<p>Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Friday stressed the need to build upon the commitments enshrined in the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) during a meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.</p> <p>Their meeting came after Washington and Tehran <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2013772/trump-says-iran-ceasefire-over-vows-to-hit-em-hard#:~:text=US%20Central%20Command%20(Centcom)%20said%20its%20forces%20had%20struck%20more%20than%2080%20targets">exch

<p>ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday reserved its order on the maintainability of petitions seeking suspension of the sentences awarded to lawyers and rights activists Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha in the controversial tweets case after the prosecution argued that the pleas had been filed prematurely.</p> <p>On January 24, rights lawyers Imaan and Hadi were <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/1968788"><u>sentenced</u></a> by an Islamabad sessions court to a tota

<p>• Nawaz, Maryam make development pledges, ‘gift’ of 10 electric buses prompts rigging allegations<br>• In apparent swipe at Bilawal, PML-N supremo says ‘Kashmir should not be mistaken for Kashmore, nor Mirpur for Mirpurkhas’<br>• PPP assails Nawaz’s remarks, urges Election Commission to take notice of ‘promises’</p> <p>MUZAFFARABAD: PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif on Friday promised an international airport for Mirpur, the revival of Mansehra-Muzaffarabad-Mirpur mot­o­rway pr

<p>ISLAMABAD: In a first, the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Friday awarded DHA City, located on M-9 motorway, two parallel licences for electricity distribution and supplier of last resort (SoLR) for a period of 21 years.</p> <p>This is the first of its kind move under which a privately owned entity — DHA Energy Supply Company (Desco) — got licences to have both responsibilities of distribution of electricity and the supplier of last resort under the revised Nepra

<figure class='media w-full sm:w-full media--center media--uneven media--stretch' data-original-src='https://i.dawn.com/large/2026/07/25042459225c3d0.webp'> <div class='media__item '><picture><img src='https://i.dawn.com/large/2026/07/25042459225c3d0.webp' alt=' Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and CDF Field Marshal Asim Munir jointly inaugurate the Sky47 AI Cloud centre.&mdash;APP ' /></picture></div> <figcaption class='media__caption '>Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif a

<p>• Senate committee says federal role in devolved subjects defies 18th Amendment; forms panel to examine violations<br>• Cabinet division told to scrap proposed IT-related ministries</p> <p>ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Devolution has expressed serious concerns over the re-establishment of federal ministries on subjects already devolved to the provinces under 18th Amend­ment and formed a subcommittee to examine the violations.</p> <p>The requisitioned meeting of the committe

<figure class='media w-full sm:w-full media--center media--uneven media--stretch' data-original-src='https://i.dawn.com/large/2026/07/25034828c3e7afc.webp'> <div class='media__item '><picture><img src='https://i.dawn.com/large/2026/07/25034828c3e7afc.webp' alt=' TEHRAN: Iranian-made &lsquo;Zulfiqar&rsquo; missiles are displayed at Azadi Square. As the US kept up its missile strikes on Iranian targets, the IRGC vowed to &lsquo;kill a member of the US forces for every Iranian k

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<p>The three suspects <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2015627/3-arrested-in-connection-with-young-doctors-killing-during-robbery-near-karachis-teen-talwar">arrested</a> in connection with a young doctor’s killing during a robbery near Karachi’s Teen Talwar were killed in an exchange of fire on Thursday, the Special Investigation Unit (SIU) claimed.</p> <p>The SIU statement claimed it conducted a raid in Ahmed Brohi Goth, near the metropolis’ Northern Bypass Toll Plaza, to arrest the thr

<p>US President Donald Trump on Thursday said a landmark deal with Saudi Arabia that would establish a civilian nuclear programme in the Gulf country is contingent on Riyadh joining the Abraham Accords and normalising ties with Israel.</p> <p>In a post on <a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="link--external" href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116969149016233329">Truth Social</a>, Trump said the deal only pertained to the civilian use of nuclear facilities “such