mirpur or Mirpurkhas, their residents were “not re

<p>As monsoon showers continued to hit parts of the country, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Sunday reported seven more casualties in Punjab and three in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, taking the countrywide death toll since June 26 to above 100.</p> <p>According to an NDMA daily situation report covering 24 hours up till 1pm, Punjab’s Gujrat and Okara districts recorded two deaths each, while one casualty each was reported from Sargodha, Narowal and Sialkot.</p> <p>In KP, Hangu regi

<p>Information Minister Attaullah Tarar on Sunday announced the arrest of a man allegedly involved in the spread of anti-state content on social media in exchange for funding from India.</p> <p>In a televised message aired on state media, the information minister said that security forces had some time back arrested a man working in digital marketing services whose business activities were allegedly found to have links in India.</p> <p>The minister accused the arrested suspect of receiving payme

Responding to PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharifs recent jibe, PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Sunday said that whether its Kashmir or Kashmore, Mirpur or Mirpurkhas, their residents were not ready to bargain away their rights. Bilawals response...

<p>GILGIT: Road access to several parts of Gilgit-Baltistan remained cut off for the fourth consecutive day on Saturday as <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/amp/2017826">flash floods</a> and glacial lake outburst floods (Glofs), triggered by rapid glacier melting, continued to damage highways and hamper restoration efforts.</p> <p>The continued flooding, driven by unusually high temperatures and accelerated glacier melt, disrupted relief operations and delayed the restoration of road links to a